Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:22:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: jasonla@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetATalk, Stability, Viability Message-ID: <20011018101914.Y27933-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20011017230440.50600.qmail@web20704.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Jason La wrote: > I have a LAN of Macs, and the file server is a blue G3 > running MacOS 9.2.1 using AppleShareIP. It's pretty > unstable and we're having problems left and right. I would > like to replace it with A PC running FreeBSD. > > What I need to know is: > 1) How stable is NetATalk for FreeBSD? I use it in production, and find it works quite well. This, however, is a debate everyday on the netatalk-devel list. > 2) How compatible is it with current AppleTalk protocals? It supports AFP 2.x but not AFP 3.0. What this means is that MacOS X clients don't get the luxury of long filenames, UNIX perms, or Unicode filenames. It supports DDP and DSI/TCP. > 3) Are there any problems with storing Mac files on PC > hardware? Not really. Of course, the fun part is getting the resource fork and data fork to coexist. Like I said, I use netatalk in production, and it always works well for me. I maintain the FreeBSD port, and am active on the developers list. If there are problems, we usually fix them. Joe > > Thanks. > > ===== > -- Jason La > jasonla@pobox.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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