cannot connect to network see other computers

External Since: Jul 10, 2009 Posts: 1

I have recently installed airport extreme as our new router as the kids and
wife all have new macbooks how ever i can use the net and email through
outlook but cannot see the othe computers and they cannot connect to me could
anybody please help

External Since: Feb 09, 2008 Posts: 1928

gab wrote:

> I have recently installed airport extreme as our new router as the kids
> and wife all have new macbooks how ever i can use the net and email
> through outlook but cannot see the othe computers and they cannot connect
> to me could anybody please help

I assume that you are using some flavor of XP and want to be able to share
files between your computers.

Set up Windows Sharing in OS X from the Sharing applet in System
Preferences. Make sure you use the SMB protocol and not AFP. You must
create matching user accounts/passwords on both the Mac and XP. You do not
need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot
directly to the Desktop in XP (into one particular user's account) for
convenience, you can do this.

XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

You also need to make sure you've correctly configured your firewalls on all
machines to allow the Local Area Network as trusted. Then share out
whatever folders you want.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ