networking mac to pc

[buffboy]

hello, i was wondering if ne body out there has had ne success in networking a mac to a pc, if so i'd appreciate if ya could help me on how to do it, thanx! 🙂

 

[0ymZ0]

you would need to run windows 2000 and install the Appletalk protocal.

 

[buffboy]

r u saying that that is the only way to do it, it's impossible to do on windows 98? thanx for the help

 

[bigjon]

Listening 😉

 

[hungrypete]

I don't know any specifics (was a total grunt then), but one place I worked had about 10 PCs with Win98 and 95, and 4 or 5 old Macs. It seemed to work great, but it wasnt really a network like when 2+ windows machines, it was just basic printer/file sharing. Don't know how, but it can be done!

 

[buffboy]

thanx for letting me know if it can be done hungrypete, i just wanted to make sure of that first. All i want to do is printer and file sharing so that's perfect for me. Now all i need is if someone knows how to actually do this.

 

[bubba]

Piece of cake.

For printer and file sharing just get DAVE. It is a Windows networking client for the mac. Easy to set up and works well. It is from
http://www.thursby.com/

 

[tim0thy]

i'm pretty sure apple implemented the TCP/IP protocol as well as Appleshare in the network. *i'm not a mac guy ok?* i would imagine that you would just assign an IP to the MAC (in Apple->Chooser). That's all I know, hope it helps.

 

[bubba]

Correct they have TCP/IP, so they speak the same protocol, but they don't speak the same language. You need DAVE to make the Mac speak SMB, windows networking.

 

[tim0thy]

ah, i stand corrected. i did hear that apple's implementation of TCP/IP was slightly a la funk, now i know 🙂

 

[Edski]

Using Dave 2.5 or higher is the way to go. I have had a couple people test Mac OS 9.0 that has support for TCP/IP without the use of Dave.

 

[buffboy]

i would just like to say thanx to everybody in this thread for helping me out, thanx guyz! So ne wayz, where do u guys get Dave? If u want it for free ask me and i'll tell ya how or u can email me chriscu@home.com

 

[bubba]

It has nothing to do with TCP/IP. MacOS 9 will not share with Windows without using DAVE. TCP/IP is the protocol. The language windows speaks is SMB, Macs speak AppleTalk, Novell speaks IPX, some unix speaks NFS. These *all* talk over TCP/IP, but speak different languages. So on the Mac you need DAVE for windows sharing, under unix you need Samba.