Hi there,
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From: "WSS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [netconnect] Networking Amiga with Mac
> I will soon be needing to be transfering a whole heap of files (a few gig)
to an
> iMac. Not sharing any common interface means that's not as easy as it
sounds.
> Is it possible to connect the modems together and configure Genesis TCP/IP
&
> whatever the Mac equivalent is?
Connecting modems would be tricky, and very slow to boot. You'd need to
have a PPP connection available on either the Amiga or the Mac.
> If not (I was grasping at straws to save a bit of dosh), it seems ethernet
is
> the answer, using Eyetech's PCMCIA ethernet card. Question is, how easy
is it
> to configure Genesis? Eyetech tell me the supplied software is
pre-configured
> for Amiga to PC, but Macs are a whole different ballgame and no support
can be
> offered. How would it be different?
It wouldn't!! I've got a 10Mb LAN at home, and had a PowerBook (System
7.1), ShapeShifter (System7.5.5), my server (WindowsNT4.0), my Amiga (WB3.1,
NC3) and my girlfriend's computer (Win98) all talking perfectly.
The Amiga is using a Genius ME3000IISE 10Mbit card, and the freeware
cnet.device from Aminet. This is all that Eyetech will be selling anyway,
except for perhaps a motherboard mod (which I didn't fit) to help the PCMCIA
card reset. Sometimes the card needs to be unplugged and plugged back in
(about once a month or so) for the Amiga to see it. Only after a bad crash.
When it's working, it works!!
If you don't have a hub, you will need a cross-over cable to connect the two
directly.
You'll need a server on the Amiga. FTP is probably easiest to set up.
Check Aminet for a solution.
> Any suggestions before I spend my hard earned dosh on a devise that even
Eyetech
> are unsure if it will work?
I would check out other sources for the PCMCIA card, depending on what
Eyetech are charging. It's pretty much plug in and go. If you need any
help with setting up the LAN, email me directly and I'll try to help out. I
don't have any servers, as I use Samba to talk to the two PCs here (and
Samba for the Mac is expensive!)
Hope this helps,
Totty <8^)
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