I have a home network of windows PCs and recently bought a used Mac G3 B&W computer to tinker with and learn the Mac with. I'm not writing this as an experienced expert; just with the little bit of info that I have found out.
My Mac came with OS 8.5 (I upgraded to 8.6) and I tried everything to try and get it to connect to my network printers and to share files with my windows PCs. Sharing the internet connection on my router was no problem.
I found out that the network software needed to share files between windows and max PC (usually Samba) doesn't come with Mac OSs before OS X. You should be able to share the printer(s) but I couldn't find any Mac drivers for my printers. I'm pretty sure that you have to purchase 3rd party file sharing software for pre OS X systems.
Anyway, I bought OS X 10.2 (Panther) which lets me share files and folders both ways. I still haven't found the drivers for my multiple function Brother and HP printers.
Maybe this will help point you in the right direction?
You will need to add the Apple Talk protocol to the PC and TCP/IP to the MAC and that should get you up and going. As the above poster stated, the new OSX is ready to share with a PC just be enabling TCP/IP.
What OS are you running? I have a similar network setup. In order to share files, you have to turn on file sharing in one or both computers.
In the Mac (assuming OSX) go into System prefs, select sharing, and click on the file sharing box. Then go into your Dell (assuming Windows XP) and go into the start menu, choose network connections, and choose to make a new network connection. Either use the wizard or do it manually, I'm not sure of all the details there. Once your Mac disk is found, you log on with the username and password you log onto your Mac with.
For the opposite approach, see if the Dell has a default "shared files" folder. If so (mine did out of the box), you can find it on your Mac by going into the Finder, choosing menu "Go", the select "network folder" or "connect to network" or something like that (depends on which version of OSX), and you should be able to find the Dell folder and mount it.
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I have a home network of windows PCs and recently bought a used Mac G3 B&W computer to tinker with and learn the Mac with. I'm not writing this as an experienced expert; just with the little bit of info that I have found out.
My Mac came with OS 8.5 (I upgraded to 8.6) and I tried everything to try and get it to connect to my network printers and to share files with my windows PCs. Sharing the internet connection on my router was no problem.
I found out that the network software needed to share files between windows and max PC (usually Samba) doesn't come with Mac OSs before OS X. You should be able to share the printer(s) but I couldn't find any Mac drivers for my printers. I'm pretty sure that you have to purchase 3rd party file sharing software for pre OS X systems.
Anyway, I bought OS X 10.2 (Panther) which lets me share files and folders both ways. I still haven't found the drivers for my multiple function Brother and HP printers.
Maybe this will help point you in the right direction?
Charlye
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What OS are you running? I have a similar network setup. In order to share files, you have to turn on file sharing in one or both computers.
In the Mac (assuming OSX) go into System prefs, select sharing, and click on the file sharing box. Then go into your Dell (assuming Windows XP) and go into the start menu, choose network connections, and choose to make a new network connection. Either use the wizard or do it manually, I'm not sure of all the details there. Once your Mac disk is found, you log on with the username and password you log onto your Mac with.
For the opposite approach, see if the Dell has a default "shared files" folder. If so (mine did out of the box), you can find it on your Mac by going into the Finder, choosing menu "Go", the select "network folder" or "connect to network" or something like that (depends on which version of OSX), and you should be able to find the Dell folder and mount it.