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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 14, 2003, 07:16:05 AM »

QUOTE(krissel @ Oct 13 2003, 10:33 PM)

I'm going to be setting up a similar sharing use soon as well and I believe you are correct in your assumption. If not someone will say so in a while. I think most of the TS crowd is watching the series' (baseball) games on the telly and will show up later...then again, you're probably asleep now anyway.

 

If nothing else, this will bump to the top.

Thanks for the welcome, Krissel!

Let me know how you get on with your sharing - it could be a while before I go ahead: funds!

Ah, baseball! As a kid in Toronto, we played baseball in the summer and ice-hockey in the winter: they just put a fence around our school playground and flooded it for the rink [Go, Maple Leafs ]

But I came back to England and muddy soccer pitches and muddy weather! Oh well

David

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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 12, 2003, 05:10:00 PM »

QUOTE(Gary S @ Oct 12 2003, 9:40 AM)

This thread may help.Hub or Router

Just read the 'hub or router' thread - excellent! Explained the difference very well and I now understand the difference, and the advantages, of using a router over a hub.

Just a final confusion   With a router, I *don't* need to set up Internet sharing on the gateway machine as the router splits the data stream intelligently - right?

David

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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 12, 2003, 03:44:17 PM »

Ok, so the consensus seems to be the router route so to speak

Thanks again for all the good advice  

Regards,
David

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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 12, 2003, 09:58:16 AM »

Wow! What a great forum  

Thanks for all the warm welcomes There's loads of information to be going on with here - the links are particularly appreciated.

Once again, thanks to everyone.

David

ps: I hope I will be in a position to recipricate (?) soon - I have been around computers for 20+ years and use both Macs and PCs on a daily basis. But I am no *techie* just an average user whose many mistakes over the years may help others  

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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 12, 2003, 09:18:45 AM »

QUOTE(pendragon @ Oct 12 2003, 7:09 AM)

There is indeed an option in Jag for internet sharing, but I do not know the extent to which each machine must use Jag. No doubt someone will soon drop by to resolve this issue. BTW, what OSs are you using on your iBook and Performa?

Several of your countrymen are active participants of this place and are a most engaging and delightful lot.

Thanks for the warm welcome, Harv   and may I say you colonials are ok too

Mac support in the UK is pretty limited compared to the US though certainly better than it was although we don't have nearly the number of retail outlets there are in the US - one of the biggest computer outlets, PC World, reluctantly has a Mac section: their iMac is running osX 10.1 and the software section [one rack] had a couple of pieces of utility software on display and some misfiled PC ones   C'est la vie. I do my bit to spread mac advocacy at every opportunity!

As to the OS's I'm using: OSX 10.2.1 on my iBook and OS9.1 on the Performa. They quite happily network directly using a simple crossover cable connection.

Maybe someone who has tried the jag Internet sharing option will drop by as you suggest.

Regards,
David

BTW, love these emoticons

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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 12, 2003, 09:05:29 AM »

QUOTE(jepinto @ Oct 12 2003, 7:26 AM)

is Three Macs and A Printer

File Sharing
Sharing an Internet Connection

As to Jag's firewall, I'll leave that to those more knowledgeable, I'm just learning.

Thanks for the welcome  

I love this about the Mac community - so many people ready to help out.

Had a look at the 3 Macs ... site and it could prove v helpful for what I want to do.

I suppose I could risk buying a hub on a 'work or return' basis with a view to using the Jag Internet sharing option to start with.

David

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2003 / Internet sharing

« on: October 12, 2003, 06:14:36 AM »

Hello,

Just signed up  

Wonder if anyone can help before I part with any money?

I have an iBook that I want to network with my Performa 5260 [with PDS ethernet card]. Do I need an ethernet router or simply a [cheaper] ethernet hub? I ask this because I've read that in Jag, by turning on Internet Sharing, it does away with the need for a router.

I want to be able to share files and share the Internet between the two computers.

Your advice eagerly awaited  

David