Instant messaging in LAN between PC (Windows 8) and Mac (Mavericks OS X 10.9.5)?

Hi,


is there a way to have instant messaging between PC and Mac over the LAN? I am currently using iMessage to do this from Mac to Mac over the LAN but would like to be able to instant message a PC user, would Bonjour be the solution?? If so, any ideas of how to set this up??


Thanks,

Bill

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 5, 2015 4:12 AM

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Mar 5, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Rudegar

I can't see that Bill said anything about requiring it to work without internet access. If so he will probably need a server based solution. I presume by point to point you are referring to peer-to-peer as in applications like BitTorrent. Again I can't see this as a requirement by the OP but Skype is actually a peer to peer application anyway although not many people seem to realise it. See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol#Peer-to-peer_architecture

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