Andrew Tait ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:44:28 +0100:
>
> Hi there,
Yo!
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
So it would be possible then? You see, this would be a 'once only' operation,
so I'm reluctant to buy an ethernet solution if it isn't absolutely necessary.
Speed isn't really an issue - I could leave it running for however long it takes
- But cost and, more importantly, an idiods guide are very much issues for me.
> > 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.
I think they were talking about Samba IIRC.
> 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.
Check!
> You'll need a server on the Amiga. FTP is probably easiest to set up.
> Check Aminet for a solution.
Easy is good! :-) I really don't need all the potential functionality that a
LAN can offer - All I need *is* FTP. That's what's confusing about all this.
All the talk of 'networking' I've seen assumes that you want it all, which just
makes it more complicated for someone, like me, who just wants to copy some
files.
I've got AmFTP & mFTP on the Miggy - I assume I'll need to find one for the Mac.
Or can't I use the FTP functionality of a browser? <frantic grasping at straws>
> > 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.
Power do one too for $50 (�5 more than Eyetechs). Amiga Format (RIP) gave that
a higher mark. Incidentally, there was an article on networking too - Right
over my head! :-) Lots of talk of linking with PCs using all sorts of methods,
but not much for Macs. :-/
> 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!)
Thanks for the offer. I might just take you up on it when the time comes. Much
appriciated.
> Hope this helps,
>
> Totty <8^)
--
Cheers
Wayne Stuart
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