Semi-OT: Macintosh networking

[Leo Mauler]

Anyone have  any experience networking a PowerMac
running OS 8.x and a MacMini running OSX?  My
brother-in-law needs to connect the two, and somehow
connect a PC into the network as well.

Been considering adding a fourth computer into the
mix, a Linux server box, and using a shared Linux
drive to share files between the computers.  It would
involve sharing a Linux directory as both an HFS share
and a SMB share simultaneously.

However, getting the Macs networked together is the
most important bit.  We'd be using an Ethernet switch
to connect the two Macs together.  Considered a
crossover cable and discarded that idea early on.  

I've found some solutions but cheap and/or free is the
order of the day here.  The expensive solutions tend
to be Ethernet and the cheap solutions tend to be
weird (such as connecting the two via null modem
cable).



		
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