peer to peer mac osx to xp/nt

[Guest]

if possible what equiptment do i need to physically connect my mac osx to my
windows 2000 pc.
Mac is opedrating as broadband connection

need to know what cables and specific drivers for each machine

thanks,

 

[Malke]

if possible what equiptment do i need to physically connect my mac osx
to my windows 2000 pc.
Mac is opedrating as broadband connection

need to know what cables and specific drivers for each machine

thanks,

Make your life easy - get a cable/dsl router. You will connect the
router to your cable/dsl modem and the two computers will be connected
to the router with ethernet cable (straight-through, not crossover). If
you want to share files between the machines, create identical user
accounts/passwords on both computers. Run Samba on the Mac. Share out
desired resources on each machine, and there you go.

Malke

 

[LaManchaDQ]

Make your life easy - get a cable/dsl router. You will connect the
router to your cable/dsl modem and the two computers will be connected
to the router with ethernet cable (straight-through, not crossover). If
you want to share files between the machines, create identical user
accounts/passwords on both computers. Run Samba on the Mac. Share out
desired resources on each machine, and there you go.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.

Great sites to look at for all things like this

http://www.macwindows.com
http://www.joelshoemaker.com

 

[Guest]

cant it br done by just crossovercable or rj45, dont have the £100 for a router

 

[Malke]

cant it br done by just crossovercable or rj45, dont have the £100 for
a router

You must use crossover cable to connect two computers directly. Check
out the sites that LaManchaDQ gave you regarding how to set up
networking that way.

Malke

 

[LaManchaDQ]

You must use crossover cable to connect two computers directly. Check
out the sites that LaManchaDQ gave you regarding how to set up
networking that way.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.

Actually, with the newer Macs the Mac doesn't care what kind of cable it is.
You can use either crossover or straight through.
The following is a discussion that you should read about this type of direct
connection.

http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-2800.html

 

[Malke]

Actually, with the newer Macs the Mac doesn't care what kind of cable
it is. You can use either crossover or straight through.
The following is a discussion that you should read about this type of
direct connection.

http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-2800.html

That's very cool to know. Thanks for posting that. Clever Macs.

Malke

 

[LaManchaDQ]

That's very cool to know. Thanks for posting that. Clever Macs.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
www.elephantboycomputers.com
In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
The world is diminished without him.

Don't you just love learning new stuff? That's the biggist kick I get out
of life. My philosophy is "everyone knows something that I can learn from."
So when I can share stuff, it also makes my day. Malke, thank you for
making my day.

 

[Eric Cross [MVP]]

Yes, and Apple does mention this on their website. Details here.

Apple products that require an Ethernet crossover cable
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42717

_______________
Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com