[X4U] Filesharing between OS9 and OSX

[Richard Gilmore]

I've never been able to get the file sharing working right between our OS9
machines and our OSX machines. Between OSX works perfectly but I can't see
anything in the Chooser I have type in the IP number manually. That works
most of the time but then it has its moments when even that doesn't work.
The OSX machines are better at seeing the OS9 machines but then there are
times when that doesn't work either. It's a bit frustrating and seemingly
quite random. I have all the file sharing setup properly on all the all the
boxes. We've only got 12 Macs all but 3 are OSX so it's not an issue most of
the time. What might be the problem is that we are networked through a
Windows 2003 server. That's all I can offer. If you find a solution let me
know. 



 
> I have a problem accessing files stored on some (but not all) of the
> OSX machines that I support when I try to access them from OS9 machines
> (9.2.2).  The OS9 machines can recognize most of the OSX machines in
> the chooser, but not all of them.  On these OSX machines (runnng
> 10.3.5), Appletalk is on and sharing is set up and the Directory access
> utility seems to be set up right.
> I can see them just fine from other OSX machines.  I can force the
> connection in OS9 by entering the computer's IP address in the chooser,
> but not the local name.  I would just have the users enter this, but
> we're using DHCP and the IP changes often.  Also, aliases made to
> folders on the OSX drives work initially then fail to connect after a
> few hours.