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tbalazs
04-25-2001, 09:51 AM
Is there a way to connect a Win2K Pro (*not* Server) machine to an Apple OS9 machine without 3rd party software?
Thanks,
Tony.
Ghost_Hacker
04-25-2001, 10:50 AM
It's been awhile since I had to add Macs to a Windows network. But I belive you still need to use a 3rd party program such as DAVE or COPS.

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tbalazs
04-25-2001, 11:38 AM
As the only function of the network will be to share files, would an ftp client and server on each machine communicating via ftp be a workable kludge?
Ghost_Hacker
04-25-2001, 03:19 PM
Yes, that would work and is in fact the second method mentioned by Apple for communicating over TCP/IP networks with non-appletalk boxes.

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tbalazs
04-25-2001, 03:48 PM
That's cool! Any idea how I would allow the Mac to have dynamic IP for PPP over the Net but give it a static address for the FTP/NIC? Or would this be no more of a problem than on the PC? (Don't know much about Macs).
Ghost_Hacker
04-26-2001, 11:58 AM
It won't be any harder than on a Windows box. ( if there is more than one Nic card in the system) If your trying to "muti-home" a single nic you'll need to use a text file to bind the other IP address to the card. However, to use this feature the TCP/IP control panel must be set to "manual".

You might want to check the documentation for the lastest version of Open Transport.

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