Qing Li, Our IT people have the same deficiency. Fortunately, it's really not that hard to network Macintoshes. What you need to procure and how you need to set it up depends on the details of "the server system" and how you want to interact with it, as well as the details of your physical network. The most common scenario is that you want to connect to your server for file sharing only using ftp on a 10/100Base-T network. Simply verify that your Macintosh has a 10/100Base-T network port (this has been a standard feature for several years now), have your IT people connect a cable from this port to the network jack and have them verify the port link status (they may need to use a "crossed wire" cable or configure their network port). If you have Mac OS 8.5 or greater, run the Internet Setup Assistant and enter the information from your IT people: IP address, subnet mask, router/gateway address, and DNS address(es). Finally, you just need some ftp software. Fetch used to be offered free to academic institutions from Dartmouth, but now it costs $25 from a company called Fetch Softworks: http://fetchsoftworks.com/ There are a variety of situations and solutions. Email me directly if you have any further questions: eric.vanburen@wayne.edu Good luck, Eric >Dear All, > >We have two BD flow instruments and our IT people do not have any experience >on networking the Macintosh computers to the server system. It will be >really appreciated if any of you can provide me with valuable suggestions >and information sources. Thanks in advance. > >Best regards > >Qing Li, Ph.D. >NTTD Department >South Bend Medical Foundation >South Bend, IN > > > > > >Information included in this email may be CONFIDENTIAL in nature and is >intended only >for the use of the individuals to which it is originally addressed. Any >unauthorized >review, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. Please notify >South Bend >Medical Foundation at info@sbmflab.org or 574-234-4176 x6307 immediately >if you have >received this email in error. Eric Van Buren, aa9080@wayne.edu Karmanos Cancer Institute and Immunology & Microbiology Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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