On Monday, August 02, 2004, at 11:42AM, Tom W. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> As Wayne's reply puts forth ... AppleTalk is very antiquated and would >> best be avoided on a newer setup such as the one you seem to be >> describing. As to why the G4 is "anti-social" ... it might be that >> there are no shares defined on the G4 even though file sharing is on. >> It is also possible that there is some sort of misconfigured access >> lists. You might try enabling another service on the G4 like the web >> server or FTP server to make sure that there aren't any lower-level >> network problems. >> >> That's about all I can think of now ... >> -- >> Brandon > > >Hope this doesn't seem like a dumb question, but how do you avoid >appletalk and still share files between OS X and OS 9.2 on a mixed network? > >I had to stop using X at work because it just wouldn't reliably >communicate with the OS9 computers. You'd set up an alias and it >wouldn't work. You'd make a connection, and then it would be dropped. >It was a pain in the keester and I gave up on X (at work). As I see it, there seems to be alot of confusion between 'Appletalk' and 'AFP (AppleShare File Protocol)'. 'Appletalk' is a proprietory protocol used over Serial (as Localtalk) and Ethernet networks (as Appletalk) to connect Apple speaking machines and is self-discovering. It is indeed a bit old and not particularely OS X friendly. 'AFP' is not the same as Appletalk. AFP is the file sharing protocol used on all Apple networks - including Appletalk - to transfer files and mount shared file directories/drives etc. AFP can be used without Appletalk - over TCP/IP for example - however OS X contains limited backwards support (which has got less with each version) for Appletalk to help communitaction with older OS versions. OS 8.0 and later (or earlier versions using OS 8.0's Open Transport and Appletalk/AFP modules) is required to connect to OS X Panther as far as I can establish (extensive practical experience!!) as it requires the ability to use AFP over TCP/IP. I'm not 100% sure about all of the above but it's what I have gathered - this one has been through the wringer a few times and I was the one who got it all confused not so long ago. Tom - What exactly are you having problems with accessing at work? -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
