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| karal2000 2003-05-13, 6:29 am |
| Hi everyone,
I have tried to setup the Mac's TCP-IP in order to have a internet connection which is been shared by the windowsXP, first I tried to make it a member of workgroup with private TCP-IP but it doesn't appear in a workgroup, I did ping the Mac via one of the windows 95, the ping respond was alright and even I shared some of it's folder but I don't know why it doesn't appear in the workgroup list of XP computers. Does anyone know what else I should do.
I did it through Apple menu-Edit-user mode, it was set to Administration and the use of 802.3 addressing option has turned off.
I tried to make it to recieve tcp-ip automatically but it ask for the server, where as there is no server present in a work group which internet connection being shared. please some one let me know what should I do.
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| richardwhit 2003-05-14, 7:42 am |
| I know nothing about Macs, but in order for a machine to appear in Network neighborhood on one of the Windows machines as a member of a workgroup, it must be listening on port 139, ie. have Microsoft File and Print sharing installed.
As far as I am aware there isn't an implementation of MS FnPS for Macs.
Regarding the ICS issue, this has nothing to do with the machine being in a workgroup or not, have you specified the WinXP machine as the default gateway in the Mac's TCP/IP properties?
The WinXP box is acting as a server in this instance since its routing requests to the internet from the ICS clients, at a guess if your Mac setup is asking for a server it may well be wanting the IP address of the WinXP machine. | |
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| karal2000 2003-05-16, 9:07 am |
| Thank you guys,
I believe the problem is that MAC could join the server and not a work group because I have followed the right procedure and at last part of TCP-IP configration on Mac, it ask for the server name, which I don't have in a workgroup apparently.
the procedure I did is as follow:
Setting up TCP/IP on the Mac is also very easy, and you do not have to keep restarting the computer after each change. All the configuration is in the TCP/IP Control Panel, which you can open from the Apple menu. Having opened the control panel, open the Edit menu and select User mode. Make sure this is set to Administration, to make all the options accessible. select the Configure Manually option. Then specify an IP address and subnet mask as in the Windows 95 set-up instructions. You can leave all the other fields blank, but make sure that the use 802.3 addressing option is turned off. If you want to be able to ping the Mac, click the Options button and make sure that TCP/IP is active, and the use only when needed option is turned off. You can then close the control panel. If you have a PC running Linux or MS-DOS, you can test the connection using ping.
If you download Internet Explorer for the Macintosh, you can also download the Microsoft Personal Web Server, to enable you to use the Mac as an Intranet server. |
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