Networking with a Mac?

[Soulglow]

Has anyone been successful with this? I can easily mount folders/drives on my mac, but from Windows 7, my Mac isn't showing up on the network. This was ridiculously easy with Vista, but i think this 'Homegroup' situation is messing things up.

iTunes sharing works on both computers, so I know they're networked.

 

[Mark]

Have you set up advanced sharing, mine looks like this and it all works fine.

 

[Soulglow]

hmm, i'll check it out. never saw that screen. thanks!

 

[bigstu]

I'm having similar issues. I have an imac running 10.5.6, 1 vista laptop, 2 XP desktops & 1 laptop with a new installation of Win 7. I can log into W7 from the mac & the vista laptop but if I go to the W7 laptop both the mac & vista laptops appear in the network lisst but when trying to connect to either I get "cannot access \\mac" etc. The 2 XP machines have no problems connecting to Win7, Mac or vista & the W7 machine can access the 2 XP machines ok.

I only need the W7 laptop to be able to access the mac for the external hard drive that has all our pics, music movies etc on it & also it's printer. I had no trouble doing this in Vista.

thanks

 

[bigstu]

Found a fix!

Windows 7 and Mac OS X Sharing

FIXED IT!!!

Accessing Mac OS X Windows Sharing from Windows 7
Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Vista will display a logon error repeatedly.
The problem is that Vista, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X's Windows Sharing service.
The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
To get around this:
1. In Vista, open the Control Panel
2. Switch to "Classic" view
3. Double-click Administration Tools
4. Double-click Local Security Policy
5. Or Secpol.msc
6. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then
8. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
9. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
11. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
12. Click OK


I had tried this before EXCEPT steps 10 & 11 which apparently is the only difference between Vista & 7. Bang- works like a charm.

 

[Mark]

Thanks for sharing Bigstu and welcome to the forums.

 

[Soulglow]

thanks for the info, i'll try this when i get home!

 

[sufirao]

hi guys i can see my pc but unable to log on any help that is via my home network

 

[ghutch02]

OK,my problem is I have Windows 7, not Vista or XP, and have no idea how to get to the places you are sending me to make the fix.

Found a fix!

Windows 7 and Mac OS X Sharing

FIXED IT!!!

Accessing Mac OS X Windows Sharing from Windows 7
Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Vista will display a logon error repeatedly.
The problem is that Vista, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X's Windows Sharing service.
The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
To get around this:
1. In Vista, open the Control Panel
2. Switch to "Classic" view
3. Double-click Administration Tools
4. Double-click Local Security Policy
5. Or Secpol.msc
6. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then
8. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
9. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
11. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
12. Click OK


I had tried this before EXCEPT steps 10 & 11 which apparently is the only difference between Vista & 7. Bang- works like a charm.

 

[iseeuu]

Has anyone been successful with this? I can easily mount folders/drives on my mac, but from Windows 7, my Mac isn't showing up on the network. This was ridiculously easy with Vista, but i think this 'Homegroup' situation is messing things up.

iTunes sharing works on both computers, so I know they're networked.

I am not sure if this was just overlooked, but the new "Homegroup" network is ONLY for Windows 7 computers. If you want to network with other OSs, use the "Workgroup" networking.

Cheers!
Robert

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[ccalberti]

Bigstu's Fix Does the Trick

This fix works perfectly. I made the changes he identifies in W7 (not Vista as he mentions), spefically cange security options a follows: "Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated". Apparenly when I upgraded from Vista Business to W7 Pro this was changed back to a default setting. Now I can see the files on the MacBooks on my workgroup network.

Found a fix!

Windows 7 and Mac OS X Sharing

FIXED IT!!!

Accessing Mac OS X Windows Sharing from Windows 7
Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Vista will display a logon error repeatedly.
The problem is that Vista, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X's Windows Sharing service.
The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
To get around this:
1. In Vista, open the Control Panel
2. Switch to "Classic" view
3. Double-click Administration Tools
4. Double-click Local Security Policy
5. Or Secpol.msc
6. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then
8. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
9. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
11. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
12. Click OK


I had tried this before EXCEPT steps 10 & 11 which apparently is the only difference between Vista & 7. Bang- works like a charm.