On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 10:37 PM, Michael B. wrote: > Mike, I'm VERY technically knowledgeable. Especially on the PC and > networking areas. Expert with MS Win32 OSes, Ethernet network > administration, and UNIX/Linux.
Great! Then this will most likely be pretty painless for you. > Mike, what I want to do primarily is share files from anywhere on any > PC (as > long as the disk/folder is shared, of course) to the Macs. Like MP3's, > video > files of any size, software downloaded for either OS on either machine, > etc. > I'd also like to do the same in the other direction, Mac to PC. SInce > apps > from WIn32 won't run on Macs and vice versa, that's not a concern. I'd > also > like to be able to back up the Macs onto the PC's, as the PC's already > have > CD-RW drives, super large hard drives, etc. via copying disk images for > backup (think disk copy images, but of a hard drive). We're definitely talking the same sticky-wicket here. I've been doing some of the same things here. The solution is most likely going to be Linux with netatalk and Samba. > As I said, I have the Win32/*NIX knowledge, but not the Mac experience > yet. > I have never used netatalk yet, though (never had a need). What are its > pros > and cons? What problems did you have with X? Can both PC's and Macs see > each > other, or can they both just see the Linux box? Mac experience: Macs are both easy and hard. First, make sure that Appletalk is enabled and set to Ethernet. This can be found in the Appletalk control panel. IIRC I had to make sure I had a good local subnet IP in the TCP/IP control panel as well. Netatalk: It's not hard. Like most Appletalk related things it just seems to "just work". Most of the time anyway. ;-) I installed it and it just appeared on the Mac Chooser control panels when I went to connect to servers. OS X required editing a config file on my Linux server but then it worked fine - I had to set netatalk to announce the server name. If you have OS X on the Mac it will be able to see the PC. The Linux box, with netatalk will be able to see the Macs. The Macs will be able to see the Linux box that is running netatalk. The PCs most likely will not be able to natively see the Macs unless they are running OS X and either Samba or some other SMB server. I can't recall at the moment if OS X has that built in or not. > Thanks for the info, and will talk to you soon. No problem - I like to help. It means that I get it in return at some point. ;-) Mike Hebel -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
