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[Kingdomkey]

So I have 2 windows 10 pc and one 2008 Mac Pro. I have my laptop connected to the Mac Pro via Ethernet so I can use the Mac as a server and the Mac has two Ethernet ports but when I connect the sff desktop (dell optiplex 960) it won’t find the Mac at all on the network tab but it works fine on my laptop

[Electronics Wizardy]

Have you tried ping it with ip and trying to mount the network drive with the ip. This seems like a dns issue.

[jde3]

Your connecting them directly?

[Kingdomkey]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Have you tried ping it with ip and trying to mount the network drive with the ip. This seems like a dns issue.

No how do I do that

[Electronics Wizardy]

55 minutes ago, Kingdomkey said:

No how do I do that

open terminal, ping the other systems ip.

[Kingdomkey]

29 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

open terminal, ping the other systems ip.

How

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, Kingdomkey said:

How

https://www.wikihow.com/Ping-an-IP-Address

[jde3]

9 hours ago, Kingdomkey said:

No how do I do that

There are a couple things going on if they are connected directly that could be a problem.

 

1. Your NIC (the hardware card) needs to be able to support crossover. Some do, some don't. If they don't your option is use a crossover cable or a switch.

2. You'll have to assign an IP somehow. Systems will auto generate an IP sometimes and this might work but it's better to affix one to them in the network settings.