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| Thread ID: 43823 | 2004-03-28 04:09:00 | help with my new MAC | robsonde (120) | Press F1 |
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| 225578 | 2004-03-28 04:09:00 | have just got a mac G5 tower (duel 1.8Ghz) in the house. how do i set up things like file/print shareing with windows? is there a way to set the mac to be an internet gate way for the wondows systems?. i can set ICS on the windows system and set the default gateway/router on the mac to point to the windows system and that works but i want it the other way around. i am sure i will have many more mac questions over the next few days. thanks for any help. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 225579 | 2004-03-28 04:24:00 | If it's running OS X, there should be no difficulty. It should run a proxy (like Squid) without noticing the load.:D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 225580 | 2004-03-28 05:45:00 | This thread needs Jim B - resident Mac guru. I'm not sure whether Mac's have the same ability to function as an internet gateway straight out of the box, you may need some third party software (though what exactly I couldn't tell you). File and Printer sharing shouldn't be too much of an issue, I haven't worked with Mac OS X directly for a couple of years so I'll be a bit rusty, but it's in Control Panel, Internet and Networking, Sharing from memory. I think you'll really enjoy the new machine, my experiences with Mac OS X just after it came out just blew me away, it's a gorgeous OS to use. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 225581 | 2004-03-29 11:31:00 | Go into System Preferences -> Sharing, Internet button. You might need to assign a static IP to your ethernet adaptor. If you really want to have fun with your lovely new Mac I suggest you install the BSD subsystem and X11 packages from your install CD, then download the X11 SDK from Apple Developer Connection, then you can install Fink: http://fink.sourceforge.net/ |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 225582 | 2004-03-29 11:33:00 | Oh, you'll need to install Xcode too, also available from Apple Developer Connection. | BIFF (1) | ||
| 225583 | 2004-03-29 13:58:00 | ok so i have file / print shareing and i have the internet gateway all set up. no other questions at this time. thanks for the info on setting up X11 and such like but i dont need to do that yet. the system will mostly be used for video editing. |
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