Computers not showing up in Finder Network pane

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Computers not showing up in Finder Network pane

Hi;

Prior to, and immediately after, installing a new external HD, the other computers on my network appeared on the Network pane in the Finder as expected. I was able to drag/copy files back and forth.

I then updated the firmware for the external HD, restarted (several times) and now the other computers no longer show up in the Finder nor in the Disk Utility.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks;
Chris

G4 Dual, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 28, 2010 8:33 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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May 28, 2010 10:17 AM in response to Chris Au

Find IP on computers...

http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/topics/communication/ethernet/office/winxp/2882/

On this one In finder, select Go menu>Connect to Servers..., type in afp://ip.of.another.computer, like...

afp://10.0.1.5
afp://192.168.1.3

Or if it's a PC...

smb://10.0.1.5
smb://192.168.1.3

Does it show up and mount now?

If not, are the 1st 3 numbers of the IP the same as yours?

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Henry222

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Jul 9, 2010 2:30 PM in response to BDAqua

When i do the Go menu>Connect to Servers> smb://192.168.1.3
It asks me to loggin I dont remember ever setting a login and password for it.

My Main Problem is that my PC can see my Macbook But my Macbook wont show my Windows 7 PC
I want to be able to use my printer that is hooked up to my Windows 7 PC with my Macbook. All that good stuff

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Answer 3

BDAqua

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Jul 9, 2010 2:36 PM in response to Henry222

Hi Henry, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

While you may get help or a solution here, It's quite acceptable to start a new topic of your own, certainly feel free to start a new topic to attract more helpers to your particular situation, here's a link if as is often the case, it's hard to find out where to do it...

http://discussions.apple.com/post!default.jspa?forumID=752

It asks me to loggin I dont remember ever setting a login and password for it.

You need to add a User to the PC, or try with the PC's username & PC's Password.

My Main Problem is that my PC can see my Macbook...

On the Mac, did you enable Windows Sharing in System Preferences>Sharing>Services ?

I want to be able to use my printer that is hooked up to my Windows 7 PC with my Macbook

That has to be set first on the PC.

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