I have asked this question before, and unfortunaly I have not been able to connect to the internet through my office network of Win Xp Pro computers. A Netgear Cable/DSL Router is what connects all the computers using dial up internet. I can access only the other computer in my graphics department, and I get an error message (error = -36) when I try to access the front office computers. The total number of computers on the network is 3 + 1 mac when I get it setup. I dont know what to look for on the Win Xp computers, I can find DHCP and IP adresses without a problem, but I dont know what I need in order to get my mac up and running online through a network. Any help on this subject would be most appreciated, also I am very new to the idea of networking, so as much simplicity as possible would also be appreciated
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If you are connected to a DSL router directly, the other computers are irrelevant. The network configuration is a 'star' with all machines connecting to the router. In that case, follow this procedure:
Assuming that you are using Jaguar, best to let it 'sniff' for the connection: system preferences/network/built-in ethernet (or airport if using)/TCPIP/configure using DHCP. At that point you may have a series of blank entries. Type any character in any of the boxes, then erase it. This will activate the Apply Now box. Click. After a moment an IP address should appear in the relevant box. You're in!
If one of the computers has the physical DSL connection (e.g. at home mine goes through a USB modem connected to a windoze machine), then do as above. If it doesn't work, then run the 'share internet connection' wizard in XP. Don't worry if you can't complete everything. No need for example to setup your machine to be part of the same workgroup as the XP machine. Then try again the method above.
If all of this doesn't work, time for another reply to this post!
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Ok, then I hope this hasn't been suggest before but:
I'm assuming the windows xp boxes are all set up to work.
Check the IP address of the machine that connects to the internet (refered to as 'host' from now on). It *should* be like 192.168.0.1. If it's not don't change it since it works with all the machines.
Now check the other XP boxes - they should all have an IP that follows (192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3 etc).
Now on your Mac, give it an IP that hasnt been taken that follows this sequence.
Change the 'Gateway' to 192.168.0.1 (or whatever the IP of the host is).
You *may* have to change the DNS servers. You can get these from your ISP. They will most likely give you 2 IP addresses. Or if the windows systems have them listed, copy them.
[to find what your ip address is in windows xp you can go to start/run/"cmd" - then at the terminal type "ipconfig"]
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