networking iMAc and PC

[alucard]

I bought my wife the new iMac. I have a PC and we are both connected to our DSL line with a DSL router (it acts as a switch as well). What do i need to be able to share files with the iMac and the PC. i know Win2000 has services for Macintosh, but I am on a Windows ME PC and it doesn't have that. Can anyone let me know how to make this work? Thanx for any help.

[dixonbm]

Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/xamba/

and download Samba X 2.2.2 package. Then install it. After you've done that go to http://127.0.0.1:901 and you will be taken to the samba setup screen. This is a link to the setup file for Samba that is installed onto your computer. Once you have set this up you can share your files with PC's.

To look at the files that PC's are sharing a good utility is SMBbrowse. You can download SMB Browse from version tracker or from the Dev's page at http://shukwit.com/main.php

Good luck,
Dixon

If you need any help just reply here or email me at briandixon@mac.com

[dixonbm]

Before I said the local address to edit the swat file was 270.0.0.1:901. I was wrong it should be 127.0.0.1:901

Sorry for the mistake. By the way it will ask for a username and pass when you log into edit the swat file. Make sure you have ROOT enabled because you must use root to loging and edit it so it will be applicable to all users.

-Dixon

[hazmat]

Originally posted by alucard
I bought my wife the new iMac. I have a PC and we are both connected to our DSL line with a DSL router (it acts as a switch as well). What do i need to be able to share files with the iMac and the PC. i know Win2000 has services for Macintosh, but I am on a Windows ME PC and it doesn't have that. Can anyone let me know how to make this work? Thanx for any help.

If you want to access shared resources from the Mac, then yeah, you will need something like Samba. To access shared resources from the PC from the Mac, you can get to them using SMB from the Finder Go menu:

smb://PC_name/shared_dir

Hope this helps....

[lonny]

How can I transfer files from my laptop running NT to my BWG3 running OSX?
Can I use an ethernet cable? If so, what do I need to do?
Can you give me step-by-step fool-proof instruction?

[dixonbm]

Get the SMB Browse as mentioned in the above post.
Install it.
All you will need to do is specify the password for the PC in the SMB Browse program. And make sure you have the files you want to copy in a folder that is shared.

From there it should be self explanatory. (I hope).

-Dixon

[isaac_ho]

alucard,

If you are not sure how to install samba into your iMac, try to enable the ftp server on your iMac under Mac OS X. Open "Sharing" in "System Preferences" in the "Dock", unlock it by clicking the lock icon on left bottom corner, and then enable "Allow FTP access". Now you can type the string "ftp://username:password@ip-address" without quote in the windows IE' URL box. You can see all the files and directories in your IE browser.

On mac side, just use Go > Connect to Server,
type "smb://workgroup;username:password@computername/share-folder/" in the Address box. However, you must shared a folder on your PC first.

[alucard]

Great! Thanx for all the help. everything is working wonderfully.