Cant connect pc from mac

Hi all,
here is my question...
im currently on my SL 10.6.2 and i would like to access my pc from my mac in the same network. however, i did a several setting on my PC and Mac and it just didnt work to me.
so i got my PC ip address by putting "ipconfig" in the commend prompt. and then i turned on the file sharing option both on my PC Vista and Mac, SMB checked on my Mac, and i was trying to connect my pc from mac by using the "Connect to Server" in finder, and i put the smb://(my pc ip address), and i got a msg prompted "Connection failed.
-- the server"my pc ip address"may not exits or it is unavailable at this time. i've been trying this for ages and it just didnt work....
any expert knows how can i fix it?
thank you

kalvinhui wrote:
Hi all,
here is my question...
im currently on my SL 10.6.2 and i would like to access my pc from my mac in the same network. however, i did a several setting on my PC and Mac and it just didnt work to me.
Do what Tim says, but along the way be sure that all your settings are correct. I am not sure if you have them all right. Try these:
On the Sno machine,
1. Go System Preferences > Sharing > Check File sharing > Go Options > Enable SMB sharing.
2. Go System Preferences > Network > Select Airport or Ethernet depending on what you are going to be using.
3. If your network is wireless, having selected Airport, select ask to join new networks and show Airport status in menu bar. If it is an Ethernet network, then Go System Preferences > Network > Select Ethernet. Chose configure IpV4 using DHCP, and ignore the "remember networks this computer has joined instruction" below.
4. Click advanced > click remember networks this computer has joined > Click Wins > Enter the ip address of the Vista machine in the WINS server box > Enter the Vista's workgroup name in the workbook box unless it already is there (look in the drop down menu too). In all likelihood the name is workgroup, but check on the Vista machine.
5. Restart (probably not necessary, but I’d do it).
2. On the Vista machine.
1. Select a folder to share, right click on the folder, choose sharing, and, using the remaining menus/options, share the folder with everyone allowing read and write (later, after getting things working, you can change who is allowed to share the folder).
2. Go Control Panel > Network and, turn on file and printer sharing, Turn off public folder sharing, and Turn off password protected sharing (unless sharing won’t occur without turning it on). Turn on allow network access if there is a box to do so (can't remember).
3. Restart (probably not necessary, but I’d do it).

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