Networking Macintosh Computers

Network Hardware for the Macintosh

• Purchasing and Installing an Ethernet Card for an Apple Macintosh Computer (by Lynn Ward)
• Configuring a Cayman GatorBox (by Lynn Ward)
• The Macintosh Product Guide (searchable catalog of Apple and third-part products for the Macintosh line)
• <=" gopher://info.apple.com:70/11/Apple.Support.Area/Product_Information">Apple Product Information (from the Apple Higher Ed Gopher Server at University of Minnesota)
• The Farallon WWW Server
• The Cayman Systems WWW Server
• <="ftp://ftp.cayman.com/">The Cayman Systems Anonymous FTP Server
• The Asante Technologies WWW Server
• <="ftp://ftp.asante.com/">The Asante Technologies Anonymous FTP Server

Installing and Configuring Network Software for the Macintosh

• AppleTalk on the UIUC Campus (document by Debbie Fligor about routing AppleTalk over the campus backbone)
• Installing MacTCP (by Lynn Ward)
• Configuring Apple's Open Transport Software (by Lynn Ward)
• The Apple Open Transport Page (more than you will ever want to know about Open Transport, maintained by Mark Sproul)
• Apple's Open Transport Home Page (currently points back to documents on Mark Sproul's page above)

• Installing Trumpet Winsock for Use with the Power Mac DOS Compatibility Card (a local copy of a document from the Apple Tech Info Library)
• MacTCP and Related Macintosh Software (This document, by Eric Behr, has lots of good information, but some of it is out of date and/or doesn't pertain to UIUC. For information about how to deal with MacTCP on UIUCnet, see the document Installing MacTCP)
• <="ftp://ftp.share.com/pub/internet-configuration/UserDocs.html">Internet Config User Documentation (on-line guide to installing and configuring the Internet Config utility)
• Installing and Configuring NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh (by Lynn Ward)
• Installing and Configuring Brown TN3270 for the Macintosh (by Lynn Ward)
• SLIP* and the Macintosh (by Dave Long)
• <=" http://sundance.cso.uiuc.edu/Publications/Mac_Comm/gettingwired.html">Getting Wired: Connecting to the Campus Network from Home (Dave Long's guide to accessing UIUCnet with a Mac and a modem)
• UIUC TribePPP Guide (by Dave Long, TribePPP allows users to access TCP/IP and AppleTalk services via the campus dial-up facilities)
• PPP and Open Transport at UIUC (by Dave Long)
• Popular Network Software for the Macintosh (by Lynn Ward)
• The Internet Starter Kit (complete on-line version of Adam Engst's excellent book, published by Hayden Books)
• Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks (a guide to setting up Internet information servers and clients on the Macintosh by Eric Lease Morgan)
• <=" ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/systems/mac/info-mac/">CCSO Mirror of the Stanford Sumex-Aim Anonymous FTP Archive (large collection of free and shareware software for the Mac)
• Apple Software Updates
• More Apple Software Updates
• <="ftp://ftp.intercon.com">Intercon Systems Anonymous FTP Server
• Intercon Systems WWW Server

Macintosh Miscellany

• Apple Sites on the Internet (a current list of ftp, www, and gopher sites maintained by Apple Computer Corporation)
• The Apple Support and Information WWW Server
• The Apple World Wide Product Technical Support Page
• <="gopher://info.hed.apple.com/">The Apple Higher Education Gopher Server
• Macintosh OS and Apple System Software Technologies
• The Well Connected Mac (a Macintosh Information Web page maintained by Rusty Elliotte Harold)
• Glossary of Macintosh Networking Terms (from Cayman Systems)
• The Internet Computer Index--Mac Index (a potpourri of information about Macs)
• USENET Newsgroups about Networking Macintosh Computers

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