This is all peer to peer.
Well, yes, but the machine you log on to is still a server, even if it
does other things besides. Peer to peer here means all machines are
servers for each other, and all are also "clients" logging on to the
others
All of the computers see each other, it's as though the iMac does not
recognize
the passwords being used by the Power Macs.
Not sure I understand this sentence. When logging onto the iMac, you
must use the password of your OSX account there. The passwords you log
onto the OS9 machines with have nothing to do with it. Each machine
have their own passwords.
I know you can log on to OS9 as a Guest, not sure about OSX. Is that
option greyed out in the Chooser?
The iMac can log on to the Power Macs, send and receive files, but
the Power Macs are not able to do anything but see the iMac as a
possible
option in the chooser. I think it has to do with the fact that X is
based
on UNIX and has some protocols that the Power Macs don't understand.
When I
shift the iMac to OS 9.2.2 all of the computers can share back and
forth
completely.
Nothing to do with UNIX. The protocol here is AppleTalk, and OSX can
also speak that.
But it needs to be turned on, in the Network pane of System
Preferences. And you must turn on Personal Filesharing in the Sharing
pane.
All of this should work, but many have problems with the stability -
the OSX machine can suddenly loose connection to the OS9 it is logged
on to (the other way is stable).
Here is a trick I am currently trying, and so far seem to work - though
not as elegantly simple as we expect from Macs. What I do is avoid the
AppleTalk protocol alltogether:
- Give each Mac a fixed IP-number (instead of the automatic one they
get from your Ethernet switch with DHCP)
- On the OS9 Macs, turn on "Allow users to connect using TCP/IP", a
tick box in the File Sharing control panel.
- Connect to the OSX machine stating the IP number in the Chooser
(instead of just selecting the name in the list pane)
- Same the other way: Use "Connect to server" from OSX Finder's Go-menu
Seems awkward, but it only needs to be done once. When mounted on the
desktops, make aliases of the volumes for future use
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