Connecting Macbook to PC Network

so i am about to buy a new macbook..and i currently have a windows wireless network with a Netgear router. Im just want to make sure that the Macbook will connect to a Netgear Wireless router, anyone know if this will work?
Toshiba Windows XP

Macbook will work with any standard wifi router that supports 802.11 b/g as far as I know. I used Belkin before. I like my Airports better.

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We assume that you are trying to configure the AirPort Express to "join" your wireless network. In order to do so, you must enter in the wireless network name, exact type of security and password that your network is using.
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I am not able to access shared folders or networks behind a D-link DI-524 router from my MacBook but can access the networks/shared folders from PCs. From my MacBook I can connect wirelessly to the internet and access other computers connected to the router but I do not know what to do to get to the systems/networks behind the router. If I remove the router completely and connect my MacBook directly to the open ethernet cable that would have gone into the router I can see and connect to all of the networks.
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Hi BDAqua, Thanks for your quick reply.
The cable from the router connects to the network at work, where all of the networks and shared folders are that I am trying to access. I am using this router to share the internet connection between multiple computers. There are 2 WinXP computers that connect to the router (1 wireless and 1 ethernet) and they can see the shared folders and access them at //serverip/sharename. My MacBook can communicate and share files with these two computers, but can't access anything beyond the router, as the others can. When I try to use smb://serverip/sharename I get error code 36, but when I remove the router and connect my MacBook directly to the internet I can access the shared folders using the same method. I am sure that I am assigned a 'real' ip as I can access a web server which is running on one of the computers behind the router whose port I had forwarded (using http://ip that I am assigned).
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NO NEED TO SHOUT!! lol Caps lock is next to the A key.
It should work regardless. To connect to a server when connected to wi fi, from the top menu choose go->connect to server (or keyboard shortcut: Command-K)
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The printer is connected to the router via Ethernet and the Macbook is connected to the router via Wifi.
When searching for printers through the HP Utility setup or just by adding a printer it does not show anything in the list of available printers.
There is an iMac in the office running Yosemite and that found the printer straight away, asked to download additional software and was working in minutes.
I can add the printer by IP address but i can only print to it. It says at the bottom of the window "Please note: An IP connection is supported. However, only the print feature will work properly." This is an all-in-one device and we would like to be able to use the scan feature on the Macbook.
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Hey, I wonder if someone can help? I live in the uk & want to connect my nephew's macbook to his home wireless network.
His network is run off a Windows based pc, I have read in the forums that this is ok. He has a rather old pc that has no wireless card so I have installed a Netgear usb adaptor which runs just fine. The pc can "talk" to the Orange Livebox (Livebox -3660) and the pc can connect well, to the internet via the Livebox. So I have a stable internet connection.
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Its curious that there is no signal reading at all on the macbook, yet it is right next to the livebox?
When I take the macbook home to my house, it connects immediately to my imac....full signal no problems. All systems go...
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1) System preferences > WiFi/Airport ...
... check [√] Ask to join new networks
"Known networks will be joined automatically.
If no known networks are available, you will
be asked before joining a new network."
2) Remove unwanted networks from the list of "known" networks under
System preferences > WiFi/Airport > (Advanced) > | Airport/WiFi pane ...
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i posted this same reply elsewhere because it worked for me for my Buffalo wireless router: try manually setting your IP address instead of relying on DHCP, which sometimes (I don't know why) doesn't work well with Macs. It's a good get around. I am a happy Mac user but nothing is perfect on earth, and when the Mac gives problems, it does give a lot of frustration. Macs are not as easy to troubleshoot as Win because a Mac is built to be user friendly(and it works most of the time), meaning a lot of the background computing stuff is hidden away from users to avoid user accidentally upsetting some settings.
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