On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 09:57:02PM -0800, anthony baldwin wrote: > I;ve been using linux for about 8 months now and it is time to get serious. > I want to network my iBook with this linux box. > I have them sharing the dsl connection, but not files or the printer. > Should I do that with nfs? smb? Actually, with a Macintosh netatalk works very well. It allows you to run Appleshare over IP. As for printing, you first need to determine which system hosts the printer. The standard method of printing is via lpd although these days you can print over just about anything. Since Macs support Postscript very well and you don't have to deal with winprinting crap, the print setup should be fairly straight forward. The LaserWriter print driver appears to support lpr directly, so point it at your Linux system if that's where your printer is. On the Linux side, you may have to do a Postscript to whatever conversion depending on what kind of printer you've got. Ghostscript is typically used for this. Before we can go much farther, you should tell us which system hosts the printer, and what kind of printer it is since each combination has different gotchas. > And, can I set up an nfs server here when my ip is dynamic? My personal preference would be to give the internal systems a static IP address and restrict your external connectivity to dynamic if required (most DSL connections that I'm aware of are static, whereas cable modems are usually dynamic). If you don't have a firewall already, put one immediately. Do not allow nfs through your firewall unless you really know what you're doing and it's for readonly sharing. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
