What's the best way to Network a PC and a MAC?

[godd22]

I have both a PC and a Mac now, as I have my PC connected to the internet, with a burner, but I have my Mac doing all of my graphics. I want to network them so that I can share the graphics files and not have to buy another CD burner. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[spidey07]

get rid of the MAC

<edit> whoops, guess I was a little harsh there. MACs and networks don't mix. I'm sure there is some program that will allow you to share files, i just don't remember. The normal answer is &quot;get rid of the MAC&quot;

 

[TBP]

A USB zip drive will do the job. No setup or anything necessary.

Or they should be able to talk via TCP/IP, so I would say a simple FTP program can move your files easily. This might involve just a little bit setup. It's not easy to share directly unless you have NT server on PC, or you use something like PC-Mac LAN(?).

 

[rlism]

There's some software that allows macs to communicate with windows networks. I seriously can't remember the name though. Dave? Dave client? something like that. I've had problems with older versions of this software and didn't really like it. I might be biased cuz I just didn't like working on the MAC but for the most part it seemed to work. I would look for some more feedback of this software though.

 

[grr8scott]

Macs and PC's network fine... . Dave would work, or NT Server and installing Macintosh services would work. BUT, if u get a hub, and network cards, and cable, setup an FTP server on your PC, and setup TCP/IP and just ftp the files back adn forth. This worked for me before i had my NT Server set back up when i moved.

LMK if any questions.

 

[Daniel]

Yep I've used Dave to do this before, the hassle came when the user wanted to share databases, word docs, spreadsheets etc.

 

[Workin']

I use DAVE on my PowerBook and it works just great to share data files. I don't understand what Daniel is talking about.

 

[Edski]

Check out Dave

 

[Eug]

There's Dave of course.

Also, AppleTalk is built into Windows 2000, but many people have problems.

TCP/IP works fine for me, but I'm just accessing the net and not sharing files.

 

[Workin']

<< AppleTalk is built into Windows 2000, but many people have problems. >>

I've been using the Mac services from Windows 2000 Advanced Server for about a month now, and have not had a single problem. It's actually lots easier than DAVE, but setting up the services on Win2k (especially the shared folders) is not intuitive.

 

[jsm]

Alternatively, you could run AppleShare IP on your Mac and share it with the PCs. Just another option!

 

[Idahoski]

Is Mac Services only in certain versions of Windows 2000?

Try PC Maclan from Miramar on the PC. It has a free trial version.
Miramar

 

[Workin']

Mac services are only in the server versions of Windows 2000.

DAVE is simpler to use than PC MacLan, but both are similar. I guess the biggest difference is you have to decide which machine you want to load the software on - DAVE runs on the Mac, PC MacLan runs on the PC.

 

[RKM]

I seem to remember a company called Farrallon (sp?) that was working on some kind of phoneline network system that would allow macs and pcs to communicate. It was a while ago though... back when my wife thought the iMac was cute and wanted one. I did the research to see if it could easily be incorporated into our &quot;PC only&quot; home and started trying to convince her that the PC I had built for her (from my upgrade cast-offs) would do all she wanted... ie: it doesn't have to be cute to work. I think she gave up on the iMac idea and I let the research into this area slide.
Hope that helps.
Robin

 

[Idahoski]

I seem to remember a direct USB connection that would work for sharing files. I just can' remember the product name!