From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 14:08:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C8916A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:08:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout7.cac.washington.edu (mxout7.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6649143D48 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:08:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout7.cac.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j8JE8qi7005470 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:08:52 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.20] (c-24-18-246-211.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.18.246.211]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.4+UW05.04/8.13.4+UW05.07) with ESMTP id j8JE8pW2015814 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:08:52 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: <200509190738.16988.aj@siegel-tech.net> References: <20050918133614.1ff2e168.dick@nagual.st> <20050918121542.GB29351@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20050918160820.GA96310@lothlorien.nagual.st> <200509190738.16988.aj@siegel-tech.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4F5E389D-C3D1-4763-92CD-55FC311BF704@u.washington.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:09:54 -0700 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: osx-fbsd-winxp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:08:54 -0000 On Sep 19, 2005, at 6:38 AM, Aaron Siegel wrote: > On Sunday 18 September 2005 10:08 am, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > >> On 18 Sep Roland Smith wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 01:36:14PM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: >>> >>>> What is the best way to let the winxp machine communicate with the >>>> mac/osx? And what about the fbsd machine. Is there a protocol I can >>>> use for all three of them? >>>> >>> >>> Depends on when you mean with "communicate". >>> >>> For exchanging files, all three support SMB/CIFS. Install >>> /usr/ports/net/samba on FreeBSD. You can then publish a 'share' from >>> the FreeBSD that the others can connect to. >>> >> >> Right. ;-) That one is easy.. But the share needs to be on the fbsd >> machine then. Can I also share parts of the XP / OSX to each other or >> will this be hard to do. My daughter is on osx, her brother on xp and >> they do not always want me (fbsd) in the middle ;-) >> > > SMB/CIFS is a peer to peer protocol so you will be able to share > files between > any of your computers. So your son and daughter will be able to > share files > between themself directly. For communicating between the Mac/FBSD and the Windows machine, use SMB/CIFS. However, when communicating between your Mac and your FBSD machine, use NFS. I have Tiger and I can prove through testing that performance is better for NFS when communicating amongst the Unix based hosts. When dealing with Windows it's just easier to use SMB/CIFS as it is included with Windows already. -Garrett