[Ronanmd]

I am new to networking and Macs and need some help setting up my network. I have a Dell desktop running windows Xp and a Mac PB with panther. I bought a D-Link wireless router and have connected the Desktop. I am able to surf the net through the router on both systems without any trouble. However, I am unable to network the 2 systems together. Interestingly, I am able to network the two together IF i use my Virtual PC 6.1 on the Mac and can even print to my desktop printer through the emulator. However, the OSX does not recognize the network, nor does my Mac. Any suggestions on what I need to do next.

Thanks,

Jason

[ghporter]

You can network (file share) the two while running VirtualPC because it uses the same networking system as the Windows machine. To network your Mac natively with the Windows machine, you need to use Samba, which is included with OS X. Scan this forum for a while to see discussions of the techniques and pitfalls related to Samba-I'm not really good at explaining it. The bottom line is that it's simple, once you get it going.

[John Strung]

Try: http://joelshoemaker.com/computer/ma...lesharing.html