NetBeuii Protocol

Daveski · May 18, 2008

Trying to connect my Macbook Pro to my Windows PC via my hub to see my ISP........already have broadband connected through my PC.
How can I make my Mac see past Netbeuii ProtocolMac is not compatable with Windows......... phewy to that) or is it just simpler to use a Wireless connection.........hope this makes sense to someone.

In other words I can't connect my Mac to the internet.

dtravis7 · May 18, 2008

Please do not Cross Post the same message in different forums.

Are you talking about the old NetBeui protocol?

Daveski · May 18, 2008

dtravis7 said:
Please do not Cross Post the same message in different forums.

Are you talking about the old NetBeui protocol?

Sorry dtravis7. As you can see my first post......not sure where to post it.....thought it would be better here. It won't happen again.
I am not aware old or new sorry.

dtravis7 · May 18, 2008

Daveski said:
Sorry dtravis7. As you can see my first post......not sure where to post it.....thought it would be better here. It won't happen again.
I am not aware old or new sorry.

Don't worry about it, just was letting you know.

The only Network Protocol I know of with that basic spelling is Netbeui. It's a very old Protocol. Doubt OSX would support it but then again never even checked.

I was trying to figure out what exactly you wanted to do so I can better help you.

Do you have your PC connected to the Net and want to have both the Mac and the PC connected at the same time?

Daveski · May 18, 2008

dtravis7 said:
Don't worry about it, just was letting you know.

The only Network Protocol I know of with that basic spelling is Netbeui. It's a very old Protocol. Doubt OSX would support it but then again never even checked.

I was trying to figure out what exactly you wanted to do so I can better help you.

Do you have your PC connected to the Net and want to have both the Mac and the PC connected at the same time?

Dtravis7
Gday yes I may have the spelling wrong, however this is the problem. have an existing PC connected to the net, broadband unlimited gigs.
purchased a month ago the Macbook Pro and would like to connect it through a hub to the Net at the same time.

dtravis7 · May 19, 2008

What would really work for what you want to do is a router. Are you using DSL? Cable? A router between the DSL/Cable modem and the 2 computers. A good router will give you a hardware Firewall also which is a plus.

There are other ways to do what you want but to me that is the best. I have many computers, both PC's and Macs and they are all on the net.

Just_Another_Dj · May 19, 2008

Hey,

Samba is what UNIX computers use to "talk" to Windows pc's. Its really NETBUEII under a different guise, and all u need to do is set up file/print sharing on your PC, then connect to it via your MAC. Goto Finder, Go, Connect to server then type "smb://servername/ to mount the samba share.

P.S. Samba is the most recent update of Windows/OSX networking protocol, but CIFS is now
used in most Linux distro's instead of SMB.

Daveski · May 21, 2008

Just_Another_Dj said:
Hey,

Samba is what UNIX computers use to "talk" to Windows pc's. Its really NETBUEII under a different guise, and all u need to do is set up file/print sharing on your PC, then connect to it via your MAC. Goto Finder, Go, Connect to server then type "smb://servername/ to mount the samba share.

P.S. Samba is the most recent update of Windows/OSX networking protocol, but CIFS is now
used in most Linux distro's instead of SMB.

Yep that fixed it thanks very much guys