Mac to HP
Hello all, it's me again with my networking woes. Been fiddling around with other stuff but want to get this networking sorted again. Just a recap so you don't have to wade through all the previous.
I have 3 machines:
A G5 imac running 10.3.9 - Power PC
An old Tosh on XP Pro
An HP dv8000 running Windows 7 Home Premium. This machine has two large drives which I want to copy files to from the Mac and Tosh.
I've succeded in getting my work to the HP from the Tosh. I've been able to connect the Tosh to the Mac although that was a trial to help me learn about networking.
I now really need to hook the HP and Mac. I've had a good bash at it today but haven't got very far at all. Spent much time searching for resolutions but it's like Heinz 57 out there.
Now from the Mac, Go Connect, I can see the name of the HP in the box, but it won't recognise my name/password, same as what happened with the Tosh.
With the Tosh, I was able to connect to the Mac but not the other way around. Not that it mattered, I was able to transfer files.
So I want to concentrate on connecting to the Mac from the HP, and I'm making sod all progress. There is clearly some connection going on.
In network and sharing centre the network is Unidentified network - Work network.
It was originally Public but I managed to change it to Work.
Sharing is on from the Mac side and firewall is off. On the Mac, it says Windows users can connect using \\169.254.1.65\rob. Dumb question is, how do I do this in Win 7? Thanks!!