Ami-Mac networking

[Mark]

OK. I've given it the ol' college try browsing the web for a few hours
and reading the MAN's so now it's time to call in the big guns...
Usenet.
It's 3:00 AM and I just completed my Certified Cisco Network Associate
course yesterday, but this ain't no router and it's got me stumped!!

Is it possible to file-share between Mac and Amiga platforms? I'm trying
to use Miami (registered) to pass files between my Amiga and my PowerMac
(MacTCP/Appletalk?). I've got an x-surf ethernet card on the Amiga, and
the ethernet is built into the Mac.

Looking for pointers to configuring the network and any required "file
sharing" software. Actually, if I can get FTP running across the wire
I'll just use ftpmount. I'm also hoping to set the Mac up as a
print-server for the Amiga.

Am I asking too much? Can Apples and Amigas talk?

Thanks a bunch!!
Replies to he...@nfx.net please.
Mark Henry

[Skipper Smith]

You SHOULD be able to do this, but it depends on how you are hooked up to
the internet and what you are willing to give up.

If you are using the Amiga to hook into the internet and are using Miami
Deluxe, then getting all the computers to talk to each other should be
easy. Using either a cross-over cable or a hub/switch, just tell the Mac
to hook up to the internet over ethernet.

If you are using the Mac to hook into the internet, then you are a bit
hosed. The Mac, using the software that comes standard, you can hook into
internet OR ethernet, but not both. You need to get a piece of software
called IPNat (or some equivilent) which will let you use the modem AND
ethernet at the same time. Only problem is, if you do that, you can't
play any games that require you to quit all the other applications.
Otherwise, you can get an external firewall/modem router/switch (if you
are moving to cable/ADSL, now would be a good time to make the jump).
Once you get the external piece of hardware that controls the modem, then
both the Amiga and the Mac will hook into the internet over ethernet and
just Miami and the standard Mac OS will do everything you need.

I am also fighting this exact same problem. I finally broke down and got
an external modem for the Amiga (the Mac modem is internal), but haven't
had the time to actually start using the Amiga to connect to the internet.
Whenever I start to have the time, a squirrel chews through my phone line
and I lose connection to the internet. I can't figure out why the phone
company doesn't seem to mind coming out here every 3-4 months to replace
20-50 foot sections of phone line.

Good luck.

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[Richard Birchall]

In article <38B79738...@nfx.net>,
he...@nfx.net wrote:

> Is it possible to file-share between Mac and Amiga platforms? I'm
> trying to use Miami (registered) to pass files between my Amiga and
> my PowerMac (MacTCP/Appletalk?). I've got an x-surf ethernet card on
> the Amiga, and the ethernet is built into the Mac.
>
> Looking for pointers to configuring the network and any required "file
> sharing" software. Actually, if I can get FTP running across the wire
> I'll just use ftpmount. I'm also hoping to set the Mac up as a
> print-server for the Amiga.

If you are just setting up a private TCP/IP network, then just enter
static IP addresses for both machines.

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the
following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets:
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

If you are intending to share an Internet connection (which you don't
mention), then you should be looking for NAT software for the machine
with the connection. You will still be setting up a private IP
network, using the above address space.

Richard

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