Set Macbook Pro to see home network

I have a home network that I have several laptops that are linked with my desktop. I print by net work going through this desktop. I also have access to an external harddrive that stores all photos and music.
My question is how do I set the MacBook up to see this home network so I can print through this computer and see the external hard drive.

Ok i guess I am not under standing or I am not explaining. The mac is on the WIFI "my wireless router which enables it to be on the internet.
What I am wanting to do it get into the files and share the printer which are connected to the other computer "Windows".
I have set up other "window" laptop computer to share the computer and print on the printer. I can not get the mac to see any other computers in the house that are all on the same router. One of these is also a macbook.

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Hello...and HELP
I have a MacBook Pro whose network access has slowly deteriorated over the last few weeks so as to be completely unusable, and I'm at a loss as to the solution
I have a Netgear Router WPN824x2 and a number of Tivo's, iPhones, and windows machines successfully running off the wifi without incident. However, our MacBook Pro, which also used to automatically connect and get a relatively good signal had begun dropping connections or not connecting at all. Sometimes it wouldn't even spot the SSID for the network (or the networks of the adjoining apartments, which I used to regularly see as well). For the last couple of weeks, I have had to walk the laptop to within a couple feet of the router to get any signal at all. Again, other computers moving to the exact same spot had no issues.
For most of this time I had been running WEP security. I thought the problem may be someone poaching bandwidth or ports from my router, so I changed my security to WPA2. Again, I changed all the other devices in my house to the new password and had no problem connecting, and thought I had (briefly) solved the problem with the MacBook, too. Unfortunately that's not the case.
I'm now getting a number of problems with my connection, and have been cycling through different issues trying to troubleshoot. when I try to connect to my home network I get one of the following messages (they rotate)
1) "the network you are trying to connect to requires a WEP password" - this is inaccurate as I'm now running WPA2
2) "The network you are trying to connect to requires a WPA password" (good) but when the correct password is entered I get either "invalid password" or "network timeout"
I've deleted keychain entries, tried to connect in network diagnostics and airport utilities, and pretty much anything else I can think of, but the problems are repeating.
Can anyone help with this? Please advise!

OK, this is now REALLY ******* me off. I bought a new dual-band router in hopes that the router was the issue. For about two days I was able to log into the 5 mhz band and thought I'd gotten around the problem. Now all the old problems are back, and this time it won't even detect the 5 mhz band (conveniently renamed so I could tell it from the other band). And it's STILL asking for WEP passwords on WPA security.
Am I to assume at this point that apple airport just *****? I'm ready to give up on my Mac altogether over this...

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SOLUTION!
I've been suffering from this problem for a few months. I tried everything suggested by everyone, and then, today, I had a mad idea.
I used to work in a room in the house that's about 12 metres away from the router. It's on the next storey up and horizontally about 8 metres away. The problem started when I began to work in the same room as the router.
Today I became so frustrated that for some reason I walked into a room about 8 metres away on the same level - Guess what? I connected with no problem at all. Feeling full of joy I walked back to the room where the router is located - Dropped internet connection within a few minutes! Walked back to the the room that's 8 metres away and, hey presto! I have a connection. I now realise that the problem was that I moved too close to the router.
I can think of no logical explanation for my experience, but empirically it seems to work. Does anyone have the faintest idea of why this should be the case? In the absence of an answer I think I may have to start believing in fairies at the bottom of the garden - I'm just off to set a meal for them.
By the way, I don't know if it has any significance, but the router is a BT Infinity router that has replaced the incredibly unreliable Virgin Media cable connection

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How do I get my other laptops(Windows), NAS, and and shared wireless printers to appear in the Shared part of Finder? And stay connected after a restart/shutdown?
I use the Finder/Go/Connect to Server command and key in server IP (smb://192.168.1.1) but doesn't connect.
I can bring up another computer using that command (smb://192.168.1.10) and the network drive (NAS) with smb://192.168.100), but not the Linksys server or the DLink wireless print server.
And after restarting or shuttingdown my MacBook, those connections are not there,
I can't find any posts or documentation to help. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
Regards

I went into login items tab under Accounts/Systems Preferences; made those changes and the connections come up fine following each shutdown.
I've tried the HTTP instead of SMB, but...http://192.168.1.1 to get to the server to no avail...just keeps spinning and times out.
Not really necessary since I can connect directly to NAS folders and other laptop; then system preference changes brings them up each start up.
So, I'm left with the problem of my MacBook recognizing my printers attached to printer server (which in turn talks to my router).
DLink Wireless Print Server DPR-1260; http://192.168.1.10
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When I go to "Click + to add a printer"; what should I enter under Type, Device, and URL?
regards

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Wow, I tried to submit this as a problem and the computer lost the wifi connection again, so i lost the whole explanation i typed up.
I've turned off computer and modem multiple times.
When I tried to run the network diagnostic, the macbook pro gave me a "perhaps you are out of range error". I am sitting next to the modem.
My iphone and ipad are wonderfully connected to the home wifi network, so it cannot be the modem/router, correct?
If I am on the same floor as the router/modem then the macbook pro can see my home network but after tyoing in my password and trying to connect i get a "timed out" message.
If I move down one floor, then the macbook can see and connect to the wifi. I only have one modem on one floor.
Is there some sort of diagnostic I can run to see why this particular device (macbook pro) is behaving ths way? It just seems weird because the computer could connect to the wifi network yesterday while i was sitting next to the router.

SOLUTION!
I've been suffering from this problem for a few months. I tried everything suggested by everyone, and then, today, I had a mad idea.
I used to work in a room in the house that's about 12 metres away from the router. It's on the next storey up and horizontally about 8 metres away. The problem started when I began to work in the same room as the router.
Today I became so frustrated that for some reason I walked into a room about 8 metres away on the same level - Guess what? I connected with no problem at all. Feeling full of joy I walked back to the room where the router is located - Dropped internet connection within a few minutes! Walked back to the the room that's 8 metres away and, hey presto! I have a connection. I now realise that the problem was that I moved too close to the router.
I can think of no logical explanation for my experience, but empirically it seems to work. Does anyone have the faintest idea of why this should be the case? In the absence of an answer I think I may have to start believing in fairies at the bottom of the garden - I'm just off to set a meal for them.
By the way, I don't know if it has any significance, but the router is a BT Infinity router that has replaced the incredibly unreliable Virgin Media cable connection

Is it possible to remote-access my MacBook Pro away from home?

Is it possible to remote-access my MacBook Pro away from home?
What I currently have:
Late-2011 MacBook Pro 8,2 (OSX Mavericks 10.9.5)
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I would basically like to be able to have my MacBook Pro on *at home* and connected to the internet via ethernet to the Apple Time Capsule.. and then be able to somehow connect and log in to my MacBook Pro, either through another computer or preferably, my iPhone 5s..
Mostly just interested in having accessibility to be able to make downloads, such as magnet links, while away from the computer.. and basically be able to come home to mostly finished or complete downloads.. Basically like how you can DVR/TiVo things from your iPhone and have it sync with your DVR/TiVo while away from home..
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Yes you can do this.
I would suggest you start with TeamViewer.com (free for personal use).
You will need to install TeamViewer on your Mac AND your iPhone.
The Mac version will need to be configured for unattended remote access. You should practice before you leave the home.
There are other iPhone apps that can remotely access a Mac. A lot depends on whether they can get past the home NAT router. Be careful of apps that provide VNC access, but do not provide a way to get past the home router. If you try one of these, make sure you test it away from your home WiFi network.

What is the best way to set up iTunes on our home network so all family members have access to all of our itunes library, even music we don't have on the cloud?

I have five different people using 10 different apple devices on one itunes account in our family. We have had trouble sharing. What is the best way to set up itunes on our home network? We have purchased music that sits on icloud, but we also have music we have imported from our previous cd library. Our itunes program keeps crashing and dumping everyone's playlists. So far we have all been using just the one desktop computer to sync to because we can't figure out how to share the same librarly and playlists on multiple computers in our home so devices can be synced at any location as well as playlists and purchases be made.

What is the best way to set up itunes on our home network?
One iTunes library per person. One iTunes account per person.
If people wish to share songs, they can make copies.
When the inevitable day comes when the kids get older, you will not have to come back here and post asking how all that stuff can get separated!

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Im completely new to Mac. Im swapping my windows laptop for macbook pro and looking for network storage solution which the Time Capsule seems to do. Is it possible to use this as NAS for my desktop Windows PC - windows 7

Im completely new to Mac. Im swapping my windows laptop for macbook pro and looking for network storage solution which the Time Capsule seems to do. Is it possible to use this as NAS for my desktop Windows PC - windows 7

Broadly speaking I want some sort of network storage( wireless or through my existing wifi router) that I can access files for both my windows PC and Macbook and also to access files to my iPad/ iPhone. Some sort of backup and sychronisation so that I can access certain files remotely.
Buy a real NAS.. synology or QNAP are the standard... although companies like Netgear and Western Digital and Seagate make them as well.
There is no problem sharing between Mac and PC now.. you do not even need a NAS to do that.. you simply share the hard disk directly. Mac talk SMB.. everything talks SMB nowadays.. so it is easy.
ipad and iphone are not designed to use NAS.. they are designed to backup only to the cloud or itunes.. but you can load an app like file browser if you want.
http://www.stratospherix.com/products/filebrowser/
Remote access to the Apple TC is somewhere between difficult, to impossible from a PC.. Apple use BTMM and iCloud but the service is not offered to PC.
A real NAS will offer HTTPS or SFTP or several other methods.. that both Mac and PC can use.
You simply plug it into the current wireless router.. it is a network device and assessable over the network. It is not necessary to buy another router.. in fact that is a waste.

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My macbook pro shows some wifi networks, but not mine. i dont know whats wrong, the wifi networks works on my phone as well as other laptops.

my macbook pro shows some wifi networks but not mine. it comes up on other computers as well as my phone but will not show up on my wifi network options.

Direct you to the proper forum for MacBook :
MacBook Series Forums
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks?view=discussions
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro

Seeing Vista PC folders from a MacBook Pro on a wireless network

I have a 2 PCs running Windows Vista and a MacBook Pro. I also have Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is connected to my main PC by Ethernet cable and to the MacBook and my other PC wirelessly.
I share my Internet Connection with my PCs and Mac which works fine. I use Time Machine to back up my Mac - which works fine. I use Windows OneCare to back up my main PC via Ethernet onto the Time Machine as a hard disk - which also works fine.
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I was able to do it using my router.
On my netgear router (it has a very simple webbrowser-based setup and maintenance system) had the options to assign and reserve a particular ip address for each device connected to it. (It did this not by the computer name but my the MAC address of the network interface. Eg. My powerbook's airport card ALWAYS has an i.p. address of 192.168.0.7, whereas if I connect my powerbook via ethernet, it uses 192.168.0.2)
These could have been any ip addresses that I wished for. These two just happened to be the next available ones.
You should look at your network's router or switch's setups/manuals etc to find out if you're able to do this with your particular hardware.
I use just a simple modem/router/wireless access point all rolled into one:
http://netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php
If you're working in an office environment, the hardware will probably be of fairly good standard, and therefore should allow you to do this.
Glad I was able to help a little with my last message, keep replying untill we get this problem sorted out.
DAN
P.s. I have just had another little look at my VNC (realvnc) server software. In the configuration of the server, in the;
"allow connections from local computer only and" section of the options I have got my two ip addresses (my ethernet and airport ones) stored to allow without needing confirmation.
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Let me know how you get on!

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I am having a similar problem. I have 19 iBooks in a classroom and, suddenly, none of them can see the AirPort Express network when they log on. Instead, the iBooks try to connect to a Windows-based school network. I have designated the AEBS network as the only preferred network but the iBooks NEVER try to connect to it first. However, if you click on the AirPort icon in the menu bar, the AEBS network is clearly visible and clicking on it immediately connects you to the AEBS network.
When I originally set up the network in January, everything worked just fine. After the upgrade to AE Firmware 5.7 and various OS X 10.4.5 updates, everything has gone downhill. I had the dropped signal problem that so many have reported. I downgraded to AE Firmware 5.5.1 and followed J. Exby's procedure to upgrade the AEBS framework. That solved the dropped signal problem. But now my iBooks cannot find the AEBS network when they log in.
I have set the AirPort Network Preferences to connect Automatically or to Preferred Networks with the same result. I have also set the option to "Keep looking for recent networks" and it never finds our AEBS network. Yet, the network can be accessed manually through the AirPort icon.
BTW, I use one of the iBooks myself and it works perfectly and finds my preferred network in 2 other locations with non-AEBS networks. But it cannot see its own preferred network in school.
This is really bugging my students--and me! Any suggestions? THANKS!

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