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On Dec 23, 2003, at 4:13 PM, Jennifer Worgan wrote:Thank you so very much for taking the time to spell it out so clearly for
me.
How do you plug in 4 or 5 compact macs into the phonenet adapter on the
7200 Power Mac? Do you use a regular phone compay adapter that allows 5
phones to be plugged into one outlet?
----- Original Message ----- From: "John F. Scipione" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jennifer Worgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Networking MacOSX to System7
The tricky part is finding the actual networking equipment. If you
want to network using ethernet, then you are going to have some real
trouble because it can take a lot of time and money to find appropriate
adapters for compact macs. That is why I suggest using phonenet. You
can usually find phonenet adapters in the regular places; ebay.
Usually they are pretty cheap, I wouldn't pay more than $10 for 3.
Then what you need to do is get some regular phone cables, I suggest
finding uncurled cables if you can, because it is less annoying to deal
with. Then just hook up the adapters to the printer ports of the macs
and connect the phone wires between them. Not sure what the max length
wire you can use, but it is pretty long, think serial cable lengths.
As far as software goes, if you just want to share files and printers
between them, you just need to make sure that you have the appropriate
networking software installed. This is just Appleshare and comes on
the System 7 disks. If you are using System 6 install Network Software
Installer 1.4.5 which is available here:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Networking- Communications/Network_Software_Installer/
Now, if you want to connect your compact macs to the Internet you need
some other pieces of software. If you use a modem you could probably
find one that connects directly to the compact macs, install PPP and be
done with it. If you use a broadband connection or if you want to
share Internet connected to the 7200 it becomes more difficult. First
you have to setup your network card on your 7200, I assume you have
already done this. Then you need to go and download a program called
IPNetRouter. It is available here:
http://www.sustworks.com/site/downloads.html (Scroll down about 1/3 the
page, download version 1.5.4 for 68k, 1.6.8 for PPC.)
And you are going to need to get Open Transport 1.1.2 which is available here:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Networking- Communications/Open_Transport/
and you are going to need the Localtalk Bridge 2.1 software which is available here:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Networking- Communications/Other_N-C/
Once you have all that setup, go to your Appletalk control panel, set the port to ethernet (if you are sharing a modem, serial), then go to your localtalk bridge control panel and set it to be on, and public, restart. Then setup IPNetRouter. Their is actually a much better guide for doing all this with screenshots at:
http://www.tangerinecs.com/~amber/network.php
Make sure when following his directions, do NOT set the Appletalk control panel to be Printer port, set it to ethernet (for LAN networking) or serial (for modem networking). Other than that, just follow along.
Skipp
On Dec 23, 2003, at 2:22 PM, Jennifer Worgan wrote:
I am wanting to network my compact macs from different rooms in my house to a 7200 PowerMac. I have never networked anything before.
Where should I go to find out what I need (hard and soft ware) and how
to
set it up. I gather you have done something similar.
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