On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> Hi there everyone,
>
> I was just thinking about the possibility of adding a Macintosh (running
> MacOS) to my existing LAN with one Linux fileserver and a bunch of Windows
> clients. Please pardon the off-topic.
>
> 1. I presume a Mac with a NIC with a UTP port can connect to the same
> switch as my Linux and Windows boxes and can be set up with TCP/IP, and
> can work with a DHCP server. Am I right?
Yes. At the UP College of Medicine we have a whole lab of Macs that is
connected to the UP LAN/WAN and they get their IP Addresses by DHCP from a
Linux Server
> 2. I know that there's this Samba client for the Macintosh. It ain't free,
> though. Has anyone tried it with the Linux Samba daemon from
> <http://www.samba.org/>?
Not samba. Use netatalk. This enables a Linux server to share files with a
Mac. The Mac uses it's native file sharing clients to access files on the
Linux server.
>
> 3. Is there any other way to get file sharing to work between a Mac client
> and a Linux fileserver? Something that hopefully the Macintosh already has
> bundled software to work with.
See above. Netatalk is everything you need to Network Linux servers with
Macs. Netatalk is included with most major distributions.
> Please help. I know NOTHING about Macs. Hahaha. While I'm at it
> ... sino'ng matinong distributor ng Mac dito sa Maynila?
DPSI.
To put this On-topic.. Why not install Linux on the Mac? There are Linux
distributions for M68K macs (classic, etc) and for Powermacs (G3, G4,
I-Macs). Debian and RedHat have Mac versions, and there are distribs
really for Macs (e.g. YellowDog).
Cito Maramba, M.D.
Asst. Professor
Medical Informatics Unit
UP College of Medicine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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