Network Question
I have a iMac desktop running OS 10.6.8, and a PC running Windows 7. How do I network them together? Thx
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a iMac desktop running OS 10.6.8, and a PC running Windows 7. How do I network them together? Thx
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Umm, run an ethernet cable between them?
Your question is kind of vague, so it can only solicit vague answers. You don't give any indication of what you want/expect to do once the machines are networked. What do you plan to do with the machines once they're networked?
Thanks much for the reply.
I have a printer conneted to the iMac. The iMac and the PC are hooked to the internet via wireless. We need to be able to wirelessly share the printer and files between the iMac and the PC. I have tried several suggestions for doing this, but none work for me. I have the latest version of OS 10.6.8 on the iMac and Windows 7 on the PC.
Wow, that's a completely different question. It has nothing to do with networking the two machines (they are already networked together over the wireless network), and everything to do with printer sharing.
Without knowing what you've tried it's hard to know where to start - I don't want to reiterate things you've already tried, but in the absense of knowing any better, that's what I'll have to do.
Unfortunately, since Windows 7 doesn't support Bonjour (the standard mechanism used to locate services on a network), the Windows machine won't automatically find the shared printer and configure itself. You'll have to do most of the heavy lifting.
You'll need to find the printer's shared resource name and configure your Windows 7 machine to print to this as a 'local printer' (I have never understood Windows' defintion of 'local' vs. 'network' printers - to me this is the definition of a network printer but it has to be setup as 'local'. hmmmm...).
Fortunately it's all been done before and others have documented the process. Try this link to see if it covers your needs.
re "network host is busy..." when printing
i was baffled. new Brother 2270 printer would ONLY print from the machine I installed all the stuff from - a MacBook Pro 10.6.8. Installed, uninstalled, reinstalled repeatedly. no go.
Using Network Utility I tried to ping the printer - nothing. Realized that some of the macs in my network were using the "Guest Network" ny default, not the primary network (Airport Extreme).
Changing connection to the actual wireless network and voila - all solved.
Thanks Again. I will give those things a try. I also need to share files back and forth between the iMac with OS 10.6.8 and the HP PC with Windows 7. As it now stands, the computers cannot see each other at all.
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