I FINALLY DID IT!!!!! By Myself! As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to dig to find out how to do that.
After looking in the Internet and finding the same problem over and over and no one providing the answer, I looked at the iMac help and the answer is this: Exactly as you say, MARTIN, it just took one click to set “share using SMB” and voilá, I could access the iMac from the XP. QUOTE: To set up Windows file sharing: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Sharing. Select File Sharing in the list, then click Options. Select “Share files and folders using SMB.” Select the name of the user account that will share files and enter the password for that user. Click Done. END OF QUOTE: Remember, iMac does not have “WINDOWS SHARING” among the options, just file and printer sharing. This is apparently a very obscure fact. Because I saw this question over and over in the internet and no one had posted this solution. Hope this helps all gurus out there, Give the address of your computer to Windows users you want to share your computer. On Nov 19, 5:04 pm, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: > MacDiva wrote: > > yes, I know that. But my goal is to do it wireless. The wireless > > router is in another room, so I cannot connect the 3 PCs with wires > > unless I ran them through the floor, etc to that room, which I dom't > > want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. > > > Now, with some twicking of parameters and resetting the DYNEX > > router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining > > connection that is not working: > > > The XP cannot see the iMac. > > > I added the iMac to Network Places in the Windows XP and it shows > > up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The setting of the Imac > > allows it to be seen by the G4, and I don't see anything else I can > > change in the iMac or the XP to make it shareable . > > Macs can use AFP (AppleShare), SMB (Windows sharing) or FTP to see other > Macs. Windows uses SMB only (unless an FTP client is used). > > Is Windows Sharing enabled on the iMac? > > So two Macs being seen by each other but not by a Windows machine means > that Windows sharing is probably not on. > > In Leopard this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / File Sharing / > Options - Share files and folders using SMB. And make sure at least one > Account is checked too. > > In Tiger this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / Windows Sharing. > And make sure at least one Account is checked too (using the > Accounts... button). > > Also check the firewall to make sure it is either off or the Windows > sharing port(s) are open. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
