Alison, I hope to be helpful. However, I am no network expert. I have only seen others setting it up. To share with mac users on your net work, you need to choose AFT protocol, for the PCs users you need to set the protocol to MSB in your folder sharing settings for the folders you want to share. If you have any linux you need FTP.
To get to those folders, it would be just like getting to a regular folder, but it will been set up for sharing. And finder would let you know you are in a shared folder in the status if you need to double check. Now if you have more than 10 computers in the network, then you need a server OS to make the sharing possible. I am not sure why. At home I only have 3 going, so I never got in to issues. But I've heard that before. It could be things have changed now. At work, if I am in the mac, there is no issues, but if I am in a PC, I have to connect through the server connection tool in the finder, I believe command k took me there. Since I used to be the only person with a PC, and there was some issue with the type of drive sharing software that only took macs. I am not really sure of the details on that. So I guess depending upon how many computers you guys have and what you are wanting to do, there are different ways to go about that. HTH, Rachel. On Sep 18, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Allison, > > If you are using Lion, there may be a way, but not entirely sure. Samba was > removed from LIon, which is how I had done it in the past. However, I do not > have any windows machines any longer since my employer gave me a Mac. > Hopefully someone on the list has a mixed environment and will have something > to offer. > > Good luck, > > On Sep 17, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: > >> Hi Scott. >> Thanks so much for your response. All of the pc's and both macs are >> successfully connected to the network, either via WIFI or Ethernet. However, >> I want to be able to share files between all of the machines. On the pc's, >> I'm able to go into the network and sharing center, see all of the computers >> in the home group, and copy files and folders between them. Can this be done >> on the mac? Thanks again. >> Allison >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Howell >> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:49 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Question regarding home networking. >> >> Allison, >> >> Adding the MInis would be no different than adding the PCs. In fact once you >> turn on wireless networking or connect them via ethernet, assuming your >> network is configured using dhcp, the Minis will pull IP addresses from the >> router. >> >> On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: >> >> >> Hi everyone. >> My boyfriend and I currently have all of the PC's in our house networked via >> a home group. We recently purchased Mac minis, and we would like to add them >> to the network as well. How exactly is this accomplished? Is the fact that >> the network was originally created on a PC going to cause issues? Any >> assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much. >> Allison >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
