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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!firthcom.demon.co.uk!filter From: filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk (Steve Firth) 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: Fri, 9 May 1997 21:10:46 +0100 Organization: Firth Consulting Message-ID: <19970509211046662297@firthcom.demon.co.uk> References: <AF857D019668BC51A@hearsay.demon.co.uk> <1997042612463637855@firthcom.demon.co.uk> <1997042622434917325@gothic.u-net.com> <199704272355362516089@firthcom.demon.co.uk> <19970506221545152478@gothic.u-net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: firthcom.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: firthcom.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.2b5 Lines: 28 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40670 comp.sys.mac.comm:198485 ^CountB^ <bryce@gothic.u-net.com.nospam> wrote: > > 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. > > Well, I actually don't need to share disks, but do need to do stuff such > as POP3 logins, web serving etc. So far I can't even ping my mac, yet > both my Mac and unix box appear to be setup okay (I think, I'm new to > actually *doing* unix). Ok, after a bit of searching around, I'm now trying NetAtalk, an application for Unix which makes the Unix box think that it is an AppleTalk server. Just as soon as I can get by 1.2.x Linux upgraded to 1.3 or greater that is. You could also have a look at Vicom's Internet Gateway, which makes your Mac into a router. It works pretty well, and I think it's generally a good thing. -- Steve Firth . Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology: steve@firthcom.demon.co.uk . There's always one more bug. Random sigs for Internet . Config from sigFried 0.1a .