Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:22:03 -0500 From: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@uswest.com> To: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home network question Message-ID: <316D158B.4E9B@uswest.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960410140225.19534J-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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Brian N. Handy wrote: > > Hey again, > > I've got a question. At home, I want to have a PC running FreeBSD that's > connected to the net over a PPP link. > > Simultaneously...the same household will have a Mac and a printer. I > would like to be able to use the printer on both machines. It would be > nice to be able to trade files between both machines. So..... > > (a) Should I network the Mac to the FBSD box? How? Parallel port? > Could I then run CAP on the BSD box and have the printer on it, > visible to the Mac? If you don't have ethernet cards for both boxes, then ppp is the way to go. Probably serial. Does your Mac have a Parallel port? I doubt it. MacPPP 2.0.1 (I think it is) works quite well as a client. You can then setup CAP as a print server with lwsrv8 (I just did this on a SS5 with a SparcPrinter, it works great. The directions are lengthy, but follow them carefully and it does great). I haven't tried this, but aufs (in CAP) could probably let share files. > (b) Should I just get a switch for the printer and bag the network > idea entirely? Swapping files would be nice but not life > threatening. This is quick if the printer is up to it. You didn't say what type of printer it is. If its a Mac printer, it might be a localtalk only printer. Then you'd have to go the CAP route and use papif to filter lpd into appletalk. > I'd rather avoid any herioc efforts and just get the thing working for the > guy. Any opinions would be appreciated. Cap is much improved from 3-4 years ago. MacPPP is simple, and you apparently already have ppp going on FBSD box. Though, I don't know what kind of things you're going to run up against having the machine as a server and a client for ppp. > Thanks, > > Brian > handy@sag.space.lockheed.com Paul. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: ptroot@uswest.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030
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