Re: Transferring files from windows xp to mac os x with an ethernet cable

Adam wrote:
i went through all the steps and still couldn't figure out how to connect the two computers.. i think the ethernet input might be broken,

No. Windows XP is.

Turn off and disable ALL firewalls - usually there's nortoN AND a Microsoft one..and you MAY get file sharing to work on a PC. I could NOT believe it when two windows machines on a fresh install could not talk to each other on a network


or something on the windows side is messed up.. for example, when i go to network connections on the windows machine it always says that the "1394 Connection" is connected, even when there's no ethernet cable plugged in.. i have to use the usb connection to connect my modem to the windows machine; when i connect the same modem to my mac i just use the ethernet jack and it works right away.. something is wrong with the windows machine.. i guess i should seek help for this problem in a windows newsgroup. thanks.
adam



All software is utter crap, and windows is *ubiquitous*, utter crap.



J.J. O'Shea wrote:

1 Plug the network cable into both machines.

2 turn the Mac on if it was off.

3 select System Preferences.

4 select Network.

5 double-click on Built-In Ethernet.

6 click on the 'TCP/IP' pane.

7 select the "Configure IPv4" drop-down menu, select 'manually'.

8 in the 'IP Address' box type 192.168.0.10

9 in the 'Subnet Mask' box type 255.255.255.0

10 in the 'Router' box type 192.168.0.1

11 quit System Preferences and save your changes. You have configured the Mac to be on a Class C private network.

12 turn the Windows machine on if it was off.

13 select Control Panels.

14 select Network Connections.

15 right-click on Local Area Connection, select 'Properties'.

16 locate 'Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)'. Make sure the checkbox is selected. Select the line item, click on 'Properties'.

17 click on the 'Use the following IP address' radio button.

18 in the 'IP Address' box type 192.168.0.11

19 in the 'Subnet Mask' box type 255.255.255.0

20 in the 'Router' box type 192.168.0.1

21 click okay and save your changes.

22 click okay and save your changes

23 you have configured the Windows box to be on a Class C private network, the same Class C network as the Mac, but at a different IP address. Warning: if you use the same IP address for both this will not work. Warning: if you use a different network for each this will not work. You _must_ have the network 192.168.0 (or some consistent network, but 192.168.0 is nice and simple) and a different host (10 for the Mac, 11 for the WinBox will work, but any two numbers between 1 and 254 will do just as well. Just don't use the same numbers, and don't use 0 or 255 or higher.) or you will not have a valid network.

24 go back to the Mac. Select System Preferences again.

25 click on the 'Personal File Sharing' _and_ the 'Windows File Sharing' check boxes. (You must select _both_...) You have just set the \Users\Shared\ folder to be shared between your Mac and the WinBox.

26 you can log into the Mac from the WinBox by looking for computers on the network. Use the user name and password you use to log into your Mac in the first place.

27 alternatively you can create a folder on your Windows box and right-click on it and turn sharing on.

28 on the Mac, go to the Go menu in the Finder, select 'Connect to Server', and use your Windows user name and password to log into Windows.


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