Networking Win 2000, XP Home, Pro & Mac OS X

Can all these be networked, at home and at work?

[peterdouglas]

I use a Powerbook G4 with OS 10.4 which I take from home to work and vice versa. There are a few challenges... I need to network a Mac and a PC, and within the PCs, different versions of Windows.

At work I need to network:
My Powerbook G4 Mac OS 10.4 with two PCs using Windows 2000 and two using Windows XP Professional.

At home I need to network:
My Powerbook G4 with an iMac G5 running Mac OS 10.3, a PC with Windows 2000 and a PC running Windows XP Home. (Can Win2000 and XP Home network as-is)?

At work and at home we've got wireless routers (with wired and wireless capabilities). Only two computers use wireless: the Powerbook G4 and one of the PCs at home, the one with Win2000.

So... can this be done? Ideally I'd like to be able to share files from my Powerbook G4 to all the PCs at work and vice-versa when I'm at the office. Then when I'm at home I want my iMac G5, Powerbook G4 and two PCs to be able share files amongst each other. Am I dreaming?

[mattur]

Yes, it should be quite straightforward to do :)

If your routers have a built in DHCP server (used to auto-allocate IP addresses) then you just need to plug-in/wireless connect all your computers to the router. You may have to install TCP/IP networking protocol on the Windows PCs if it's not already installed.

Try it, poke around, a bit of trial and error should get things working pretty quick...

[peterdouglas]

Sounds easy enough. I'll try it first at the office with a co-worker (who is unfortunately away until Monday now). Then when I see how it's done, I'll do the same at home.

Up until now, we've been able to network all the PCs, just not the Mac. Tried a lot of things, but not what you suggested.