[P1] networking a PowerBook with X.1.5

[Christian Dupuis]

On 17-Feb-04, at 6:48 PM, Eric Richardson wrote:

>> Install Panther.
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>
> Thanks, but I fear that may not be an option for them right now. Any 
> suggestions how to make it work with X.1.5?

I thought Dave from Thursby software would do the trick; unfortunately, 
it requires 10.2 minimum, so the upgrade is pretty much your best bet.

Otherwise, you won't be able to transfer files over unless you install 
Virtual PC (quite the kludge, and a ressource hog). Or go back to OS 
9.2, and get Dave for that version. If that "office full of PCs" 
exchanges files via a Windows server, have the sysadmin install and 
enable services for Unix and Macintosh; you can probably connect to the 
network share without too much of a pain afterwards (if you require 
NTLM2 authentication, the client for OS X is available for free from 
Microsoft).

If your "office full of PCs" uses peer to peer networking, and you want 
to stick with X, you're simply going to have to upgrade to Jaguar 
minimum, and use its built-in tools or add dave. Or go Panther, and 
save yourself a lot of headaches. I have two OS X labs running Jaguar 
that connect to a series of Windows 2000 servers; I'll upgrade them to 
Panther this summer, and gain full connectivity to file AND print 
ressources, without having to install Services for Macintosh on my 
Windows 2000 boxes.

Chris Dupuis
Mac user, Network Manager/Sysadmin
Lower Canada College