LINE STOPPAGE - MAC TO PC NETWORKING NEEDED

[indieFan]

Hello Everyone,

I am currently in a line stoppage that is now being reported on to one of the VPs of the company. Help is needed for connecting a Mac to a PC shared folder. Unfortunately, Macs are no longer supported at the company and the few people that do know about them have not been able to come up with a solution.

The networking setup:
Mac G4 connects to a router
Win2k connects to same router
Router connects to outside world

Up until about two weeks ago, the Mac had no problem logging onto the PC shared folder via the outside world. All of a sudden, the login name and/or password was no longer accepted. The login name and password are labwide, and continue to work on the PC, as well as all other computers in the lab, without any problems. Thus, I know the password was not reset.

We recently had an upgrade to the Win boxes at work that may or may not have included a security push. In talking with someone from IT, as I now recall, I was told that the last security push happened several months ago.

One person who knows Macs was contacted about the issue and responded that he had gotten several calls about this issue from other people that have Mac to PC networking set-ups. His "solution" was to delete all of the keychains. I did that, as well as deleting the "favorite servers". I then tried again, without rebooting the Mac, but had the same results. (I will try rebooting today.)

To complicate matters, we have two MacMinis that were put on this same set-up in place of the G4 that had no problem logging into the network. We are unable to use them, however, because the robot is not behaving as expected with the codes that have been placed on them. The G4 is the original computer that we are hoping still has working codes. (All wiring will be inspected today, as well.)

If you have ANY SUGGESTIONS, please post them with DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS. It can either be to get the G4 to connect to the PC via the router with or without the outside world or it can be to connect the G4 directly to the PC via an ethernet cable.

Thank you in advance,
indieFan