[kcmac]

I have an MP 2100 with a Farallon card that it recognizes. (Driver installed on Newton).

To connect to my iMac DVSE running Jaguar what do I need?

NCU 1.0?
File sharing on or off?

[TimmyDee51]

Yes, you need NCU 1.0, file sharing on, an ethernet hub, and of course Classic running. Once that's all taken care of, you should see your Mac on the Newton just like you were browsing an AppleTalk network from MacOS. Good luck!

[kcmac]

Thanks TimmyDee. What does the ethernet hub do that just plugging directly into the ethernet port doesn't?

I am using my port for the internet now and would need one anyway but still wondering.

[-Q-]

Depending on what you want to do, you can also try NewTen to install packages onto the newton. Although it appears to require a serial port at this time. I still can't get it to install packages over my wireless network.

You can use NewtSync to sync up your address book and iCal calendar (the iCal part is still being worked on at this time).

The ethernet hub is necessary b/c a regular ethernet cable won't allow the two computers to "talk" to each other simultaneously unless it's a crossover cable (essentially an ethernet cable that allows network traffic to pass back and forth at the same time).

[kcmac]

Thanks Q. I did take a look at both of these earlier. Looks like I may try the serial adaptor route for now. Would rather wait for the ethernet hub when I get an airport base station. The ABS also is a hub, yes?

[-Q-]

Technically, the Airport Base Station is a router and not a hub (think of the router as a smart hub--intelligently directing traffic on your network as opposed to just allowing it to pass through. Routers like the Airport do a number of other things, but no need to go into those details here).

The new ABS (the white one) comes with 2 Ethernet ports, one to hook your cable/DSL connection to and another to hook to your LAN. You could hook your Newton to the ABS this way, but it may be better to also invest in a hub later so you can add machines to your network. Hubs are cheap so they won't add to the cost of setting up your network significantly at all, and it'll give you some added flexibility later.

Plus, if you want to spare some expense, you can get a wireless router from another manufacturer (like SMC or Linksys) that also has multiple ethernet ports on it so you can have a combination wired/wireless network.

I know, information overload. :-)

[kcmac]

Great info.

I think the wireless router is what I am going to look into. A plain hub costs enough to make me think this. I will be doing everything wireless in my house and won't need this hub except for my newton.

Thanks for your help.

[TimmyDee51]

If you're going wireless, you can get a WaveLAN PC card for the Newton and go 100% wireless. I'm not sure what the progress on the wireless drivers are for the Newton, but I think they're very usable. Look into it. Man, that would be sweet.

[-Q-]

They're very usable. I just tricked out my 2100 with an Orinoco Silver wireless card and can surf the web and check e-mail with my newton and any 802.11b connection. And as soon as NewTen supports networking via TCP/IP, I can install packages as well (although if I boot into classic and use NCU, it works great).