Subject: Switching to TCP/IP?
From: David Blache (alterego@austin.rr.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 09:56:59 EST
on 3/29/2000 12:22 AM, Seth D. Mattinen at sethm@roller.reno.nv.us wrote:
> If you've got TCP/IP set up on the Mac, and on the Linux box, and TCP/IP is
> generally happy everywhere, it should be using IP over AppleTalk first.
> Using IP is just as transparent as using the Chooser. Older versions of
> AppleShare didn't support IP, but all current ones do.
>
> The advantage? It's a lot faster.
Ok...
on 3/29/2000 1:10 AM, Marcus Radich at marcus@darena.co.nz wrote:
> Now, over 100BaseT from a Power Macintosh G4/450 using Appleshare
> over IP, we get 9.8MB/sec with Helios Lantest 2.5.2. Yes, that's
> MegaBytes...
> Copying a 500MB scan to the server finishes in less than a minute.
> Our customers are impressed!
Wow! That *is* impressive. My speeds are nothing like that. I barely light
up my 100 BT hub when I transfer files from my mac to my linux box!
So it looks like I am going to try to get IP up and running. Can someone
tell me what needs to be done to make the switch?
--"Monopoly? No, we just don't want competition" --Microsoft |-------------------------------------------------------------| | David Blache Software Developer / Technical Writer | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | Microcosm Software http://www.thesanctuary.com/microcosm | |-------------------------------------------------------------|
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