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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!IN-Berlin.DE!fub!mind.de!nostromo.in-berlin.de!ripley From: ripley@nostromo.in-berlin.de (H. Eckert) Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac,u-net.support.mac,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Connecting one Unix Box to a Mac Ethernet Date: 28 Apr 1997 22:47:37 GMT Organization: Private access site (FreeBSD 2.2.1), Berlin, Germany, Europe Lines: 25 Message-ID: <slrn5maa89.ebn.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> References: <AF857D019668BC51A@hearsay.demon.co.uk> <1997042612463637855@firthcom.demon.co.uk> <1997042622434917325@gothic.u-net.com> <199704272355362516089@firthcom.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39973 comp.sys.mac.comm:197235 filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk (Steve Firth): > Do you still see Icey these days? I assume that with FreeBSD, you are > running an NFS server? I don't think MacLan connect will help you, it's > designed for connecting PCs to AppleTalk networks. What you need is > MacNFS which costs big money - around £200 per Mac, I've been thinking > of doing the same myself, using an old(ish) PC as an NFS server. I'd recommend Netatalk. It's free and (with FreeBSD 2.2.1) even part of the system. If only I had come around setting it up since I upgraded my server to 2.2.1... Anyway, on my DECstation with Ultrix 4.2a and a Sun-clone at work Netatalk works just fine. It allows you to export some directories as Apple-filesharing volumes and use an AppleTalk printer from Unix. Exporting a TCP-printer as an AppleTalk device is possible, too. The major missing service is mounting an AppleShare volume on a Unix machine. Greetings, Ripley -- H. Eckert, 10777 Berlin, Germany ISO 8859-1: Ä=Ae, Ö=Oe, Ü=Ue, ä=ae, ö=oe, ü=ue, ß=sz. "(Technobabbel)" (Jetrel) - "Müssen wir uns diesen Schwachsinn wirklich anhören?" (Neelix)