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pete@sgt.com.au (Pete Rivett-Carnac) writes:

> 
> Hi all,

Hi Pete - long time!


> I have a 3Com 3C900-COMBO NIC installed on the Linux box (10baseT), and the
> Mac has 10baseT Ethernet built into it. The Mac has a TCP/IP stack (Open
> Transport), so can't I just run an Ethernet cable between 'em and xfer the
> files using FTP? Do I need to install a hub between the two boxes?

A hub will work, or just a crossed cable. Do you have BNC connectors
on both machines? That'll be a lot easier to set up. T-pieces and thinwire
will suffice.


> Or can I just do this with a serial connection somehow, and bypass
> Ethernet? I don't care about speed - this is a non-production environment
> where I can just leave both boxes to do the xfer through the night.

You can do that. Z-Term should talk to sz/rz on a Linux box.

> I installed netatalk under Linux. It compiled OK, I updated the conf files
> etc., but nothing seemed to happen when I tried to login to AppleShare
> (i.e. nothing appeared in the Chooser window). Any ideas? Is this overkill
> anyway since all I'm trying to do is move some files across?

Definite overkill.


> Should I look into Samba a bit more?

Won't help. Samba is a SMB/MS thing, and won't do much for your Mac's.


> Any help would be REALLY appreciated! Please e-mail me at pete@sgt.com.au,
> or post to comp.os.linux.networking.

Grab the Serial and Net-3 HOWTO's and give them a good read - there should
be plenty of ideas in there.


How's the album coming? =)


Cheers

Saundo

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