I've tried using everything in the 10.3 help but I'm not seeing
anything on either. And it's confusing which one is the client and
which one is the server or does it matter.

Obviously I'm confused here. Do you still need DAVE to get this done. I
have some big files on the Mac I need to slide over to the PC but
they're over 700 MG so I can't burn them an move them.

It seem like this should be easy but it ain't for me

any help appreciated

WBM

In article <161120031046175403%Henny********.com>,
Wild Bill Mehlhorn <Henny********.com> wrote:

> I've tried using everything in the 10.3 help but I'm not seeing
> anything on either. And it's confusing which one is the client and
> which one is the server or does it matter.
>
> Obviously I'm confused here. Do you still need DAVE to get this done. I
> have some big files on the Mac I need to slide over to the PC but
> they're over 700 MG so I can't burn them an move them.
>
> It seem like this should be easy but it ain't for me
>
Both XP and OS X support peer-to-peer networking... you can set it up so
one always acts as the server and the other as the client, or so that
both of them can be both server and client.

You don't need Dave (or similar software) unless you are connecting to a
larger Active Directory server (which doesn't sound like it's the case)
or if you need to access a Windows system under OS 9 (which also doesn't
sound like it's the case).

If you want the XP system to act as a server-- at least some of the
time-- you need to turn on File Sharing on the Windows system and set at
least one folder or drive as shared... email me if you need help doing
this (this is a Mac newsgroup and long discussions of how to do stuff in
Windows is off-topic).

If you want the OS X system to act as a server-- show up in the Windows
Network Places (etc), open the Sharing system preference, and click to
turn on Windows Sharing. Sharing will start up immediately, with your
Mac set as a member of a workgroup names WORKGROUP, sharing your home
folder.

If you need to share other folders on the Mac (for a while, I was
sharing an external Firewire drive, for example), the easiest way to set
it is with the free system preference: Sharepoints.

With Windows Sharing turned on, your Mac SHOULD appear in the Windows
Network Places; in sharing is enabled on the XP system, it should appear
as a server in the Panther Finder, when you click on the Network icon.

(This is much easier to use than in 10.1 or 10.2, by the way).

On both systems, you will probably be asked for a log-in name and
password in order to access the other system.

-- If you have more questions or need more detail, feel free to email me.

thanks very much for the great reply! I'll try it and see if I don't
screw it up.

Barry

In article <alan-9438D7.08232516112003@shawnews>, Alan Zisman
<alan@nospam.zisman.ca> wrote:

> In article <161120031046175403%Henny********.com>,
> Wild Bill Mehlhorn <Henny********.com> wrote:
>
> > I've tried using everything in the 10.3 help but I'm not seeing
> > anything on either. And it's confusing which one is the client and
> > which one is the server or does it matter.
> >
> > Obviously I'm confused here. Do you still need DAVE to get this done. I
> > have some big files on the Mac I need to slide over to the PC but
> > they're over 700 MG so I can't burn them an move them.
> >
> > It seem like this should be easy but it ain't for me
> >
> Both XP and OS X support peer-to-peer networking... you can set it up so
> one always acts as the server and the other as the client, or so that
> both of them can be both server and client.
>
> You don't need Dave (or similar software) unless you are connecting to a
> larger Active Directory server (which doesn't sound like it's the case)
> or if you need to access a Windows system under OS 9 (which also doesn't
> sound like it's the case).
>
> If you want the XP system to act as a server-- at least some of the
> time-- you need to turn on File Sharing on the Windows system and set at
> least one folder or drive as shared... email me if you need help doing
> this (this is a Mac newsgroup and long discussions of how to do stuff in
> Windows is off-topic).
>
> If you want the OS X system to act as a server-- show up in the Windows
> Network Places (etc), open the Sharing system preference, and click to
> turn on Windows Sharing. Sharing will start up immediately, with your
> Mac set as a member of a workgroup names WORKGROUP, sharing your home
> folder.
>
> If you need to share other folders on the Mac (for a while, I was
> sharing an external Firewire drive, for example), the easiest way to set
> it is with the free system preference: Sharepoints.
>
> With Windows Sharing turned on, your Mac SHOULD appear in the Windows
> Network Places; in sharing is enabled on the XP system, it should appear
> as a server in the Panther Finder, when you click on the Network icon.
>
> (This is much easier to use than in 10.1 or 10.2, by the way).
>
> On both systems, you will probably be asked for a log-in name and
> password in order to access the other system.
>
> -- If you have more questions or need more detail, feel free to email me.