Connecting MAC laptop to a desktop PC in a network

[buso23]

Hi,

My friend just bought a MAC laptop and would like to connect it to his desktop PC running on XP via LAN. Is that possible and how to pull it out?

Thanks

 

[DJ-CHRIS1]

Yeah it's very simple, been a while since I used a mac though.

Somewhere in the finder menu at the top their is a "connect to server" button at the top. Hit this button, and under server type smb://yourfriendsdesktop

You can now connect to your friends desktop You may need a username and password to connect, and also his XP firewall should be turned off.

 

[buso23]

Thanks. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes

 

[buso23]

I've tried typing smb://janevski in the connect to server menu (where janevski is the name of hic PC) and I got a message that a connection couldn't be established. Previously I've turned the XP'S firewall off. What I am wondering is what does smb stand for? Should I type in MAC's name here? Is there something else that I need to do? Thanks

 

[J03]

Try typing "smb://hisipaddress". SMB stand's for Samba, as in the way windows share's files... I think