We have one box that hooks up to the desktop if that helps. When we had Comcast, we had something similar and my friend told me it wasn't a router, just a direct connection, but I don't know if Verizon is the same.
On 5/24/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know how fios works, but in my experience, two or more > computers share an internet connection through a router. If this is a > fios setup though, it may be set up to prevent file sharing among > computers. I know someone who had comcast set up their computers and > I had to go in and set up networking for them. > > On May 24, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > I'm sorry. I should've explained further but didn't think of it. > Anyway, both computers use the Verizon Wireless but doubt that counts > as networking. I have the modem that came with the Fios account, but > don't think that's what you mean by a router. So how do I network > these computers? I'm not against doing so if it's easy. Is there an > alternative incase this doesn't work for some reason? Oh, let me add > that I have Leopard on my Macbook and XP Home on my laptop. > > Thanks, > Tiffanitsa > On 5/24/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> ...cleaned up the messJAWS made of this... >> >> >> Are your two computers networked? Do you hav a router? >> If the answer to both of these is yes, than >> it is fairly streight forward. Setup a network on your pc. Once >> that is >> done, open my computer or windows explorer, choose tools from the >> menu bar, >> choose map network drive and choose browse and find your mac and >> click ok. >> You can then put files anywher on your mac but your mac also has to >> allow >> this and this can be done in system prefs/sharing/personal file >> sharing. >> Check the user checkbox you want to share with, >> that would for instance be you. type a password in the password >> field. >> click options and check all the boxes you want to share as such as >> ftp, afp, >> smb... close preffs and you can access your windows box and your mac >> from >> each other. to access your windows box from your Mac, press command- >> k and >> click browse. You should see your pc in the list. press command o >> or right >> arrow depending on how you have your finder view set. choose the >> drive/folder you want to access. I usually just choose the drive so >> I can >> access the whole of it. Close the network window and the shared >> item will >> appear on the desktop, create a shortcut to it and eject it, use the >> shortcut pressing command-o to open it and you can transfer between >> your pc >> and your mac. If your pc cannot see all of your Mac, you will need to >> create a user on your Mac and that is a bit harder to explain. the >> user you >> want to >> choose will be slash though, It is strange to me that they set it up >> this >> way but when you click ad user, a dialog to choose a folder comes >> up. to >> share the entire drive, choose or type /. close the window when >> done and >> your pc can see all of your Mac. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:22 PM >> Subject: Remote Access >> >> >> I'm looking for an application that will allow me to access my pc from >> my Mac so that I can transfer my files on it. I'm not going out and >> buying a hard drive so I can use time machine and I'm not even sure if >> it'll work with the two opperating systems. I know that there are >> alot of sites out there that will access your pc, but 1. they have to >> work with the Mac as well and 2. they have to be accessible with >> VoiceOver and a windows screenreader like Hal, NVDA, System Access to >> Go or JFW. Does anyone know of such a site? I'm also curious how you >> can control one os while using the other, but that's another question >> entirely. In the meantime, I'm transfering my files by uploading them >> to various sites, but this would really make things quicker. That, >> and some of them just don't seem to want to transfer. When I zip them >> with Winzip, they're empty when I open them. I'm hoping remote access >> will fix my problem. >> >> Thanks, >> Tiffanitsa >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
