How do I connect a Macintosh to my network?

[Workin']

Someone just gave me a Macintosh PowerBook Duo 280c notebook computer and docking station for free. I don't know very much about Macs, but I want to connect it to my network just for fun.

The docking station has an ethernet card/port in it, and if I connect it to my hub the link indicators on the card and hub light up. So far so good.

How do I get the Mac to see the PCs on my network and vice versa? I have Win 98SE set up with internet connection sharing (ICS), so file sharing, etc. is done via TCP/IP using the DHCP server I assume is installed with ICS.

I didn't see anything (software) on the Mac that is obvious for setting this up, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[LANMAN]

Get a copy of Windows NT Server 4.0 and install the service for macintosh; This will let you design mac volumes on the server etc... Otherwise, PC's don't normally "see" IBM compatable computers.

--LANMAN

 

[Workin']

Thanks for the reply.

So it sounds like you're saying there is no way to use a peer-to-peer type of network with PC's and Mac's mixed together?

 

[Dromer]

Yes there is a way.
On my office we have the same setup.
wintel en MAcs mixed.
What we have done is onstall pcmaclan on the wintels en it's working perfect.
don't have a link so you have to search for it

 

[Workin']

Dromer -

Thanks for the tip. I found their site and I'm downloading the demo right now. But US$200 is pretty steep.......

 

[Edski]

Check out this site.

 

[ctowle]

You certainly can do TCP/IP on a Mac. This is assuming you have a NIC in there. Doing network support for the last three years, the ONLY thing that I like about a mac is setting up TCP/IP. It is more intiutive than in windowz. IMHO

If you don't have a NIC, be prepared to take out a second mortage on your home, there is no such thing on a mac called cheap hardware....

Sorry-
I didn't read the entire post, you already have a NIC

 

[Workin']

Edski

Thanks for the link, I checked out DAVE, it looks like it would work, the problem is that the download file is ~6 MB, and the only way I have to get data into the Mac at this point is via floppy disk, I'll have to see if I can split it up. Or else maybe install MacLan on my PC and then copy it over.

Another potential problem I see is that I think my Mac OS is only version 7.5, and DAVE needs 7.6 or better, I think.

Thanks everyone for the pointers, keep 'em coming if you have more. I'm not going to have time to mess with this until probably next week, anyway.