Direct connect network problem Mac to PC

haggisman · haggisman #1 (**permalink**)

11-14-2009, 07:22 PM

Hi

I have a problem which has probably come up a billion times before, but here goes. I just purchased a 13.3" Macbook Pro, and I am trying to move music and docs/pictures to it from my old Lenovo PC laptop.

I'm using a direct connect crossover ethernet cable (cat 5e) to connect the two, using the wired ethernet port on each laptop.

I've also disabled wireless on each just so I can get this exercise completed and working properly. Here are the basic network settings for each card:

PC: 202.168.5.11 Mask: 255.255.255.0

Macbook: 202.168.5.10 Mask: 255.255.255.0

the network cards are both running at 100mb. half-duplex and there are no link errors.

Now the problem: I can ping from the PC to the Macbook with no problem -
the other direction (Macbook to PC) gets immediate icmp timeouts thus:

PING 202.168.5.11 (202.168.5.11): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1

[ ... ]

Anyone have an idea why it's acting like this? I've done this laptop to 'other hardware' direct connect millions of times at my work (Linux geek), but never with a Mac involved. I'm stumped!

I suspect possibly the subnet mask is incorrect, or the duplex should be set to full (Which I can't do just yet because you have to be root to reset interface settings , and I haven't figured out how to activate the root account yet - I'm a newbie Mac user and just LOVE it, and so glad to get off of my PC finally, so go easy on me

Anyone?

Thanks

Steve

p.s. It's a Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card in the PC if thats an issue

Dysfunction · Dysfunction #2 (**permalink**)

11-14-2009, 08:12 PM

any firewalls on either machine? If so, turn em off... if the connection works, that's the cause.. now you have to start configuring the firewalls.

haggisman · haggisman #3 (**permalink**)

11-14-2009, 08:24 PM

Thanks Mike,

First thing I did actually - they are both off

Steve

chscag · chscag #4 (**permalink**)

11-14-2009, 10:27 PM

Here's a good article on how to do it: LINK

You also may want to take a look at "Move2Mac" not free though. $39.95

Regards.

Dysfunction #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 17, 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 6,532 Mac Specs: 2008 and 2011 15" mbps, late 11 iMac, iPhone 4s, and too many ipods and other stuff	11-14-2009, 08:12 PM any firewalls on either machine? If so, turn em off... if the connection works, that's the cause.. now you have to start configuring the firewalls. mike This machine kills fascists Got # ? phear the command line!
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haggisman #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 14, 2009 Location: Guelph, Ontario Canada Posts: 2 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 13.3" 2Gb RAM	11-14-2009, 07:22 PM Hi I have a problem which has probably come up a billion times before, but here goes. I just purchased a 13.3" Macbook Pro, and I am trying to move music and docs/pictures to it from my old Lenovo PC laptop. I'm using a direct connect crossover ethernet cable (cat 5e) to connect the two, using the wired ethernet port on each laptop. I've also disabled wireless on each just so I can get this exercise completed and working properly. Here are the basic network settings for each card: PC: 202.168.5.11 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Macbook: 202.168.5.10 Mask: 255.255.255.0 the network cards are both running at 100mb. half-duplex and there are no link errors. Now the problem: I can ping from the PC to the Macbook with no problem - the other direction (Macbook to PC) gets immediate icmp timeouts thus: PING 202.168.5.11 (202.168.5.11): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 [ ... ] Anyone have an idea why it's acting like this? I've done this laptop to 'other hardware' direct connect millions of times at my work (Linux geek), but never with a Mac involved. I'm stumped! I suspect possibly the subnet mask is incorrect, or the duplex should be set to full (Which I can't do just yet because you have to be root to reset interface settings , and I haven't figured out how to activate the root account yet - I'm a newbie Mac user and just LOVE it, and so glad to get off of my PC finally, so go easy on me Anyone? Thanks Steve p.s. It's a Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card in the PC if thats an issue
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chscag #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,016 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	11-14-2009, 10:27 PM Here's a good article on how to do it: LINK You also may want to take a look at "Move2Mac" not free though. $39.95 Regards.
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