Connecting Macbook Pro to PC

I use SSH. Get an SSH server and install it on your Windows PC then just do an 'scp' to securely copy files to and from the Windows PC.

OSX has an build in FTP Server. You can start it in the sharing control pannel.

Then every PC can connect with a FTP adres, like: ftp://__.___.___.__ . You can use internet explorer, network lokations or any other FTP programm.

On the __.___.___.__ you have to fill in your internal IP adress.

Remember you still have to start the apple talk in the network controll pannel on the build inh ethernet port.

File transver is just as fast as apple talk.

Hope i helped you.

All you need to do is get your pc to be on the same router, switch or hub as the MBP. Then make sure the network adapter protocol settings for your Mac and pc are setup properly.

The pc needs a client TCP-IP protocol and IPX SPX protocol, the IP one needs further setting up on both machines depending on the device that your connecting with (cable, router etc)

IP address: 192.168.1. last number is the machine id but if they have the first 3 numbers the same that makes them part of the same network. Also

Subnet: 255.0.0.0 this can be the same on all machines as this denotes a second expanded network. So if you want them on the same network have the subnet the same and the IP the same apart from the last occet!

This will allow the MBP to see the PC, the PC to MBP only works on XP Pro as far as I know you need to add a protocol to XP called Apple Talk.

This is the easiest way I have found to get things going, SSH and FTP is more complex particuarly in the setting up on the pc side.

Just use the Network tab after clicking your Macintosh HD and let is find the 'Work Group' that your pc is named under; usually mshome then click that to see the machine name.

Set a folder to be shared on the pc obviously to enable it to show itself and particuarly allow you to access the pc without being told you do not have permission!

Hope this helps

I just connected mine together with an ethernet cable. I had to change the macs smb setting to 'mshome' and not 'workgroup', oh, and turn on windows sharing - then they kinda found each other and been making sweet l0ve ever since.

no babies yet...

I don't know anything about that long-winded geeky stuff above but it sounds like if you do it the same as me you can still save some time for Buffy re-runs.

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Step 1. Look at the work group; right click My Computer, go to the properties option and select. One of the tabs lists the computer name and the network group. Take note of these

Step 2. Take note of any settings you change so that if all goes wrong you can be sure of what you changed! If you already have numbers there do not change them if the machine is used for the internet. Simple use my explaination to understand what you see and report back!

Step 3. Go to the network settings that are attributed to the working network device. This will contain the basics, you may need to add NetBeui from the add protocol list. Double click the TCP-IP protocol and the first tab shows;

IP
Subnet

this is all you need to change;

IP of PC must be the same group as the Mac example is


Group.............Unique ID
192.168.1............10

Subnet 255.255.255.0

This is the same with any number combination, but the group HAS to be the same for both computers, the ID HAS to be different!


The Subnet has to be identical on both computers.


Get that right and all you need do is use the Mac Network browser to scan the local group and pickup the name that you noticed at Step 1

Step 4. Double check your Mac's automatic Network preferences has the IP address defined and the Subnet defined

But can i get files from my pc to my mac with an ftp
server?

Yea, windows also has an build in FTP server. It is mostely not activated on windows. You have to go to the software panel in the cofiguration screen. There you see on the left windows components, click on it, there appears a new screen. In that list you have to activate IIS. Reboot your PC.

Now FTP is also activated on your PC. Works the same like the mac. If you want to configure, you just go to the system control panel, you can share every thing you want.

The great avantage of ftp is that it work fine with every operating system, so in my case, i can share between Mac, Windows and Linux.

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You can also use the build in windows share on your OSX. Go to your control panel and there to the share panel. There you can activate windows share.

In that case you can acces your mac with you PC with a adress like:

\\ __.___.___.__\user-name

In windows you have to do the home-network-wizzard. Then will your PC also appear in the network locations off OSX.

This way you can also acces PC --> Mac and Mac --> PC.

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Ths is easyer to work with, but if you use a good FTP client, then FTP is faster. Also FTP is much more compatible.

Hope this helped you !

If you only want to share your files between the computers, then you dont need a statistic IP. Just let the DHCP on.

A dynamic IP always will be the same. In my case, it had never changed.

If you wanna see the IP of the PC, go to start, then Run. Give the command CMD. Now you see a DOS screen. Give the commando ipconfig /all . There you will see your IP adress.

On mac you can it just see on the internet connections panel in configs.

applications/utilities/directory access

Unlock the program and click 'smb/cifs' then 'configure' select mshome from the drop down box.


Make sure your windows machine is also set to mshome (default)

no ip's, no routers, no ftp and most of all no geeky hassle. Which from what i read is exactly what you wanted.

most all the info here is telling you the hard way to do this.

First you need to tell us more about your network.

Most people will just have the 2 machines connected to a single router that is running DHCP to automatically give IP information to the computers. That would mean both machines will be on the same subnet.

You just need to enable file and printer sharing on both computers. On the mac you do that under Sharing in system prefs. Youll need file sharing, and windows file sharing. If thats all set right you should be able to browse and see the computer in Finder. If your having issues, first thing to try is disable any firewalls on both machines that could be blocking stuff. Using SMB on the same subnet is soooo much easier than going with FTP and junk.

and ignore the one post telling you to install all kinds of things, its not needed. You do not need IPX/SPX, you do not need any apple services installed on the Windows machine, Appletalk isnt even used with SMB connections.