[plug] [link] Good news if you interoperate with Apple gear

[Bret Busby]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Leon Brooks wrote:

> 
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> http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-25-2002/0001806695&EDATE=
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> Apple(R) (Nasdaq: AAPL) today announced it is "open sourcing" the code for its
> innovative new Rendezvous(TM) networking technology.  Rendezvous, based on
> open Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Standard Protocols such as IP, ARP
> and DNS, uses industry standard networking protocols and zero configuration
> technology to automatically discover and connect devices over any IP network,
> such as Ethernet or 802.11-based wireless networks like Apple's Airport(R).
> 
> Cheers; Leon
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> 
> 

Does that mean that (eventually) we will be able to connect an Apple Mac 
to a Linux server?

I assume that it cannot be done at present.

I have been wondering, from time to time, about getting a cheap old Mac, 
and connecting it to our LAN, for testing website compatibility with a 
Mac browser interface. I do not know whether a Mac at present would be 
able to connect to a Linux server using TCP/IP, as I have little 
knowledge of Mac's.

I am notsomuch interested in file sharing (the equivalent of Samba, for 
sharing with Windows), as just either accessing http files on the 
server, or, accessing the Internet (for live websites), via our 
gateway/server.

We at present use coax cable for an ethernet based LAN (as opposed to 
useing CAT3 and a hub, for a star based LAN).

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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