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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: David Henshaw <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Connecting a MAC to a BSD box Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:12:43 +1000 Organization: Monash University Lines: 33 Message-ID: <337B19DB.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <337AC08E.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <d2lo5hyp5y.fsf@erlang.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-4-40.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NNTP-Posting-User: root X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: Kent Boortz <kent@erlang.ericsson.se> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40940 > > No problem with software. You just configure the Mac in the TCP/IP > control panel for direct Ethernet. Now you can run telnet to get > a terminal, WWW, FTP and all other Internet applications. > > You need CAP or netatalk only if you want to share printers or > want the FreeBSD machine to be an AppleTalk server. I know > netatalk also let the FreeBSD box print out on printers connected > to the Mac's LocalTalk port. > Okay....so I probably won't need CAP > Even more fun, if you have a modem to your PC that you use for > connecting with PPP to an ISP then you can configure so that > the Mac can reach the Internet too trough the sane connection > at the same time. But that is a longer story. > May consider this later. > But I may have missunderstood your question. Do you want to do a > PPP connection from the Mac serial port to the PC serial port > to save to cost of buying an Ethernet card? > > /kgb Actually I would like to know what hardware and software I will need for the MAC and the BSD box. Ideally I'd like to use the MAC "as-is" since it already has all that AppleTalk stuff installed. My question is what hardware and software do I need on the respective "sides/computers" to establish a TCP/IP link. -- David Henshaw dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au