I'm looking for a way to have a Mac LAN and Win LAN share internet access, printing, and files. I think that a Linux machine somewhere in the mix might do the job.
Yes, it is one of the easier ways to connect them
Basic situation is that my Dad has a bunch of Mac OS 9.x machines, he's going to share office space with a friend running Windows machines. They're going to get an ADSL connection to the office. What's wanted is:
Share the ADSL connection.
Use Squid
Share files with a secretary running MS Word (probably on Windows, but perhaps on a Mac). Share the laser printer.
Use PHPGroupware or any web-based file sharing to share the files, that way any machine Linux / Win / Mac / DOS may see and share the files.
My thought is a Linux machine connected to the ADSL link using iptables for firewall/masquerading/routing, running Netatalk and Samba. Create a directory on the Linux machine which is shared to my Dad's Macs via Netatalk, but is also a Windows share for the secretary via Samba. So Dad can put files in there from a Mac, the secretary can put files in there from Windows, both sides can access it. I've found no docs that say this can't be done, but I'm a bit concerned about how file locking works in this situation. Then create a separate Windows share for my Dad's friend on the Linux box, again shared via Samba to the secretary. There's no need for files to be shared between Dad and his friend, just between each and the secretary.
Does the above make sense?
The printer is an HP Laserjet 4. It has an ethernet port. Plugged into an AppleTalk network, it comes up in the chooser and works fine. I can't seem to get it to respond to Linux or Windows over the ethernet connection. When plugged in, it sends out ARP packets that are received but I'm not sure what should be responding to them. Seems to be looking for a free IP address. Tried playing with dhcp but that doesn't seem to do the job. Plugged into the parallel port of Windows or Linux it works fine. I'm thinking it might be easiest to plug it into the Linux box and use CUPS to share it.
Richard Hayes
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