This is all very confusing, perhaps because there are so many things to keep straight.
Here�s what I�ve done and it works to a point. OS 9 Computer 1) OS 9 needs apple talk active to to share files. 2) Turn on File Sharing using TCP/IP in the File Sharing control panel there is a box in the middle of the panel. Make a note of the ip address, it will show up in this window. URL afp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 3) Your OS X computer must be listed and included on the User/Group menu. 4) On the Disk Info for the disk (or the disk that contains the files you want to share) your user/group must be included with read/write privileges. OS X Computer (I only used Panther so these are Panther windows.) a) You can have Apple Talk on or off. b) In the main Finder window drag down from �Go� to connect to server. You will get a window to input the ip address from (#2). This connections is more reliable than using straight Apple Talk. I�ve just tested it on my computer and aliases work okay. Known Issues For Me: My problem is my OS X (10.3.4) computers drops the connection to the OS 9 (9.2.2) computer. Sometimes in a few minutes and sometimes never. Making it a pain to use the OS 9 computer for a server. On an Apple Knowledge page somewhere I read that for a stable OS 9 to OS X connection you need to manually set the OS 9 computers IP address. I�ve done this but it doesn�t help. I�d manually set the ip on my OS X machine but then I can�t seem to find my internet connection. Any Ideas how you do this? It�s funny because I�ve also got another G3 running OS 8.6 hosting FileMaker Server 5 using TCP/IP and the connection never fails. Geno > From: "Tom W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: G-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:06:07 -0400 > To: G-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: AppleTalk issue(s) in Panther > > Mark Benson wrote: > >> >> 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? >> >> >> > Under OS 9, I will access another user's shared folder, and then create > an alias for it. I drag the alias to my desktop, for example, and then > after that, I don't have to go to chooser, appleshare, etc. etc. I just > double click on the alias and the dialogue box to log into the other > user's computer comes up. Trying to remember here (been a while) > whether this refused to work at all when using X, or just unreliably. > When I dragged the alias (from the OS9 computer) across to my (OS X) > computer, and for eg. , stuck it on my desktop for easy accessibility, > it would either not work at all, or would work the first time, but stop > after that. Definitely, on later attempts to access the alias on the X > computer, it would tell me the alias wasn't valid, as if you'd moved the > original folder or deleted it. > Thanks for any help. I would love to get back on X at work. I feel > crippled, using X at home and 9 at work, but I have to take work from > multiple users several times a day, so this is an important feature for me. > One other thing, I believe that it would work better from folders that > were on the server than it did from folders on another user's computer. > Tom > > > -- > 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? 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