OS X and Windows XP file and printer sharing

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by Hellrider, Apr 10, 2006.

  1. Hellrider

    Hellrider Junior Member

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    Hi,

    There are some threads describing the connectivity between OS X and Windows XP as guest. However most of them saying you have to use the wireless lan adapter (en1) for the guest. My problem is I don't have a wireless network availible. My iMac is connected via ethernet to a dsl router and the guest can access the internet via bridged network interface en0. How can I setup host and guest connectivity. I enabled Windows file and printer sharing on OS X but I cant see the shares/ printer in my Windows XP guest.
    Does anybody have a glue?

    Cheers
    Frank
     
  2. simon

    simon Member

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    All you really need do is to make sure you're using en1 and de-select the "Wifi" option.
    I run this way when I'm in the office (the wireless lan is soooo congested) and I see my shares without trouble.

    Silly question : Did you enable "Windows sharing" in the System Prefs (under sharing) and setup a user password ?

    Once this has been done, if I directly go to my machine's IP in any File explorer window (under windows) and in the URL bar type "\\10.0.1.3\simon" - my machine IP and username ... I immediately get to login and see all my shares...

    Do you see anything like that ?
     

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