Thu, Jul 29, 2010
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Chapter 3
Basic Mac Networking
Once you've mastered the bipedal data transport of the Sneaker Net, we can describe the digital networking technologies that allow Macs and other computers to communicate. This chapter runs through a quick primer on how Macs network. We introduce some network terms that you probably have heard or even toss around yourself on a regular basis, but may have only vague notions of what they mean -- AppleTalk, TCP/IP, Ethernet, PPP, and Open Transport, to name a few.
Table 3-1. Mac OS Networking Pros and Cons
Table 3-2. Networking Control Panels and Extensions
| Description |
| The Complete Conflict Compendium is an on-line collection of Mac OS applications, control panels, and extensions that can interfere with one another. |
| Conflict Catcher, commercial software by Casady & Greene, for detecting extensions and control panels that don't play well together |
| FreePPP, freeware for dial-up PPP connections |
| InformINIT, an invaluable shareware reference by Dan Frakes on Apple and third-party control panels and extensions |
| Internet Config, freeware from Stairways Software |
| MacPPP, freeware from the MacBel group |
| MacSLIP, a commercial package from Hyde Park Software for older-style SLIP connections (updates only) |
| PPP Menu adds a system for managing PPP connections and Internet applications. |
Table 3-3. High-Speed Mac Networking
Table A-2. Networking References
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