Hello to all. I am very new in this forum and i would like to ask a question about networking in mac.
I connect a modem-router with a network cable to a vista pc (hp laptop) and with another network cable from the modem-router to a mac(mac book pro). This is a simple network.
When i open the finder from mac, i am not able to see the vista pc in the left pane of the finder. To see the vista pc, i have to go to the main menu and select the option connect to a server. In this window, if i type smb://the ip of the vista pc, then the finder displays the ip of the vista pc(not the computer name) and if i click on this ip, then i am able to see all the shared folder on the vista pc. Is it possible to tell me why this is happening?
I have an impression, that if i connect the mac to a network with xp computers, then the finder displays automatically all the network computers. Is this problem is related with Vista?
Thanks
I connect a modem-router with a network cable to a vista pc (hp laptop) and with another network cable from the modem-router to a mac(mac book pro). This is a simple network.
When i open the finder from mac, i am not able to see the vista pc in the left pane of the finder. To see the vista pc, i have to go to the main menu and select the option connect to a server. In this window, if i type smb://the ip of the vista pc, then the finder displays the ip of the vista pc(not the computer name) and if i click on this ip, then i am able to see all the shared folder on the vista pc. Is it possible to tell me why this is happening?
I have an impression, that if i connect the mac to a network with xp computers, then the finder displays automatically all the network computers. Is this problem is related with Vista?
Thanks