[Discuss] Connect Mac to PC

[Mark McLaughlin - Best Color Video]

Hey, thanks Darren. So good, so far. The printer is connected fine via
Cat5, so great on that.
Funny via Ethernet, the Mac could ping the Google IP, via CLI Hello, yet
via several web browsers,
could not bring up that webpage. Name Server wawa, who knows ...

Further exploration attends, but functional now is always pleasant.

Thanks again.

MM.
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 5:54 PM Darren Duncan <darren at darrenduncan.net>
wrote:

> As a follow-up...
>
> I talked with Mark on the phone and resolved the issue.
>
> The problem is that the PC was configured to use a static IP address for
> the
> LAN, a 192.x.x.x number, while the new modem was providing a 10.x.x.x LAN,
> as
> evidenced by what the Mac saw.
>
> The solution was to change the PC to get its IP address automatically
> rather
> than manually, which resolved the issue.
>
> And then the Mac could see the PC resource on the network.
>
> Mark still has an outstanding other issue where the Mac only can get on
> the
> internet via Wifi, but only talk to the printer through Ethernet, and
> other
> details we explored but I won't get into here.  But there seems to be a
> functional setup now, to some definition of functional.
>
> -- Darren Duncan
>
> On 2023-12-12 4:04 p.m., Darren Duncan wrote:
> > On 2023-12-12 3:43 p.m., Mark McLaughlin - Best Color Video wrote:
> >> Received Super not so great new Rogers Cable Modem, replacing Shaw
> cable modem
> >> which worked well to ethernet connect an iMac and a Pc.
> >> Now can't seem to get the Mac to see the PC resource thru the new cable
> modem.
> >> Anyone interested to make a few bucks and attend Quadra McKenzie area
> to
> >> trouble shoot?
> >
> > Can all devices at least reach the internet?
> >
> > Is this specific to the Mac or can any 2 devices not see each other
> through
> > those same 2 connections?
> >
> > Can the PC see the Mac resource but just not in reverse?
> >
> > Are those 2 connections possibly on separate LANs for some reason?
> >
> > Or perhaps more likely, is the Rogers modem setup in pass-thru mode such
> that
> > each of the PC and Mac directly receives a public IP address rather than
> a LAN one?
> >
> > For each of the PC and Mac, what does its own network settings say its
> IP
> > address is?  Do you get a LAN-like IP or a public-like IP?
> >
> > Is each device using DHCP to get an IP address from the router/etc or
> did you
> > set it up as static?
> >
> > What if any of them connect via wifi instead?
> >
> > Can any other device see the PC resource?
> >
> > -- Darren Duncan
> >
> >
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