--- Jamie Kahn Genet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any good introductory guides to building your own > Mac/PC/Unix LAN, > understanding modems, ADSL, Firewalls, etc?
Use the Linux or BSD box as your "go between" for any Macs running OS 9.2.2 or older. I dunno about easy, but it's free software. ;) Apple FINALLY got a clue and made OSX "friendly" with Windows networking. They had an AppleShare Client for Windows 3.1x and in early 1995 announced they would do an ASC for Windows 95, then did nothing. Apple moved on to AppleShare IP with no plans to be Windows friendly. On the Windows side, NT Server, 2000 Server and Advanced Server, and Windows 2003 have Services for Macintosh. They planned to include SFM with Windows XP Pro but decided not to very late in development. Fire up Help on any XP box and search for Macintosh. You'll find instructions for installing the SFM that doesn't exist. :P I haven't checked lately, but Microsoft even had those instructions on their TechNet website. The Help file wasn't changed with Service Pack 1, dunno if they bothered to delete the bogus SFM info from it with Service Pack 2. Other than a linux/BSD box, you can install Thursby DAVE on a 9.2.2 or older Mac or PC MacLAN on Windows for file and printer sharing. Printers must be PostScript enabled and NOT host based, GDI, "WinPrinters" or other software/CPU driven printers. If you store Mac files on the PC from 9.2.2 or older, the Mac will litter your PC's shared drive(s) with desktop and resource fork folders. You do NOT want to modify, delete or move Mac files stored on the PC using the PC. Make copies of any cross-platform files, do any editing etc, then use the Mac to copy the changed file back to the Mac and delete the old copy from the PC. If you move the file using the PC, it'll appear "broken" to the Mac and if it's a file that depends on the resource fork, it's toast. There is a command in Services for Macintosh called "forkize" that supposedly "binds" the resource and data forks together so a Mac can retreive the file and use it. I've never tried it so I dunno how well it works. I haven't yet used OSX, so I dunno how it behaves in a shared network environment, other than not requiring 3rd party (overpriced!) software to talk to Windows. (Too expensive for home or small biz people with a small number of computers.) A "bulletproof" way of sharing storage space amongst many platforms is a NAS (Network Attached Storage) server. Some only support Windows but there are many that support Mac/Win/*nix systems. These are units that simply plug into power and ethernet, grab an IP if there's anything on the LAN handing out IPs, like a Windows box with internet connection sharing on, then you aim a web browser at that IP to configure it. (Instruction reading is a must with these things. ;-) Internet sharing is easy, especially if you have a broadband internet (DSL, cable, etc) router. Jack that into the LAN and anything that speaks TCP/IP can be online. Windows internet sharing will also work, but the PC doing the connection sharing must be running and online for other systems to access the net. If you have broadband (and don't have a standalone router) then the Windows PC doing the sharing needs two ethernet cards. If you're stuck on dialup, several companies used to make different types of boxes for sharing a dialup connection. Some had the modem, router and hub/switch all in one. Some just had a router and hub/switch with a serial port to connect an external modem. (Some of those had multiple ports to connect two or more modems.) Some were just a router with a serial port to connect between a modem and a seperate hub/switch. There may also have been combo modem/routers without the hub or switch. The only brand name I can remember right now is WebRamp. I've thought about getting one because at times I've had three or four computers all needing internet access at the same time but I've just used Windows connection sharing. ===== It WAS total Fandemonium! http://www.fandemonium.org Didn't go? Fandemonium 2005 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
