Connecting OS X mac to AppleShare IP?

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Connecting OS X mac to AppleShare IP?

Have come across a PowerMac 8600 with AppleShare IP and want to now if I could use this as a file server and connect to it using my Powerbook G4 or Powermac G4 both runnung OS X 10.4?

I now how to network the two newer machines but don't know any thing about AppleShare IP.

Thank you,

G4, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jan 31, 2007 4:54 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 31, 2007 5:06 PM in response to Tobhal

Tobhal,

Here are two good links for getting started:

http://www.atpm.com/network/files/file_sharing.htm

http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/os9xnet_nfilesharing.html

Ji˜m

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Answer 2

Jan 31, 2007 5:20 PM in response to Appaloosa mac man

Addendum:

This link gives the list of available systems for the 8600.

One option I use all the time is to plug in an external SCSI drive and boot from it. The external drive is configured to have the latest possible OS and network configurations for a given computer model so I do not have to configure each machine that comes along.

Ji˜m

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Answer 3

Jan 31, 2007 5:57 PM in response to Tobhal

Yes, you can, as long as it is AppleShare IP.

This information-dense article describes the situation, but I am still finding things in it I had not seen before.

301183- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: "Connection failed" error when connecting to an AFP server

Executive Summary:

• 10.4.x has discarded its ability to share its files via AppleTalk. 10.4.x also cannot understand Macs (before OS 9) that can only share their files via AppleTalk.

• 10.4.x can share its files via IP, so any Mac from 7.5.3 on (with Open Transport 1.1.2 and AppleShare Chooser_Extension 3.8.3 or later) can share the 10.4.x Mac's files.

• AppleShare IP can share via IP, so it can share with all of the above.

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