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<blockquote data-quote="nick.kirby" data-source="post: 61034"><p>Hello, I am having difficulty connecting my ibook to my win XP Sp2 machine.</p><p></p><p>First things first. I am using a router (dlink 504) to connect to broadusbandus, and a netgear MA101 as a WAP.</p><p></p><p>The XP machine has simple file sharing turned on. It also has the firewall turned on - with port 139 shared (windows file sharing).</p><p></p><p>The iBook (ibook) is working ok. Airport is great. Connects to web well and does email without difficulty. I have configured directory access to open port 139 to get to the NTFS shares on my desktop (percy).</p><p></p><p>Now, here's the annoyance. I want to share my documents folder with my ibook, continually and regularly, without splodge-king all the time, so i want a permanent connection. </p><p></p><p>I know they all work, as sometimes it does.</p><p></p><p>Both are in a workgroup, the ibook is only using SMB (no other protocols). It works soemtimes - like ten minutes ago, but after sleeping the laptop it now won't. At all. "Could not connect to server" which is simply infuriating.</p><p></p><p>Now, I have both sides open in the firewall department, I have both working IP signals, the iBook can see the desktop (although why the thing insists on saying it is in the .local domain is beyond me, as I've turned off DNS and set it to none in 'Network Preferences'.</p><p></p><p>When I look in sharing, I want to see percy, ibook, and sunpc all in the same level. Not one higher or lower than another.</p><p></p><p>Could someone explain why this doesn't work consistently? I like Mac OS X. however, I won't be a zealot as they make the same mess of things as Win XP does. Why are ALL the utilities not in the preferences dialog? Do you keep spanners in one room and screw drivers in another? No, they're in one bloomin' box. Get that bit right and I'd give Job's even more money.</p><p></p><p>sorry. All help with LAN config appreicated. PS is there a way to turn OFF all WEP thingies? I don't use it, jsut doing it by MAC address.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nick.kirby, post: 61034"] Hello, I am having difficulty connecting my ibook to my win XP Sp2 machine. First things first. I am using a router (dlink 504) to connect to broadusbandus, and a netgear MA101 as a WAP. The XP machine has simple file sharing turned on. It also has the firewall turned on - with port 139 shared (windows file sharing). The iBook (ibook) is working ok. Airport is great. Connects to web well and does email without difficulty. I have configured directory access to open port 139 to get to the NTFS shares on my desktop (percy). Now, here's the annoyance. I want to share my documents folder with my ibook, continually and regularly, without splodge-king all the time, so i want a permanent connection. I know they all work, as sometimes it does. Both are in a workgroup, the ibook is only using SMB (no other protocols). It works soemtimes - like ten minutes ago, but after sleeping the laptop it now won't. At all. "Could not connect to server" which is simply infuriating. Now, I have both sides open in the firewall department, I have both working IP signals, the iBook can see the desktop (although why the thing insists on saying it is in the .local domain is beyond me, as I've turned off DNS and set it to none in 'Network Preferences'. When I look in sharing, I want to see percy, ibook, and sunpc all in the same level. Not one higher or lower than another. Could someone explain why this doesn't work consistently? I like Mac OS X. however, I won't be a zealot as they make the same mess of things as Win XP does. Why are ALL the utilities not in the preferences dialog? Do you keep spanners in one room and screw drivers in another? No, they're in one bloomin' box. Get that bit right and I'd give Job's even more money. sorry. All help with LAN config appreicated. PS is there a way to turn OFF all WEP thingies? I don't use it, jsut doing it by MAC address. [/QUOTE]
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