D-Link DI-604 Help me connect pc and mac.

[ork]

I have 2 machines , Imac running OSX Panther. Win XP Pro. Both are
connected to the Router. Both machines are successfully able to access
the internet. The Pc can access the mac only via ftp. I have no idea
what I am doing wrong, but that is the only way i can connect to the
mac. The mac cannot connect to the pc in any way shape or form.

When on the XP machine, i can ping the router (192.168.0.1) and I can
ping the mac (192.168.0.101). On the mac, i can ping the router but
not the pc. The pc has DHCP enabled because that is what i was told to
do. I though about assigning it 192.168.0.100 because that is what the
router says it is assigned, but when i automatically assign that, then
i can no longer access the internet.

On the mac, i have windows file sharing enabled, ftp enabled. On the
pc i have a few folder being shared. The mac name is ron, the pc name
is ronxx

I guess i could get by being able to only connect via ftp from the pc
to the mac, but i would like to be able to communicate in any way shape
or form from either machine.

Both machines can access the internet, the pc can see the mac, but the
mac cannot see the pc. I am just using the factory settings for the
d-link also.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Yousuf Khan]

ork wrote: I have 2 machines , Imac running OSX Panther. Win XP Pro. Both are connected to the Router. Both machines are successfully able to access the internet. The Pc can access the mac only via ftp. I have no idea what I am doing wrong, but that is the only way i can connect to the mac. The mac cannot connect to the pc in any way shape or form.

It sounds to me like your XP box has a software firewall protecting
access to it. If it's XP SP2, then it's got a firewall turned on by
default, which you'll have to configure to allow file sharing. If it's
not SP2, then likely you're using one of the various add-on firewall
applications such as ZoneAlarm, or Sygate, or Norton or McAfee.

You have to enable File and Printer Sharing on the Windows box if it
isn't already installed and enabled.
When on the XP machine, i can ping the router (192.168.0.1) and I can ping the mac (192.168.0.101). On the mac, i can ping the router but not the pc. The pc has DHCP enabled because that is what i was told to do. I though about assigning it 192.168.0.100 because that is what the router says it is assigned, but when i automatically assign that, then i can no longer access the internet.

Well, this has nothing to do with your problem above, but the reason you
can't access the Internet when you statically configure its IP address
is because when do that, you also have to specify its default gateway
(the router's IP) and its DNS server (usually the router IP as well,
since the router acts like a DNS redirector). I'd suggest just leaving
it on DHCP, as it will get all of that configuration done for you
automatically.

Is your Mac not using DHCP itself? If it's being assigned its IP address
from the router then it is using DHCP, even if it isn't mentioned that's
what it's using.
On the mac, i have windows file sharing enabled, ftp enabled. On the pc i have a few folder being shared. The mac name is ron, the pc name is ronxx

You should be fine. I don't know too much specifics about Macs, but I
know my Unix in general, and the Mac is a form of Unix. In Unixes, you
generally have to use a program called Samba to enable them to share
Windows network resources. Your Windows File Sharing sounds like that's
what the Mac calls its Samba.

Try completely disabling the Windows Firewall first, and if things start
working then re-enable the firewall and start playing with its
configuration until you get file-sharing through the firewall.
I guess i could get by being able to only connect via ftp from the pc to the mac, but i would like to be able to communicate in any way shape or form from either machine.

Try sharing out some of the Mac's filesystems through the Windows File
Sharing on the Mac. I'll bet that the PC will be able to mount those
filesystems just fine. If it can, then that's further proof that the
PC's firewall is preventing full two-way access.

Yousuf Khan