[HM] setting up a small network

[michaelP]

Thanks Duane!

>>Hi listers, wonder if anyone can guide me through setting up a tiny network
>>of two identical macs (iMac G4 800MHz, running OS 9.2); probably need to use
>>an ethernet cable... I want to be able to have each hard drive (including a
>>firewire external one) available to each mac.
>
> If all you want to do is connect two Macs and nothing else, then all you
> need to do is connect them with an Ethernet cable. You don't need a
> crossover cable or anything special. The Ethernet ports are auto-sensing
> these days.
>
> On one machine, go into the File Sharing control panel and turn on File
> Sharing. When file sharing finishes starting up, you will be able to see
> the IP address of that machine.
>
> Go to the other machine and use the Chooser to connect to AppleTalk.
> Press the Server Address... button and type in the IP address of the
> other machine. Log in to the other machine using the name and password
> assigned to the other machine.
>
> If you want to connect them in both directions (seems odd), just do the
> same thing in reverse.
>
> A faster solution is to put one machine into FireWire Target Disk Mode.
> This effectively makes the machine a FireWire drive. It will then mount
> as a FireWire drive on the other machine when connected to the FireWire
> ports. Of course this disables one machine (because it's now a FireWire
> drive), and connecting an additional FireWire drive (probably) requires a
> FireWire hub.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>  ...Duane
>
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