[WinMac] Sharing Printers/Files w/win boxes


Matt Montagne(montagmj[at]mail.milwaukee.k12.wi.us)
Thu, 13 May 1999 22:20:42 -0500


I am trying to create small network of computers at the elementary school I
work at. Each workgroup has six HP Vectra VL computers (running Win '95)
with factory installed 10/100 Mb 3COM Fast Etherlink XL Network Interface
Cards. They are all linked together with an Ansante Friendly Net 8 Port
Hub. I would like them to be able to share one of the computer's HP
Deskjet Printers (it is not an ethernet printer.) I enabled file sharing
at all stations and I enabled print sharing at the station that is attached
to the printer. Each station has a unique network identity and they are
all a part of the same workgroup. The primary Netork Logon is Client for
Microsoft Networks and NetBUEI is installed and running. The Device
Manager shows that the computer recognizes the NIC. Also, all activity
LED's on the hub and on the boxes are green. With all of this said, each
time I go to Network Neighborhood and I try to browse the Entire Network I
receive a message saying, "Unable to Browse the Network. The Network is
not accessible." I am very comfortable placing a Mac on a network and I
don't know why this is so difficult. Do I have to create a password that
users use when the boxes are booted up? Right now I just click "Cancel" in
the Network Password Dialogue box after the boxes boot up. What am I
forgetting to do here?

Thanks for your help.
Matt Montagne
Computer Specialist
38th Street School
Milwaukee Public Schools

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