Out of the box netbui, MS's peer-to-peer protocol, will not allow you to see
mac volumes.
I think the easiest way to do this is with a product called Dave made by
Thursby software, http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html . It allows
MAC's to see PC files and vice versa.
I have heard good things about it for sharing files across pc/mac networks.
I would try the demo to ensure that it works with Filemaker.
Michael
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:36 PM
To: TechRocks Support
Subject: [support] Re: LAN Zip Backkups
I'm at the limit of what I know about mixed platform networks , but I
would have assumed that if both machines are on the network and you
are able to share files (even with FileMaker's built-in file sharing)
that you have all the hardware (e.g., network boards) and software
(e.g., drivers) that you need.Turn on file sharing in the Mac. Look
in the Mac's Chooser to see if any of the PCs appear. Does the PC
Network Neighborhood show the Mac? Anyone else have more detail on
this?
>>>When a PC hosts a Mac on a LAN is it possible to back up the host's ebase
>>>files
>>>on a Zip drive attached to the guest Mac? Or is it necessary to acquire a
>>>SCSI adampter for the PC and attach the Zip drive to that?
>>
>>As long as both machines are on the network, you should be able to
>>back up from the Mac. The details depend on your setup. It might be
>>possible to mount the host drive on your Mac and just copy the file
>>set from there to your zip drive. You might need use the PC to make
>>a copy to a shared folder, then go to the Mac and copy from that
>>folder to the zip drive.
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>>Dave Shaw Northwest Classics, Inc
>>tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338
>
>
>Dave,
>
>Both machines have etherNet cables running to a hub and are using
>TCP/IP protocol. There are other PC's on this (peer-to-peer) network
>as well and I have no problem with shared resources or folders among
>the PC's. But no PC hard drive icon has *ever* appeared on the
>desktop of the Mac and I have *never* seen *anything* PC on the Mac
>except the "Host" radio button when opening the Mac as guest of the
>host PC with ebase and FMP. I really do hope I am wrong because what
>you have suggested would be so wonderful! But the notion of copying
>anything on the hard drive of a PC or from a PC's shared folder to a
>Zip drive on the Mac without additional (expensive) software
>completely baffles me. Please set me right if this can really be
>done.
>
>Henry
>
>
>
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