All right, this is my first time attempting to set up a network, so far I think I've done fairly well, but I do need help here.
Right now I'm trying to wirelessly connect my macbook to my Windows running PC, and have them both accessing the same wireless internet connection through the airport base station.
What I need:
1 shared folder from each computer should be viewable from each computer. Computers should NOT be able to explore the hard drive of the other computer beyond this folder. No computer should be able to edit or delete files that do not belong to their hard drive.
What I have:
Both computers will connect to the internet fine, no problems there.
Under My Network Places (on Windows) I can see my shared folder from the PC, and I can see the shared "public" folder from the macbook. Unfortunately, I can also access the entire hard drive contents of my Macbook through My Network Places, as I had accidentally typed in the wrong destination. How do I remove this from My Network Places? I tried to just delete it, but that didn't seem to work after I'd restarted. Just another windows glitch?
Furthermore, after FINALLY getting my mac to register in the workgroup, it only wants to allow access to the entire contents of the hard drive. On windows there's a simple little button that disables sharing of the file or folder, on Mac, there doesn't seem to be anything that I've found. So how do I stop from revealing the entire contents of my hard drive to the network? I managed to make it work and only display the "public" folder under the "My Network Places", as I said, by specifically telling it the location to load. So how do I fix this? Is there some sort of option in mac that let's me choose to not share a folder with the network?
And seriously, how come no matter how many times I delete the Network Place that goes to my Macbook's entire hard drive, it keeps showing back up there?
I've also attempted to turn off all file sharing in my Mac system preferences, and yet my entire hard drive is STILL fully accessible on my other computer through the work groups, although magically it's stopped appearing under My Network Places. It almost feels like it's just doing whatever it wants to...
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Sorry, I thought I'd divide this because of so many updates. It seems that I FINALLY managed to remove that file in the "My Network Places". However I still get my laptop sporratically popping up and disappearing in the Workgroup. Each time it appears. Here's a picture of the files to give a better idea of the problem. The Mac sections should look more like the Windows section, not with all those folders accessible, the screenshots were taken from inside my workgroup manager on Windows.
Just to clarify, I'm monitoring the network through Windows, so when I do something on my Mac, I'll generally specify that it was done on the Mac.
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(sorry, the boards wouldn't display my image?)
Thank you all VERY much for putting up with my constant edits and updates, it's just as confusing and hard to keep track of on my end. Hope the pictures clarify it a bit, but for now I'll just shut up and wait to hear what you all suggest. Hopefully you can derive some joy in watching a Windows user spaz out trying to figure out configurations and settings on a Mac.
Right now I'm trying to wirelessly connect my macbook to my Windows running PC, and have them both accessing the same wireless internet connection through the airport base station.
What I need:
1 shared folder from each computer should be viewable from each computer. Computers should NOT be able to explore the hard drive of the other computer beyond this folder. No computer should be able to edit or delete files that do not belong to their hard drive.
What I have:
Both computers will connect to the internet fine, no problems there.
Under My Network Places (on Windows) I can see my shared folder from the PC, and I can see the shared "public" folder from the macbook. Unfortunately, I can also access the entire hard drive contents of my Macbook through My Network Places, as I had accidentally typed in the wrong destination. How do I remove this from My Network Places? I tried to just delete it, but that didn't seem to work after I'd restarted. Just another windows glitch?
Furthermore, after FINALLY getting my mac to register in the workgroup, it only wants to allow access to the entire contents of the hard drive. On windows there's a simple little button that disables sharing of the file or folder, on Mac, there doesn't seem to be anything that I've found. So how do I stop from revealing the entire contents of my hard drive to the network? I managed to make it work and only display the "public" folder under the "My Network Places", as I said, by specifically telling it the location to load. So how do I fix this? Is there some sort of option in mac that let's me choose to not share a folder with the network?
And seriously, how come no matter how many times I delete the Network Place that goes to my Macbook's entire hard drive, it keeps showing back up there?
I've also attempted to turn off all file sharing in my Mac system preferences, and yet my entire hard drive is STILL fully accessible on my other computer through the work groups, although magically it's stopped appearing under My Network Places. It almost feels like it's just doing whatever it wants to...
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Sorry, I thought I'd divide this because of so many updates. It seems that I FINALLY managed to remove that file in the "My Network Places". However I still get my laptop sporratically popping up and disappearing in the Workgroup. Each time it appears. Here's a picture of the files to give a better idea of the problem. The Mac sections should look more like the Windows section, not with all those folders accessible, the screenshots were taken from inside my workgroup manager on Windows.
Just to clarify, I'm monitoring the network through Windows, so when I do something on my Mac, I'll generally specify that it was done on the Mac.
ImageShack - Hosting :: 49580918kf0.jpg
(sorry, the boards wouldn't display my image?)
Thank you all VERY much for putting up with my constant edits and updates, it's just as confusing and hard to keep track of on my end. Hope the pictures clarify it a bit, but for now I'll just shut up and wait to hear what you all suggest. Hopefully you can derive some joy in watching a Windows user spaz out trying to figure out configurations and settings on a Mac.
