>>> If you're doing AppleShare over TCP/IP, though, then this probably
>>> wouldn't come into effect, eh?
>>
>> Right, I think that feature is only for Mac to Mac on the same switch. If
>> you go over the internet, you aren't on the same switch, so thus the feature
>> is not applicable.
>
> No no -- you can do AppleShare over TCP/IP on a little LAN
> consisting of one switch not connected to the Internet at all. This is
> what you'd do with file sharing in OSX, in OS9 if you've turned on the
> Shareway AppleShare IP, or you could do it via netatalk on a *nix machine,
> or you could do this to connect to a Mac running AppleShare IP.
Yeah, but I don't think the feature is still applicable because you are
sending AppleTalk network signals inside TCP/IP networking packets. So to
the switch, all it sees if TCP/IP network protocols going on and no
AppleTalk. If you need to connect to a Mac running AppleShare IP, just use
good old AppleShare from the chooser over AppleTalk. I don't see why you
need to jump to TCP/IP networking when you can just use native AppleTalk
between two systems. I understand TCP/IP is the only option between OS X and
9 and other UNIX/LINUX systems.
If you have a network that is big enough to have several machines running
LINUX/UNIX, Mac OS, and maybe windows, you should look into getting a server
setup with the latest version of Mac OS X Server. The new OS X Server can
do the native networking protocols for almost any OS. To Mac computers it is
an AppleShare server over AppleTalk. To UNIX boxes, it is a TelNet Server,
and to Windows, it is a NT Server. I know a lot of places that are looking
into Mac OS X Server for networks primarily running something other than the
Mac OS on their client systems. OS X Server has really broken down the
barriers. It can do 3 Server OSes in one, with a rock solid UNIX foundation
with Mac ease-of-use. I would sure trust OS X Server to a Wintel network
more than an NT box.
Sam
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