Semi-OT: Macintosh networking

[Leo Mauler]

The PowerMac is running OS 8.1, hence my confusion. 
All of the information I've been able to Google covers
OS 8.5 or higher.

My brother-in-law says he might be able to find the
original OS 8.1 CDs if something needs to be on the
computer that isn't.

I am under the impression that there is no version of
Samba for OS 8.1, or that it was unable to connect to
a SMB/CIFS share.

--- Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mac OS 8.what? It'll make a bit of a difference 
> on what is already included to network and what 
> apps you can run. I'm assuming the PowerMac has 
> an ethernet port. :) It should be very simple to 
> just plug them both into a router and have at it 
> by enabling the File Sharing setup. Depending on 
> the version of OS 8, DHCP might not work well. 
> Newer versions (8.5, 8.6) should work fine. IIRC 
> 8.0 and 8.1 might be finicky. The Mini should 
> work great with any regular file sharing setup, 
> ie, AppleTalk IP, Samba, FTP, etc.
> 
> Jon.
> 
> On 9/30/05, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Anyone have any experience networking a PowerMac
> > running OS 8.x and a MacMini running OSX? My
> > brother-in-law needs to connect the two, and
> > somehow connect a PC into the network as well.
> >
> > Been considering adding a fourth computer into 
> > the mix, a Linux server box, and using a shared
> > Linux drive to share files between the computers. 
> > It would involve sharing a Linux directory as 
> > both an HFS share and a SMB share simultaneously.
> >
> > However, getting the Macs networked together is
> > the most important bit. We'd be using an Ethernet
> > switch to connect the two Macs together. 
> > Considered a crossover cable and discarded that 
> > idea early on.
> >
> > I've found some solutions but cheap and/or free 
> > is the order of the day here. The expensive 
> > solutions tend to be Ethernet and the cheap 
> > solutions tend to be weird (such as connecting 
> > the two via null modem cable).



		
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