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[samsonite]

does anyone know how to connect a mac with os x to a pc with windows xp using an ethernet cable? i know u can, i just dont know how.

[Godders]

Stick one end of the cable in the mac and the other end in the PC. Easy

[samsonite]

aye very good godders. and then what

[Simon]

To do a direct computer to computer connection one needs a crossover ethernet cable (which is not the standard type used for connecting computers to network systems).

If you have one of those you should be able to set it up by defining TCP/IP settings on both (I have no experience of Macs and so have no idea how one does this on a Mac).

On Windows (assuming XP does this similarly to 2000):
Network and Dial-up connections.
Local area connection.
Internet protocol (TCP/IP) -> properties
Tell it to 'use the following IP address' then put something like 10.1.1.1 in the first box (IP address) and 255.255.255.0 in the second (subnet mask).
(if you have existing setting in here to connect to other systems then write them down so they can be restored later).
Then click a few oks and make sure it is set to enabled.
Also enable file and printer sharing.

On the Mac you need to do something similar, but make the IP address different (10.1.1.2 for example).

Then the machines should both be displayed under network computers.

[PeterG]

^^^^^

This is correct but may not be enough. What exactly do you want to do with this connection?

[jonm]

On MACs (pre MAC OS X ... there how long since I did support) this was in the TCP/IP control panel.

However as Peter said if you actually want to do something (like transfer files) you will need to run something over tcp/ip. For file transfer I would have thought either FTP or Microsoft file sharing would do you fine.

[pyrat]

There might also be a dinky little program called samba installed on ur mac. Get this running and you can connect to windows shares.

The XP machine can then connect to the mac like a windows drive, and the mac connect to the xp in its own unique and ultimately different manner.

-a

[samsonite]

right i have the 2 speaking to each other, i can see the pc from the mac and transfer files, vice versa from the pc. however, i want to share the internet connection from the mac to the pc. i have enabled internet sharing via ethernet, and the pc says it has a connection coming form the mac. but it wont le tme actually access the internet. poo.

[john cupitt]

I think you need to explain how your network is set up. I have ADSL going into a router/modem, and then PC and Mac plugged into the router. Everything is easy this way: just turn on DHCP for mac and PC and they will see each other and also share the connection.

If you want to use either the PC or the Mac as routers (perhaps you have a phone modem on one of them) it's a little harder. If you have phone modem on the mac, then *don't* turn on connection sharing on the PC, instead just tell it to use the mac as the default gateway. You can make it do this automatically if you let the Mac act as the DHCP server for the PC.

Hope that helps (John, co-worker of David Saunders)

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co-worker of David Saunders

has someone revealed a mysterious person's identity?... there have been other clues as well I think.