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Old 21-06-2007, 09:48 AM
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Question Can't see another Mac on network, but can connect to the net
Hi folks,

Having a huge mental blank here, sorry.

I'm at at a friend's place and he has Mac and windoze computers.

I can connect to his internet - no trouble.

I can 'see' his windoze computers, but I can't see the G4 that is also on his network. The G4 won't connect to the net, but I have an ethernet cable going from my iBook to the G4.

What have I done wrong? What do I need to do to get some files off his G4?

Thanks for any help!

Cheers,
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Old 21-06-2007, 10:01 AM
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Having you got "Personal File Sharing" and "Windows Sharing" turned on in System Prefs?
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Old 21-06-2007, 10:28 AM
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Having you got "Personal File Sharing" and "Windows Sharing" turned on in System Prefs?
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do you have the correct server address for the g4?
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Old 21-06-2007, 10:52 AM
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Make sure that Network settings are correct. If in doubt, select DHCP.
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Old 21-06-2007, 01:32 PM
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Sorry, I lost connection to everything for a while. Not sure what was happening.

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do you have the correct server address for the g4?
I went to 'browse for server' Is that what you meant?

Yes, Step Andy, I had DHCP selected.

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Old 21-06-2007, 02:42 PM
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Sorry, I lost connection to everything for a while. Not sure what was happening.



I went to 'browse for server' Is that what you meant?

Yes, Step Andy, I had DHCP selected.

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No, when you go the

Go menu>connect to server
Box appears.

type in the server address of the G4

should be in the preferences somewhere.

my ibook server address is..

afp://Graham-colemans-computer.local/

look under Sharing in the systems preferences on the G4

should be a box called rendezvous Name:
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Old 21-06-2007, 05:48 PM
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No, when you go the

Go menu>connect to server
Box appears.

type in the server address of the G4

should be in the preferences somewhere.

my ibook server address is..

afp://Graham-colemans-computer.local/

look under Sharing in the systems preferences on the G4

should be a box called rendezvous Name:
Thanks, I'll check this tomorrow and report back.

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