Having troble networking my pc and macbook

Question

I have been trying to connect my pc and macbook, but can not do it. The PC is hooked up to the linksys router. I downloaded service pack 2 to run the wireless network setup, that di d not work. I followed all the instructions and when I go to go in the finder and connect to server, I no longer get prompted for a username and password, Now I get an error message 36 saying not all information can be read or written.
Apple support says it is a linksys problem, lnksys says it is an apple problem. Before I disabled my keychain (because it was popping up every two seconds in safari) i got the password prompt. Now I get nothing. I have a printout of the network name, know the workgoup, and computer name, and the WEP key if that helps.
Ay assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

My personal experience with file sharing has only been through direct connection. I used a regular rj45 network cable (it wasn't even a cross-over!) and turned on a few settings within Apple Sys Prefs.
Internet & Network: Sharing
-Turn on Personal File Sharing & Windows Sharing
Turning on Windows sharing will result in an IP address being displayed in the same window confirming that you're on the network. Be patient - and read everything on this screen. You will see that in order to share, you must enable an account to use Windows sharing.
If you only have one account, it will not work. Create a second guest account and associate that account to the Windows sharing setting. This new account will have restricted access. If you want your PC to see files, you will have to copy them into the ../Public/Drop Box folder which is accessed from the hard disk/Users directory. Within users you will see all the accounts on your computer. Once you're inside the new account you created you will understand why only certain folders (by default) are accessible.
I've used various Linksys and D-Link routers. My Macbook could not work with the WEP security settings. I discovered that turning off WEP or moving on up to the more secure settings such as WPA allowed me to connect to these routers wirelessly.
Once you've set your file sharing options and changed the security settings on your router, you should be able to see the Macbook by browsing your network neighborhood on the PC. Once you find the Macbook, you will be prompted for a user name and password. This is the user name/password that you specified earlier for the new guest account you created to associate with Windows File Sharing.
Try this - let me know if it works (I hope it does).