Thanks, Martin, you were very clear and to the point, and your answer is right. Thanks so much to be on point on the question. I think this closes the thread. Other issues are irrelevant.
On Nov 19, 7:22 pm, MacDiva <[email protected]> wrote: > I FINALLY DID IT!!!!! By Myself! > > As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 > has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to > dig to find out how to do that. > > After looking in the Internet and finding the same problem over and > over and no one providing the answer, I looked at the iMac help and > the answer is this: > > Exactly as you say, MARTIN, it just took one click to set “share using > SMB” and voilá, I could access the iMac from the XP. > > QUOTE: > > To set up Windows file sharing: > > Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Sharing. > > Select File Sharing in the list, then click Options. > > Select “Share files and folders using SMB.” > > Select the name of the user account that will share files and enter > the password for that user. > > Click Done. > END OF QUOTE: > > Remember, iMac does not have “WINDOWS SHARING” among the options, just > file and printer sharing. This is apparently a very obscure fact. > Because I saw this question over and over in the internet and no one > had posted this solution. > > Hope this helps all gurus out there, > > Give the address of your computer to Windows users you want to share > your computer. > > On Nov 19, 5:04 pm, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > MacDiva wrote: > > > yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless > > > router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires > > > unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't > > > want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. > > > > Now, with some twicking of parameters and resetting the DYNEX > > > router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining > > > connection that is not working: > > > > The XP cannot see the iMac. > > > > I added the iMac to Network Places in the Windows XP and it shows > > > up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The setting of the Imac > > > allows it to be seen by the G4, and I don't see anything else I can > > > change in the iMac or the XP to make it shareable . > > > Macs can use AFP (AppleShare), SMB (Windows sharing) or FTP to see other > > Macs. Windows uses SMB only (unless an FTP client is used). > > > Is Windows Sharing enabled on the iMac? > > > So two Macs being seen by each other but not by a Windows machine means > > that Windows sharing is probably not on. > > > In Leopard this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / File Sharing / > > Options - Share files and folders using SMB. And make sure at least one > > Account is checked too. > > > In Tiger this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / Windows Sharing. > > And make sure at least one Account is checked too (using the > > Accounts... button). > > > Also check the firewall to make sure it is either off or the Windows > > sharing port(s) are open. > > > -- > > Clark Martin > > Redwood City, CA, USA > > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
