I have a PC wireless network (Linksys accesspoint) with CAble connection for the internet. The connection and 2 printers are shared by 5 PC I am planning toan Apple note book. How do I connect my MAC so that I can access the cable and printer connections. Thanks. Ev

more info...... but typicallly let us asume windows pdc if your running nt4.0 or 2k server need to add the appletalk protocol you will need atleast one ntfs partition go to your server and under (computer management) create a share (and enable mac users for it) on the ntfs partition goto your mac and if 9.2 or earlier chooser and enter appropriate data if mac osx of newer connect to server enter ip or setup samba and access all windows shares nativly (you will need to know a little about bsd) if you use teh apple talk and not samba you will need to install the microsoft uam volume software (it will automaticallly prompt you when you log onto the server) then use the uam software to log onto the share you desire (will prompt for username and pass so will need to know a windows user name and pass with authentication) printers will show up under chooser as well if mac os x(not jaquar) go download the samba utility from apples site and this will allow you to acces the full windows network but if al you want is just one folder and the printers chooser will work fine jaquar comes with samba utility included if unfamiliar with bsd and samba (etc) go to http://www.webmin.com download webmin for osx (you will need to log on your system as root and install it) after install go to web browser enter httP:// (your ip here) :10000 your ip address and port 10000 it will prompt you for username and pass enter root user and pass this provides a user friendly gui for setting up samba and other bsd apps

WWW.THURSBY.COM DAVE 4.0 Allows the mac to wortk and play with PCs

WWW.THURSBY.COM DAVE 4.0 Allows the mac to wortk and play with PCs =================================== can't i download the FULL version somewhere, cuz i don't want to spend $149,- for that.. :p

No. That would be illegal. The printer can probably be shared by simply installing AppleTalk services on a Win2K Server box if there is one on the network. The cable connection doesn't need any software to be shared. p

Ev never mentions that his printers on his PC Network support Appletalk, so it's dumb to assume they do. What's even dumber is installing Appletalk services on a Windows Server to share a printer over a WAP that isn't capable of bridging Appletalk between it's Wireless and Wired interfaces. Go with Dave, Ev. James