Semi-OT: Macintosh networking

[Jon Pruente]

Mac OS 8.what? It'll make a bit of a difference on what is already included
to network and what apps you can run. I'm assuming the PowerMac has an
ethernet port. :) It should be very simple to just plug them both into a
router and have at it by enabling the File Sharing setup. Depending on the
version of OS 8, DHCP might not work well. Newer versions (8.5, 8.6) should
work fine. IIRC 8.0 and 8.1 might be finicky. The Mini should work great
with any regular file sharing setup, ie, AppleTalk IP, Samba, FTP, etc.

Jon.

On 9/30/05, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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