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Khan
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Ok. I'm a bit new to the home networking thing, and I'm trying to get old files off my iMac (the original aug '98 release) and onto my iBook G4. My iBook connects to the internet wirelessly through a netgear router; the iMac is connected directly to the router with an ethernet cable.
as best as I can tell, I've followed all guidelines I could find. appletalk/file sharing is turned on for both computers; on the iMac I've created the new user "iBook"; I have the IP/afp addresses of each computer. under the chooser on the iMac, it seems to recognize my iBook's name.
on the iBook, when I select "connect to server...", I type in the IP address of the iMac, "afp://xxx.xxx.x.x/" (minus the quotation marks, of course), but then it says that it can't connect or can't find the server. I realize I may have left some information out (I'm sitting at work and have neither computer in front of me, so I can't see their settings), but I sure would appreciate some help.
Thanks.
as best as I can tell, I've followed all guidelines I could find. appletalk/file sharing is turned on for both computers; on the iMac I've created the new user "iBook"; I have the IP/afp addresses of each computer. under the chooser on the iMac, it seems to recognize my iBook's name.
on the iBook, when I select "connect to server...", I type in the IP address of the iMac, "afp://xxx.xxx.x.x/" (minus the quotation marks, of course), but then it says that it can't connect or can't find the server. I realize I may have left some information out (I'm sitting at work and have neither computer in front of me, so I can't see their settings), but I sure would appreciate some help.
Thanks.