networking a powerbook 190cs to Osx Tiger

[nahuelmarisi]

I'm trying to connect my powerbook 190cs to my macbook. They're connected through ethernet. I have install openstransport and i'm using tcp/ip on appletalk. However even though both machines see each other, they say that the afp version is not compatible with each other. The same message I got before installing opentransport.

Besides, if I assign IP addresses to both of them they cannot ping each other.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[MacMan]

It really depends on which OS the 190cs is running but if it is anything before OS 8.5 or 8.1, (can't remember which), then Filesharing over AppleTalk will be incompatible. Your best bet is to get an FTP application such as Fetch onto the 190cs and set up the MacBook as an FTP server. To do the latter go into the "Sharing" control panel in Tiger and tick "FTP Access" in the list.

The MacBook can then be accessed via FTP from the 190cs simply by connecting to the MacBook's IP using your Tiger username and password.

 

[nahuelmarisi]

I'm using 7.5.3. I'm not using appleshare, I'm using afp over ethernet.

The thing that puzzles me the most is that if i assign ips to both machines they can't ping each other (which means i can't se ftp).

 

[equill]

Just as MacMan writes. It's OS 8.1, so you have it made if you can install 8.1 on the 190cs. You should not even need a crossover ethernet cable, since the MacBook has auto-MDX. It's better to treat the MacBook as the server to save it from the embarrassment of not recognizing the 190cs. I have a Q605 (8.1) and CRT iMac (10.4.10) so connected at the moment (through a LAN).

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[beachycove]

You can indeed do this straightforwardly, and from System 7.6.1 on, so it'll be no problem on the pb190. You will need an updated Appleshare client (dating from the era of System 8.6, I think), an ethernet card, and possibly an updated Open Transport. It all depends on what you've already got on there, but I can tell you definitely that a stock 7.6.1 install and (as I recall) a standard 8.1 install won't do the trick. You will need the updated files.

There is a write-up on how to do it, and links to the required files, rather elegantly provided by Dan Palka over on www.system7today.com , so I need neither repeat the information nor take any credit for it. I network a couple of Quadras running System 7.6.1 to my G5 Imac running x.4.9 this way, and it doesn't skip a beat. I presume that the Intel switch could not affect the solution, given that the protocols are one and the same, but as I am not running Intel Macs, I have no way of knowing first hand.

It will not work the other way, mind, in that you couldn't mount the share from your X.4 machine (unless you use Shareway IP, anyway), but only from the pb190.

http://main.system7today.com/articles/tutorials/osxfilesharing.html

 

[nahuelmarisi]

I know the macbook has auto-MDX, i've been using a normal cable. Unfortunately I don't have a copy of os 8.1, and i really would like to stick with system 7.5. I see the ftp option more attractive, but I can't get them to ping each other.

So basically the problem now is to get them to talk to each other when assigning fixed ips.

thanks for the help

 

[Moofo]

Watch out...

OpenTransport use to load on demand on 7.5. In TCP/IP there is an option in the menu to have it load at startup. Check it out.

That may be why you can't ping the machine.

 

[nahuelmarisi]

you're a genious moofo!!! you were right!!

I searched everywhere online and found nothing,so i coldn't have done it otherwise.

Thanks!

 

[nahuelmarisi]

i know need a good ftp client for the little machine

 

[gobabushka]

dude, pay for a fetch licence, its worth it. i was able to get an education discount, and i love the program, i use it all the time.

 

[MacMan]

Old versions of Fetch such as 3.0.3 are lurking about out there and they are "abandonware". Fetch 3.0.3 is what I use for file transfer to System 7 Macs from my G4 and it works very well. Just type in the IP of your MacBook along with the username, password and desired directory into the Fetch connection window and it'll work a treat. It's also a good application for connecting to retro Mac FTP sites.

 

[nahuelmarisi]

yep, thanks, fetch 3.0.3 does a great job