Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 13:28:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark McCutcheon <mjmccut@cs.ubc.ca> To: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD & MacOS Message-ID: <199907052028.NAA18917@slesse.cs.ubc.ca>
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Alex Bulygin <sysop@komanda.com.ua> asks: > Im wondering is it possible to use Intel based PC with FreeBSD > as file server for LAN segment based on Apple PowerPC? If so > which ver. of FreeBSD is the best and how is performance > comparatively to NT, Novell? Should it be connected through > AppleTalk or TCP/IP? Is there some doc's about this one? Or > someone has experience of maintaining such kind of things? For AppleTalk support under UNIX, have a look at netatalk. It's in the FreeBSD ports collection (/usr/ports/net/netatalk). Homepage is: http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/ While my Macintosh network support requirements aren't very demanding, netatalk has worked extremely well and I'm not aware of any adverse scaling properties. You need to make a custom kernel with AppleTalk support turned on (options NETATALK; see LINT). Ports installation is simple (beware, AppleTalk stack is broken on FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE and requires a patch; all subsequent versions appear to be fine). netatalk allows both file and print services as well as AppleTalk routing. netatalk's services are transparent to Mac users, so it's a great deal easier to set up and administer than, for example, NetBIOS support for Macs (like Thursby Software Systems DAVE for WinNT). However, I don't administer WinNT and haven't administered a Novell network in over 10 years, so I can't help with any comparisons. Regards, Mark ---- Mark McCutcheon | UBC High-Speed Networks | <mjmccut@cs.ubc.ca> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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