Re: [cobalt-users] Macintosh, AppleShare IP Users

[Jonathan Nichols <jnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  >
> >  I get the impression that the Macs fail to receive, or lose, their DHCP
> >  leases, then I think they self-assign themselves an "Apple" IP in order to
> >  be able to share folders that they are set up to share.
> ---They will get the 169.254.xxx.xxx IP when file sharing is enabled and
> there is no DHCP server.  I have ran into this problem many, many times.

Actually, they'll assign themselves a 169.254.x.x address whether 
file sharing is on or not.
>  > over TCP/IP," and the same for Program Linking. This check box is not
> >  present in the OS 8 control panel. I have these check boxes turned off for
> >  the OS 9 machines, but perhaps I should turn them on?
> ---Don't check the program linking box, but check the 'enable file sharing
> clients to connect over TCP/IP' box.

That's assuming that they want each individual machine acting as a 
little file server.. better to just leave file sharing off if you 
have an Appleshare IP server


>  > I believe that when we go to Appleshare 6.3.3, we will get new client
> >  software for all the machines--I am just guessing from the literature.
> ---We have an Appleshare IP 6.3.3 server also.  I had problems with it at
> first crashing all the time, but we worked that out.  Appleshare IP comes
> with a copy of OS9, but I don't know about any client software other than
> Apple network assistant.  Have you checked out OS X yet?  It's very, very
> cool.

What did he mean by "client software?" Appleshare IP 6.3.3 comes with 
a copy of Network Assistant 4, I believe.. not sure if it's bundled 
with the machines. All ANA is for is remote administration, and quite 
often Timbuktu is a better choice.

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-Jonathan Nichols
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