Panther-Windows Networking Problems

[nmm88]

I just got my first emac and i love it. I still have two pc's however and i would i like all of them to be able to work together. I have a wireless network, and all the pc's and my mac are working fine with connecting to the net. I get my mac on my windows workgroup, and in the network portion of the finder, i see my two pc's. They are slightly grey however, and when i click on them i get the following message: "The Alias "WindowsPC" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found. I am running Panther and my PC is on Windows 2000. My eMac will let my PC's in and I can access the emac from my pc's. I get the printer almost working on the pc's to the point where it is set up in my pinters folder. When i go to print though i get a message about not having permission to use that printer. How can i allow my PC's permission to use this printer? Thanks!

 

[Zammy-Sam]

Welcome to the forum, nmm88.
The thing about the network is No 1 topic here. Try search to find some info.
Anyway, I can give you one helpful advice: try apple+K in the finder and type: smb://pc-name. This way you should be able to connect to your pc.
Also make sure you have files/folders shared on your pcs.
About the printer:
I assume the printer is shared in the System Preferences. If so, then I have no idea as well. Never tried this way. But I can help you to setup a printer running on a Win2k box. If you can't share this printer to the pc, try reversed. Let the pc share it.