I've been struggling with this for a while, hopefully someone can shed some light.
The setup:
I have three computers; two macs and a pc. The macs have two available ethernet ports, and and on the pc I have added a USB network adapter to get an extra ethernet jack. The macs are wirelessly connected to a normal wireless network router. The pc is ethernet-connected to a work environment using a domain.
The goal:
I would like to have a shared folder on mac #1 that the other machines can share between (sans password, if possible).
Progress so far:
I have tried adding a gigabit switch and assigning static IPs and I had limited success. I was able to see the other computers but not really share between them. The closest I got to sharing was using FTP between the machines. I went out and bought a dlink gaming gigabit router and tried to use it thinking that the dhcp or proper network setup would assist somehow. So far, I'm not having any luck. I thought about just using a router as a bridge (airport extreme for example) but it occurred to me that I would then be sharing my work network with my other network, and for security reasons I am not permitted to do this.
The other whole side of this is actually setting up each machine such that its shared properly. I believe I have this correct, but its all a bit of a mystery!
The setup:
I have three computers; two macs and a pc. The macs have two available ethernet ports, and and on the pc I have added a USB network adapter to get an extra ethernet jack. The macs are wirelessly connected to a normal wireless network router. The pc is ethernet-connected to a work environment using a domain.
The goal:
I would like to have a shared folder on mac #1 that the other machines can share between (sans password, if possible).
Progress so far:
I have tried adding a gigabit switch and assigning static IPs and I had limited success. I was able to see the other computers but not really share between them. The closest I got to sharing was using FTP between the machines. I went out and bought a dlink gaming gigabit router and tried to use it thinking that the dhcp or proper network setup would assist somehow. So far, I'm not having any luck. I thought about just using a router as a bridge (airport extreme for example) but it occurred to me that I would then be sharing my work network with my other network, and for security reasons I am not permitted to do this.
The other whole side of this is actually setting up each machine such that its shared properly. I believe I have this correct, but its all a bit of a mystery!