Configure two macs to work Wirelessly
vernonya
built in airport cards
One is a Laptop G4 running 10.5 and the other is a desk top intel running 10.
4. Whatever I have read on the subject is a narrative of what they can do but
not how to do it, I could have read that on the box when they arrived !
Anyway I have tried and tried and they both know each other is there but
there is some little thing that I have not switched on , or ticked , to get
them to play with each other . Can any bright spark tell me A to Z what I
must do to get these 'nice' machines to communicate ?
regards
A by the way is 'Switch on both Macs" !
vernonya
words over this
regards
Vern
EurStephan wrote:
>> I have been trying unsuccessfully to get two macs to work together with their
>> built in airport cards
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>>
>> A by the way is 'Switch on both Macs" !
>
>Well, should be straightforward...if you know where to look.
>Suppose you want to use Leopard to 'look' into Tiger. On tiger go to the
>sharing pref pane and tick 'personal file sharing'. On leopard select
>'Go' from the menu bar and select 'connect to server'. Select tiger (its
>computername) and enter your tiger login password (which only YOU know.
>Otherwise anyone else could log in). That's basically it. You'll see
>tiger appearing on the desktop and in the finder.
>Or you could use the finder and click on the server icon in the sidebar.
>With tiger connecting to leopard it's the other way round.
>Don't forget to turn things off when you're not using them.
>
>Have fun!
>
Chester K
> I have been trying unsuccessfully to get two macs to work together with their
> built in airport cards
You need more than just two Macs with airport cards. You need a
wireless router but do not mention that in your post.
Set up wireless router and turn on file sharing in each computer.
>
> One is a Laptop G4 running 10.5 and the other is a desk top intel running 10.
> 4. Whatever I have read on the subject is a narrative of what they can do but
> not how to do it, I could have read that on the box when they arrived !
>
> Anyway I have tried and tried and they both know each other is there but
> there is some little thing that I have not switched on , or ticked , to get
> them to play with each other . Can any bright spark tell me A to Z what I
> must do to get these 'nice' machines to communicate ?
>
> regards
>
> A by the way is 'Switch on both Macs" !
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Chester
You
Chester K <DoNot...@ForgetIt.invalid> wrote:
> You need more than just two Macs with airport cards. You need a
> wireless router but do not mention that in your post.
>
> Set up wireless router and turn on file sharing in each computer.
Bzzzt, Wrong answer, would you like to try for what is behind Door #3???
ALL Macs with Airport capability installed, have the ability to
initiate, connect to, and disconnect from, an Ad Hoc Network. An
Ad Hoc Network requires NO Eternal ROUTER, or Access Point but it
will require that the Users configure ALL the Computers with the
SAME Parameters and Ad Hoc Network Names. This is done in the
Internet Connection Window, under the CREATE Network Selection.
Tim McNamara
You <y...@shadow.orgs> wrote:
> In article <DoNotReply-FF6AE...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> Chester K <DoNot...@ForgetIt.invalid> wrote:
>
> > You need more than just two Macs with airport cards. You need a
> > wireless router but do not mention that in your post.
> >
> > Set up wireless router and turn on file sharing in each computer.
>
> Bzzzt, Wrong answer, would you like to try for what is behind Door
> #3???
>
> ALL Macs with Airport capability installed, have the ability to
> initiate, connect to, and disconnect from, an Ad Hoc Network. An Ad
> Hoc Network requires NO Eternal ROUTER,
An ad-hoc network doesn't need Jesus?
Chester K
Michelle Steiner <mich...@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <DoNotReply-FF6AE...@nntp.aioe.org>,
> Chester K <DoNot...@ForgetIt.invalid> wrote:
>
> > > I have been trying unsuccessfully to get two macs to work together
> > > with their built in airport cards
> >
> > You need more than just two Macs with airport cards. You need a
> > wireless router but do not mention that in your post.
>
> You do not need a wireless router; you can set up an ad-hoc wireless
> network.
>
> Creating a computer-to-computer network
> You can create a wireless network between two or more AirPort-enabled
> computers without using an AirPort Base Station. Using what is known as
> a �computer-to-computer� network, you can share files or play your
> favorite multiplayer network game over the airwaves.
> Computer-to-computer networks are sometimes referred to as ad-hoc
> networks.
>
>
> To create a computer-to-computer network:
>
> Choose Create Network from the AirPort status icon in the menu bar.
> If the icon isn�t in the menu bar, choose Apple > System Preferences,
> and then click Network. Click AirPort and select the �Show AirPort
> status in menu bar� checkbox.
>
> Give the network a name and select a channel from the pop-up menu. The
> default channel is 11, but you can choose channel 1 or channel 2.
>
> Select the Require Password checkbox to protect your network with a
> password. Type the password users will need to enter in order to join
> your network. Do the following:
> ?
> Type a password of exactly 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits
> if you chose �40-bit WEP (more compatible)� from the Security pop-up
> menu.
> ?
> Type a password of exactly 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal digits
> if you chose �128-bit WEP� from the Security pop-up menu.
I stand corrected.
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Chester