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- From: jdunning@chagall.Princeton.EDU (John Alan Dunning)
- Subject: How do you set up a LocalTalk net b/t 2 Macs???
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.045452.7754@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:54:52 GMT
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- I want to connect a Quadra 700 and a IIci with an AppleTalk network so
- that I can use filesharing to transfer ~100 megs of stuff between
- them.
-
- On both machines I'm running System 7.0.1, Network Control Panel 3.0,
- AppleShare init 7.0, AppleTalk v58.0, and Sharing Setup 7.0.
-
- For the LocalTalk connection I've tried both PowerUser LocalTalk
- connectors from MacConnection and PhoneNet-type connectors (obviously
- I didn't try to combine the two types of connectors). I've plugged
- the connetors into the Printer ports on both computers (I've also
- tried the Modem port, but that shouldn't work, right?).
-
- I've turned on filesharing on both computers and shared both hard
- disks. Then I open the Chooser and click on the AppleShare icon,
- which should display all the fileservers on the network. Nothing
- shows up.
-
- I've read the comp.sys.mac.comm faq and the Mac manual, neither of which go
- into much detail about setting up a LocalTalk network.
-
- I've been able to connect both computers to the campus-wide AppleTalk
- network we have here, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the
- Printer port. And apparently I've got all the necessary software
- because I can share my computer across the campus net.
-
- What am I doing wrong? I consider myself an experienced Mac user,
- but this AppleTalk thing has me completely baffled. It seems like it
- should be easy to do.
-
- Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-
- John
-