{"id":128,"date":"2007-11-30T18:28:53","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T22:28:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-02-27T09:12:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T13:12:52","slug":"networking-pc-to-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.creed3.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Networking: PC to a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Die hard Mac or PC fans might read this title and ask "Why on earth would you want to do that?" [BUT there's screen shots!]
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Being a former PC die-hard, I still have some PCs that I still use for various things.  In fact, I only have a PowerMac G4 tower right now that stays at home on the network.  Until I finally get that elusive MacBook Pro I must continue to use my old Dell laptop.  So, I'm still very much a PC user but I prefer Macs.  After I get a MacBook Pro I'll still use PCs for some things as I've yet to find similar software that I use on my PCs that will run on a Mac.  So, there are my reasons for networking the two dissimilar platforms.<\/p>\n

Now, while it's possible to network Macs and PCs they don't really like to play well at all together, even on a network.  I've tried repeatedly to get my stupid<\/em><\/u><\/strong> Windows XP PC to see<\/em> my PowerMac G4 in the basement which is on my home network.  I've set all the "switches" on both machines.  I've performed countless Internet searches, reading everything I can find on the topic, discovering all sources say the same things, which I've already done with NO success.  So I gave up and have just resigned myself to using FTP, which does work. <\/p>\n

I simply have the settings in my FTP client like this:<\/p>\n

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Host: 192.168.1.11 (my Mac network IP address)<\/pre>\n
Server Type: FTP<\/pre>\n
User: my Mac user name<\/pre>\n
Password: the password for my Mac user<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Now you need to change some settings on your Mac to make this work.  In OS X 10.4 go to Sharing in System Preferences<\/p>\n
\"Sharing\" <\/p>\n
and make sure FTP Access is enabled in both the Firewall and Services.<\/p>\n
\"Firewall\" <\/p>\n
\"Services\" <\/p>\n
This actually works pretty well albeit a bit cumbersome.<\/p>\n
Next installment: connecting to a PC from a Mac<\/p>\n
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