Hey Jake, I am in the process of doing the same thing (only I am using cable modem). You have static IP? Lucky you!!! You should associate your IP address with a url for ease of recall. Go to www.dyndns.org and sign up for a (free account). Then download and install the DynDNS client software. This will sync your ip address with your chosen URL (i.e. Jake.gotdns.org or whatever you wish).
Next, I haven't really had a problem with my umax S900 in sleep mode and it wakes fine on network activity, however, it takes some time for the hard drives to spin up (about 30 sec or so). If you don't mind that, you will be ok. You should know that I am running OS X 10.2.2 Server and it was designed to wake instantly on internet traffic, so I am not sure if difficulties will arise if you use the OS X 10.2.2 client software (the standard retail product). The built in firewall does a fine job--it is already preconfigured to allow traffic on the FTP, AFP, and HTTP ports. If you want to use secure telnet, VNC (remote control), or other software utilizing remote access, you will need to open those ports in your built in firewall. Whoever advised you to separate your "valuable" data on another drive or partition was smart. Unmounting it is the key. As for sharing, you have two options. You can do the easy thing and buy a router (which will act as a firewall and a hub), or you can use a software router, IPNetRouter is one I can think of, but its not free. I'm sure there are free Open Source versions ported for OS X, you just need to do a little hunting. Please note that the router (hardware or software) is necessary to share internet access among all your computers. If you just want to share files, all you need to do is set up your mac for file sharing, but you will need to assign IP addresses to your other computers (192.168.0.x where x can range anywhere from 1 to 254). To physically connect the computers you will need an ethernet crossover cable (not a standard ethernet cable). It would be best if you bought a hub. My suggestion is to purchase a router--it will act as a router, firewall, hub, and allows for ease of filesharing without assigning IP addresses. With respect to FTP and firewire, I have had no problems using this configuration and has allowed me to set up many different drives as I see fit. But again, I am using OS X Server which allows me to arbitrarily assign any mounted hard drive or directory as a sharepoint. If you are using OS X (the non-server version), I suggest you download the most excellent CrushFTP Server software (www.crushftp.com). Its not free ($25) but there is a 30 day evaluation--and besides, the author is a one-man show who put together an FTP server which is, in my opinion, far better than Apple's offering. Hope this helps! On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 06:21 AM, jake williamson wrote: > i'm getting adsl on my mac at home - i'e got a couple of things i'm > thinking about: > > 1 - the service comes with a static non nat ip address and i'm planning > on hosting my own site on my mac. is anyone else doing this? i also > would like to enable ftp to transfer files between work and home. i'm > also thinking of letting some of my mates host their sites on the mac. > > 2 - will the web/ftp access be hampered if the machine is in 'sleep' > mode? i'm planning on having it set to sleep when i'm away. the usage > will be low, but will the machine 'wake up' every time a internet > connection is made? > > 2 - is the firewall in mac os x 10.2.2 good enough security for an > always on connection? my current internal disk is partitioned down > (keeping os x separate from everything else) and i have a new 80gig > internal drive coming in. would i be best advised to put all my > 'valuable' stuff on the 2nd internal drive and un-mount it in the > finder? will this stop a hacker seeing it?? this will be while i'm away > from the machine. > > 3 - is it possible to share the connection from my mac with out buying > a router hub? i have a windows notebook with an ethernet connection and > a 2nd mac in another room. i'm sure i've seen a 'share internet > connection' button in the os? > > 4 - regarding ftp, i've asked around on this list before and had some > help with figuring out the ftp thing. in addition, i'm trying to figure > out if i can use an external firewire disk as the ftp disk? i've had no > joy changing the ftp directory before but would this be something i can > do with the netinfo tool?? > > any feedback would be great!! > > cheers, > > jake > > > -- > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Unsupported OS X list info > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
