I dunno if I can remember all this crap, but... have you turned on file sharing?
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
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tommyrot - Sep 02, 2005 12:49:44 pm PDT #4322 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
vw bug - Sep 02, 2005 12:50:24 pm PDT #4323 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Yeah, I did file sharing when attempting to set up the network.
tommyrot - Sep 02, 2005 12:52:07 pm PDT #4324 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, can all the computers see the internet? If so, have you tried pinging one of the computers from another computer?
vw bug - Sep 02, 2005 12:53:49 pm PDT #4325 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Yes. All computers can see Internet. How do you ping?
tommyrot - Sep 02, 2005 1:00:18 pm PDT #4326 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Find out the IP address of one of the computers. Go to another computer, open a DOS window and type "ping " without the quotes, followed by the IP address, and hit "enter."
EG:
ping 194.168.1.1
Well, I gotta run - good luck!
eta: the purpose of this is just to check if the computers can see each other at all. If it works, then it's a Windows networking issue.
Jon B. - Sep 02, 2005 1:09:33 pm PDT #4327 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DCJensen - Sep 02, 2005 2:25:49 pm PDT #4328 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional do not work and play network well with each other.
Or at least easily....
vw bug - Sep 02, 2005 2:30:03 pm PDT #4329 of 10003
Mostly lurking...
Ah...so that's why I *still* can't see Emily's computer. Nice.
Jessica - Sep 03, 2005 11:33:09 am PDT #4330 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm finally getting around to getting rid of my old computer that's been sitting in a closet for several months. I remember asking here ages ago about the best way to attach the second hard drive ( Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9, 120GB ) to my new Mac (Powermac G5), but I've been procrastinating so long that the only thing I still remember is that I'd be better off using it as an external drive. (I've got enough ports free to do either Firewire or USB)
Recommendations/advice/how-to/etc?
[eta: Oh, and I don't need to preserve any of the data on the drive, since I moved it all over to the new computer months ago.]
DCJensen - Sep 03, 2005 11:43:30 am PDT #4331 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm assuming it's a regular drive, not Serial ATA.
Dealmac.com [link] is a good place to look at what enclosures are on sale.
Firewire transfers tend to be faster, but USB 2.0 is catching up.