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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news From: rnestor@ti.com (Bob Nestor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Connecting a MAC to a BSD box Date: 19 May 1997 12:38:45 GMT Organization: Systems Group, Texas Instruments Lines: 35 Message-ID: <5lphkl$feo@sf18.dseg.ti.com> References: <337AC08E.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <d2lo5hyp5y.fsf@erlang.ericsson.se> <337B19DB.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <19970516213352566926@gothic.u-net.com> Reply-To: no_reply@domain.xxx NNTP-Posting-Host: cna0188378-01.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (16bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41248 comp.sys.mac.comm:199399 In article <19970516213352566926@gothic.u-net.com>, bryce@gothic.u-net.com.nospam says... > >David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote: > >> Actually I would like to know what hardware and software I will need for >> the MAC and the BSD box. Ideally I'd like to use the MAC "as-is" since >> it already has all that AppleTalk stuff installed. My question is what >> hardware and software do I need on the respective "sides/computers" to >> establish a TCP/IP link. > >I have a P100 running freebsd, it has a NE2000 card in it. The mac is a >7600 running OT 1.2. Between the 2 is a 4 port hub connected to each by >twisted pair. > >The bsd box is 198.162.10.1 >The Mac is 198.162.10.2 > >But... > >It doesn't work. It really should but it doesn't. I'm pretty sure my >routing is wrong in /etc/sysconfig but I'm not sure how. I have a Mac runing NetBSD linked to a laptop running FreeBSD. Right now they're linked via Ethernet, but I have linked them thru serial ports using PPP. Haven't tried to hard to link MacOS to either NetBSD or FreeBSD but I know it can be done. In fact there are some very good documents that described how to link MacOS (MacTCP and OT) to a *BSD system on: <http://www.MacBSD.com> There are even some excellent screen shots that show the setups required. -bob