Getting Two Macs to Talk

[mashinhead]

I have a powermac and powerbook, file sharing is turned on, on both. I even tried dropping the files i need in the drop box of the PM, but nothing is showing up, how do i get them to talk.

 

[CanadaRAM]

I have a powermac and powerbook, file sharing is turned on, on both. I even tried dropping the files i need in the drop box of the PM, but nothing is showing up, how do i get them to talk.

How do you know nothing is showing up?

You cannot see into the PM's drop box from the PB.

Try logging into the PM from ther PB with the same username and password you use to start the PM... this shoud give you access to the whole drive.

 

[mashinhead]

well i look under network and navigate to the drop box and the desktop of the pm through the finder window. It doesn prompt me for a pword. How do i log into that?

 

[Counterfit]

I've found that a couple drinks makes it much easier for two Macs to talk to each other.

 

[ricksbrain]

it's not too difficult

In the finder menu click on "Go." Either click on "Network" or "Connect to Server."

If file sharing is on and your wireless stuff is working (I'm only familiar with wireless connections, though I think it's much the same via ethernet), your Macs should show up in the servers window and you can select to connect-- you'll be prompted for passwords, etc. The macs will appear as different hardrives/volumes on your desktop and you can drag and drop stuff to and from them...

 

[mashinhead]

I've found that a couple drinks makes it much easier for two Macs to talk to each other.

What drinks? I tried that before, they both passed out

 

[mashinhead]

In the finder menu click on "Go."

Where exactly is go?


*edit* found it

 

[SC68Cal]

Worst case, enable SSH and use Fugu

 

[live4ever]

Here's an app to try for this purpose.
http://10base-t.com/dropcopy.html

 

[Counterfit]

What drinks? I tried that before, they both passed out

Well, perhaps you shouldn't be using Everclear then.

 

[mashinhead]

In the finder menu click on "Go." Either click on "Network" or "Connect to Server."

If file sharing is on and your wireless stuff is working (I'm only familiar with wireless connections, though I think it's much the same via ethernet), your Macs should show up in the servers window and you can select to connect-- you'll be prompted for passwords, etc. The macs will appear as different hardrives/volumes on your desktop and you can drag and drop stuff to and from them...

Yeah i remember doing this before fine, but when i go there the other computer doesn't show up. file sharing is on,on both. Also i DL drop copy, and it asks for an IP to add a destination. where do i find this?

 

[mashinhead]

Here's an app to try for this purpose.
http://10base-t.com/dropcopy.html

great but how do i configure it, it asks for a host or ip addy, Sadly i don't really know it. any assistance?

 

[twoodcc]

here's how i do it:

finder->Go -> connect to server

type in: smb:// ip address/ (find this by going to system preferences, then network, and then go to your connection - if wireless, click TCP/IP, and you'll see it

then you'll have to change the username and password, and that's it