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    having trouble: windows + mac

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by stealthsniper96, Oct 19, 2007.

  1. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    ok leme start off by tellin you what im trying to connect- the lappy specs are in my sig, the desktop is a dell running XP MCE and the printer is a epson stylus cx6400. a few weeks ago i tried connecting my lappy to the desktop, and the desktop wont recognize in finder on my mac. could it be something to do with the firewalls? and second, i want a way to connect on my lappy to the printer that is connected through usb to the desktop. i cant figure out any way to get it to show up on the network, and yes it is set to share. any help?
     
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  2. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    You may need to wait for some Mac owners who know more about networking on a Mac environment, but how are you trying to connect? Are you going through a router or are you using a crossover cable?

    Has file and printer sharing been enabled on the desktop?

    Have you actually enabled one or more drive shares?

    Have you tried a direct connection to the XP machine using its IP address? (to find out the IP address, just go to start -> run -> "Cmd" -> and type in ipconfig, followed by enter)
     
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