[Macpartners] networking 2 g4 powerbooks

[Albert Willis]

On Jan 25, 2007, at 12:46 PM, arthur steinberg wrote:

> 1) i have 2 g4 powerbooks running os X.4.8 which are currently each
> connected by airport to the internet via the same  linksys wireless-g
> 2.4 ghz broadband router.  i would like to be able to exchange data  
> over
> a lan between the 2 laptops using this router.  what do i have to  
> set to
> do this?

When you say "exchange data", what does that mean?

>
> 2) i tried hooking the 2 laptops together with a firewire cable, but
> they did not recognize each other.  what do i have to set to make  
> this work?

If you're trying to move data from one laptop to another, boot one of  
them into target disk mode (hold down the 't' key during a reboot)  
and mount it as if it were a FireWire hard drive and drag data to it.

   -- Al


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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu


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