Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-25 Thread Mark Benson
On Nov 25, 2003, at 01:04 am, Clark Martin wrote: At 8:09 AM + 11/24/03, Mark Benson wrote: On Nov 23, 2003, at 11:50 pm, Marten van de Kraats wrote: And there-in lies the problem. Routers and Bridges are protocol level dependent and thus will not accept anything they are not set up to

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-25 Thread Clark Martin
At 7:48 AM + 11/25/03, Mark Benson wrote: On Nov 25, 2003, at 01:04 am, Clark Martin wrote: At 8:09 AM + 11/24/03, Mark Benson wrote: On Nov 23, 2003, at 11:50 pm, Marten van de Kraats wrote: And there-in lies the problem. Routers and Bridges are protocol level dependent and thus will

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-24 Thread Mark Benson
On Nov 23, 2003, at 11:50 pm, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Maybe in theory, but not in practice. The hubs in my office crash when someone transfers files from or to the fileserver over appletalk. The hubs can handle AFP over IP alright but as soon as appletalk turns up its head trouble

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-24 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And there-in lies the problem. Routers and Bridges are protocol level dependent and thus will not accept anything they are not set up to pass. TCP/IP routers that don't support AppleTalk will reject signals that are not routable, and may even

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-24 Thread Marten van de Kraats
He needs to have a chat with the sysadmin and find out if the switches and routers are the managed type, which can be configured over the ethernet cable using a Telnet program or if they're fancy ones with built in mini web servers, by using a web browser. There is where the various protocols

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-24 Thread Chris Miles
On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 22:53, Marten van de Kraats wrote: AppleTalk and AppleShare IP are in no way the same. Their only similarity is they are both for the Mac OS and made by Apple. AppleTalk is slower and uses older routines it is also very versatile and works over more than one medium (in

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-24 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:09 AM + 11/24/03, Mark Benson wrote: On Nov 23, 2003, at 11:50 pm, Marten van de Kraats wrote: And there-in lies the problem. Routers and Bridges are protocol level dependent and thus will not accept anything they are not set up to pass. TCP/IP routers that don't support AppleTalk will

Network printing Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-23 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- dquebbeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed PC MacLan on a Win 98 print server so I could print from my Mac II to an HP 2100 PS... recently the company leased a Win2k laptop for me and I absolutely could not get it to find the HP until I configured the laptop to print using

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-23 Thread Clark Martin
At 12:02 AM +0100 11/23/03, Marten van de Kraats wrote: AppleTalk is not an inferior protocol at all. It is designed for simplicity and convenience on a local area network, and does the job quite well. TCP/IP never matched the convenience of AppleTalk on a LAN until Apple recently introduced

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-23 Thread Terry Mathews
Maybe in theory, but not in practice. The hubs in my office crash when someone transfers files from or to the fileserver over appletalk. The hubs can handle AFP over IP alright but as soon as appletalk turns up its head trouble starts. Only the printing over appletalk seems to work just

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-23 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Maybe in theory, but not in practice. The hubs in my office crash when someone transfers files from or to the fileserver over appletalk. The hubs can handle AFP over IP alright but as soon as appletalk turns up its head trouble starts. Only the printing over appletalk seems to work just

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-22 Thread Mark Benson
On Nov 22, 2003, at 06:35 am, Bryan Kattwinkel wrote: Why should one want to use appletalk when running mac os 8.1 on the client machine? Appletalk is an inferior protocol that should be avoided when you have the alternative of IP. The only reason I am using it is because of my laserwriters being

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-22 Thread dquebbeman
I installed PC MacLan on a Win 98 print server so I could print from my Mac II to an HP 2100 PS... recently the company leased a Win2k laptop for me and I absolutely could not get it to find the HP until I configured the laptop to print using Appletalk! I mean, Win2k to Win98 to an HP printer

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-22 Thread Marten van de Kraats
AppleTalk and AppleShare IP are in no way the same. Their only similarity is they are both for the Mac OS and made by Apple. AppleTalk is slower and uses older routines it is also very versatile and works over more than one medium (in other similar guises such as LocalTalk). AppleShare IP is a

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-22 Thread Marten van de Kraats
AppleTalk is not an inferior protocol at all. It is designed for simplicity and convenience on a local area network, and does the job quite well. TCP/IP never matched the convenience of AppleTalk on a LAN until Apple recently introduced Rendevous. Modern servers and clients support AppleShare over

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-22 Thread Mark Benson
On Nov 22, 2003, at 10:53 pm, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Appletalk is a network protocol and not an application, while Appleshare IP is an application (server software to be precise) and not a protocol. The application Appleshare IP not only handles tcp/ip connections over ethernet, but also

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-22 Thread Mark Benson
On Nov 22, 2003, at 11:02 pm, Marten van de Kraats wrote: AppleTalk is not an inferior protocol at all. It is designed for simplicity and convenience on a local area network, and does the job quite well. TCP/IP never matched the convenience of AppleTalk on a LAN until Apple recently introduced

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-21 Thread Bryan Kattwinkel
on 11/21/03 3:30 PM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Why should one want to use appletalk when running mac os 8.1 on the client machine? Appletalk is an inferior protocol that should be avoided when you have the alternative of IP. The only reason I am using it is because of my laserwriters being

8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Mark Benson
Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe 10.3.1? Connecting to both my OS X Boxes using the

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Mark Benson
On Nov 20, 2003, at 08:08 am, Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe 10.3.1? Connecting to both my OS X

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe 10.3.1? Connecting to both my OS

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Marten van de Kraats wrote: Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: On Nov 20, 2003, at 08:08 am, Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. I should just add that I can mount the ~/Public folders on

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Marten van de Kraats
What version is required to get the ip address button, I have no need for it and would like to point out that that Mark shouldn't either. Original where possible on my on topic macs. 3.8.x? I am not sure about the version. Someting like 3.7.x or 3.8.x... No one would cry over the loss of dell,

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Why should one want to use appletalk when running mac os 8.1 on the client machine? Appletalk is an inferior protocol that should be avoided when you have the alternative of IP. The only reason I am using it is because of my laserwriters being appletalk only and my personal server (fanless LC