Re: Accessing Mac from PC in simple ethernet network

Thanks for hanging in there Curtis.

All of my PCs are set to share all of their drives.

Here are my chain of events:

From a PC: I open "My Network Places"-Computers Near Me. All three PCs are shown plus the Mac. I can click on any PC and view all of their drives. If I click on the Mac it opens a window saying Enter Network Password. It ask for "Connect as:" and "Password:". Nothing I enter seems to work.

I went to my "Welcome to Mac OS X" book and looked up "You forgot your password" and reset the password using Install Disk 1.

Maybe the Username is wrong? I went to System Preferences-Accounts and checked my user name and password. The password I "reset" above doesn't work with the editing of the Account.

Which User name and Password am I suppose to be using to gain access to the Mac?

From my Mac:

I opened Connect to Server and clicked one of the PC machines. I entered the password/username and it opens up a window and says "Select a share". I select the "C" drive and it places it on the desktop of the Mac. If I have four drives on a PC will I have these four drives placed on the Mac desktop? If I have a "C" drive on three PCs, will I have three "C"s on the Mac desktop?

Can't I just click on one of the PC icons in Connect to Server and open it up?

Andy

Andy Hutchinson
Video Magic
Winter Park, Fl