[Cialug] help required (experienced Mac user but not a nerd)

[Bryan Baker]

Not sure why you contacted a LUG on this, but a quick look at Apple's  
support site (using the search term "Tiger AFP" got this as the first  
hit I believe (and it's right on point):

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301183

So, it's not a bug /exactly/, it's Apple dropping a feature. I'd say  
your best bet is to upgrade the G3's to 9 or above, if you really  
want to "see" them from a Tiger machine.

As the article states, the AFP client in 8.6 can see AFP over IP  
servers but the AFP server in 8.6 (and below) cant provide AFP over IP.

If you want more discussion on this, I suggest you try a Mac users  
group instead of a Linux users group. You can find the site of one  
here in Des Moines in my .sig.

On Aug 30, 2005, at 12:28 AM, banshee wrote:
> Greetings from Warburton, Victoria, Australia.
> I hope this email is not regarded as spam: I have an ongoing  
> network problem which no one else
> has been able to resolve. I've been maintaining a small Mac network  
> for 14 years but have no
> Linux knowledge.
> Below is the posting I've been circulating:
>
> I have a connectivity problems over an Ethernet network. My new  
> eMac (OS10.4) can see but can't
> connect to my two G3s (running 8.6 and 8.0), with an error message  
> stating 'É incompatible
> version of the AFP protocol'.
> My patient vendor has walked me through all the networking options  
> (TCP/IP, AppleTalk, etc.) on
> the eMac and can't offer anything further.
>
> Ironically, the two older machines CAN mount the eMac using TCP/IP,  
> and I'm starting to wonder
> if the Tiger has a bug.
>
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Bryan Baker
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