Mac on a PC network

I have been running 3 PC's on a wired network running XP pro with no
problems. I have just got a new Mac notebook and it picks up the network
with no problem and can transfer files to the 3 PCs with no problem. However
the 3 pc's do not pick up the Mac on the network even if it is connected by
cable or wireless to the router.
I have tried using XP on the MAC using Parallels but when I do that it does
not pick up the network at all though internet connection to the router is
ok.
Can anyone help?
thanks
Alan

"Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have been running 3 PC's on a wired network running XP pro with no
>problems. I have just got a new Mac notebook and it picks up the network
>with no problem and can transfer files to the 3 PCs with no problem.
>However the 3 pc's do not pick up the Mac on the network even if it is
>connected by cable or wireless to the router.
> I have tried using XP on the MAC using Parallels but when I do that it
> does not pick up the network at all though internet connection to the
> router is ok.
> Can anyone help?

What happens if one of the PCs opens a DOS prompt (Start | Run | cmd) and
then tries:

1. ping mac

2. ping 1.2.3.4

3. net view \\mac

4. net view \\1.2.3.4

where "mac" is the hostname of the Mac and "1.2.3.4" is its IP address.

I wonder what protocol the Mac uses for file and printer sharing? Maybe it's
not SMB (implied by net use / net view, I think). It could be that the Mac
is clever enough to know about net use/view even though it's not its native
sharing protocol, but Windows doesn't know about the Mac sharing protocol. I
woner if there's an additional downloadable Mac protocol for Windows.

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sat, 6 Oct
2007 10:42:47 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Can anyone help?

Change the Sharing options in the system settings. By default, access to
almost everything is turned off.

deKay
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On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:42:47 +0100, "Alan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have been running 3 PC's on a wired network running XP pro with no
>problems. I have just got a new Mac notebook and it picks up the network
>with no problem and can transfer files to the 3 PCs with no problem. However
>the 3 pc's do not pick up the Mac on the network even if it is connected by
>cable or wireless to the router.
>I have tried using XP on the MAC using Parallels but when I do that it does
>not pick up the network at all though internet connection to the router is
>ok.
>Can anyone help?
>thanks
>Alan
>

This may help - if you haven't done it already. On the Mac, go to
Applications : Utilities : Directory Access and in SMB/CIFS make sure
that you've entered your workgroup name.

HTH
--
Steve