Re: [WinMac] Connecting to remote W2K server

From: Bruce Johnson (johnson[at]pharmacy.arizona.edu)
Date: Sun Oct 03 2004 - 11:46:17 EDT

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    On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 12:44 AM, Antony N. Lord wrote:
    >
    > I've installed Sharity on my OS X box to play with as well - reading
    > seems to suggest it is required (or is at least more helpful) for
    > working with CIFS.

    Not really. In OS X you mount a smb network volume in Finger via Go>
    Connect to server.

    enter 'smb://<IP name or address of server>/<share name>'

    for any samba server and share

    then enter your username/password at the prompt and you're gold. It
    pops up like any other network volume on the desktop.

    >
    > And finally - how do I perform the same connection (to the W2K box)
    > from my home XP box - theoretically (if it work from the OS X box) can
    > I just enter the IP of the remote system in the network drive dialog?

    Yes.

    However, you will have to open all those ports on both ends, which
    means you REALLY want to set up a VPN between your home network and the
    work, which is another kettle of fish.

    The Mac will do vpn via Internet Connect.

    > --
    "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D.
    Bruce Johnson

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