Hi Rachel, Interesting. What is AFT? Where can one set it up? Paul. On Sep 19, 2011, at 5:14 AM, Rachel magario wrote:
> Alison, > > I hope to be helpful. However, I am no network expert. I have only seen > others setting it up. > To share with mac users on your net work, you need to choose AFT protocol, > for the PCs users you need to set the protocol to MSB in your folder sharing > settings for the folders you want to share. If you have any linux you need > FTP. > > To get to those folders, it would be just like getting to a regular folder, > but it will been set up for sharing. And finder would let you know you are in > a shared folder in the status if you need to double check. > Now if you have more than 10 computers in the network, then you need a server > OS to make the sharing possible. I am not sure why. At home I only have 3 > going, so I never got in to issues. But I've heard that before. It could be > things have changed now. > At work, if I am in the mac, there is no issues, but if I am in a PC, I have > to connect through the server connection tool in the finder, I believe > command k took me there. Since I used to be the only person with a PC, and > there was some issue with the type of drive sharing software that only took > macs. I am not really sure of the details on that. So I guess depending upon > how many computers you guys have and what you are wanting to do, there are > different ways to go about that. > HTH, > Rachel. > > > > > On Sep 18, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Allison, >> >> If you are using Lion, there may be a way, but not entirely sure. Samba was >> removed from LIon, which is how I had done it in the past. However, I do not >> have any windows machines any longer since my employer gave me a Mac. >> Hopefully someone on the list has a mixed environment and will have >> something to offer. >> >> Good luck, >> >> On Sep 17, 2011, at 9:18 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: >> >>> Hi Scott. >>> Thanks so much for your response. All of the pc's and both macs are >>> successfully connected to the network, either via WIFI or Ethernet. >>> However, I want to be able to share files between all of the machines. On >>> the pc's, I'm able to go into the network and sharing center, see all of >>> the computers in the home group, and copy files and folders between them. >>> Can this be done on the mac? Thanks again. >>> Allison >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell >>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:49 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Question regarding home networking. >>> >>> Allison, >>> >>> Adding the MInis would be no different than adding the PCs. In fact once >>> you turn on wireless networking or connect them via ethernet, assuming your >>> network is configured using dhcp, the Minis will pull IP addresses from the >>> router. >>> >>> On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi everyone. >>> My boyfriend and I currently have all of the PC's in our house networked >>> via a home group. We recently purchased Mac minis, and we would like to add >>> them to the network as well. How exactly is this accomplished? Is the fact >>> that the network was originally created on a PC going to cause issues? Any >>> assistance would be greatly appreciated. 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