Peer to peer PC/Mac networking
Rob Gendreau
Laserwriter? I assume I'd go with Ethernet, which would require a hub,
and I guess a bridge to the Laserwriter. I've seen people using Dave at
work on the LAN there, so I assume I'd need that as well. I'm very
unknowledgeable about networking.
Assuming I got it together, there's another question: am I going to be
able to access files on the PC's CD? I assume I'd be able to access
data (I've got translators, etc). What about a Mac CD in the PC's
CD--can I get to those files? Or would I have to transfer them to the
Mac before I could use them? Finally, the CD on the PC is a CD-RW. I
don't suppose there is anyway I could burn Mac files, MP3, or other
files into it from the Mac using Toast? Or is there software on the PC
end that would allow me to transfer Mac files and then burn them?
Thanks
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Pedro
>
> What's the most economical way to hook up a Mac and PC, and a
> Laserwriter? I assume I'd go with Ethernet,
I'd agree with that.
which would require a hub,
> and I guess a bridge to the Laserwriter.
Apple LaserWriter Bridge is good.
I've seen people using Dave at
> work on the LAN there, so I assume I'd need that as well.
Make sure the mac is stable before installing dave, bc it will be less
stable afterwards.
I'm very
> unknowledgeable about networking.
I was until I started trying to connect macs, pcs and laserwriters and
deskjets and things.
>
> Assuming I got it together, there's another question: am I going to be
> able to access files on the PC's CD?
Depends how you set it up. Say you set up a MS network, you could use
DAVE to connect.
I assume I'd be able to access
> data (I've got translators, etc). What about a Mac CD in the PC's
> CD--can I get to those files?
PCs are bad at reading mac discs
Or would I have to transfer them to the
> Mac before I could use them? Finally, the CD on the PC is a CD-RW. I
> don't suppose there is anyway I could burn Mac files, MP3, or other
> files into it from the Mac using Toast? Or is there software on the PC
> end that would allow me to transfer Mac files and then burn them?
>
Errrrr
> Thanks
I prob didn't help much
Cari D. Burstein
<ro...@pacnospambell.net> wrote:
:What's the most economical way to hook up a Mac and PC, and a
:Laserwriter? I assume I'd go with Ethernet, which would require a hub,
:and I guess a bridge to the Laserwriter. I've seen people using Dave at
:work on the LAN there, so I assume I'd need that as well. I'm very
:unknowledgeable about networking.
Well, that depends on how seamlessly you want to network them. You could
probably make do with a crossover cable, but a hub's a little better,
and it's not like they're expensive.
The printer may have connectors for both Mac and PC, in which case you
might be better just plugging them both in directly than networking
them. If the printer has ethernet, just putting it on the hub should be
ok (in that case a crossover cable would definitely not do).
To share files you can do any number of things, depending on how
frequently you do it. You could just setup FTP servers on one or both of
the machines and just ftp files back and forth when needed. Since we
don't transfer files that often in my house (there are a couple Macs and
PCs and one Linux machine), that works fine for our needs. Another
possibility is to use Dave or PCMacLan to have one machine talk
another's file sharing protocol. Note that unless both of them get their
respective special software, the talking will only go one way. Another
possibility is installing Timbuktu on both machines, which will allow
you to transfer files and control/observe the machines from each other.
In some cases this can be a more convenient setup.
:Assuming I got it together, there's another question: am I going to be
:able to access files on the PC's CD? I assume I'd be able to access
:data (I've got translators, etc). What about a Mac CD in the PC's
:CD--can I get to those files? Or would I have to transfer them to the
:Mac before I could use them? Finally, the CD on the PC is a CD-RW. I
:don't suppose there is anyway I could burn Mac files, MP3, or other
:files into it from the Mac using Toast? Or is there software on the PC
:end that would allow me to transfer Mac files and then burn them?
The PC cd drive will not read Mac cds unless you get a special program
to do so. The Mac will read PC cds without a problem. Without somehow
hooking the CD-RW to the Mac, I suspect the PC will have to do the
actual, burning, but most file sharing approaches listed above will
allow you to access a CD in the PC to get files off of it (not sure what
the point of that would be). If you are burning files like MP3s from the
PC (files which are not Mac specific and do not have a resource fork),
they should be ok, but I'm not sure that if you tried to burn files like
applications (which may lose their resource forks in the process of
being burned on a PC cd) that it would work. So you could transfer the
files from the Mac to the PC, but once you did that, you would have to
burn the CD from the PC side (although if you had Timbuktu, you could
control it from the Mac if you wanted to).
Hope this is helpful.
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