Re: FLASH: OT: Mac File Sharing Question

[Frederico]

On 1/19/00 9:10 PM, Laura Mollett via

lmollettmindspring [dot] com

, said:


>someone familiar with networking on macs can tell me if I can connect two

>macs running system 8 or better over the internet? or just over a modem

>(local call) for at least file sharing, and preferably program sharing


If you upgrade to Mac OS 9, you can do genuine File and Application 

Sharing over TCP/IP without any further software/hardware. You can do 

modem to modem, modem to Internet to modem, ethernet, etc. Assuming you 

set priveledges carefuly, it is also entirely secure.


If you must remain with Mac OS 8, you can do simple point to point file 

transfers using modem to modem (and Zterm--included with AppleWorks 5), 

or Personal Websharing. If you need Program Sharing and true File Sharing 

with OS 8, you'd need to add in the full version of Remote Access (you 

have the client version installed as default). But, given the cost of 

Remote Access, and assuming you don't need to remote-control one of the 

Macs, you'd really be better off just upgrading to OS 9, which also 

offers a ton of other features over OS 8.x (over 50 new features).


Besides FileSharing over TCP, you can now also run remote AppleScript 

over TCP, which has a great many uses in Web developing.


For further information on either route, feel free to contact me.


Frederico


      ~Apple *is* Design.~


                  -- Rob Burgess  CEO Macromedia  5 January 2000


Think OS X -- Summer 2000




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