Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] A little off-topic Mac/Windoze query

[Eric Dobbs <dobbs@dobbse.net>]

At 10:13 PM +0000 3/3/2000, Richard Smith wrote:
>I am running Quid Pro Quo on my Mac for local testing of site CGI's, and it
>works extremely well. I have just acquired a PC (no booing at the back
>please), and have managed to connect it via an Ethernet crossover and can
>successfully share files via AppleTalk using MacLan on the PC.
>
>However, I have been unable to configure the opaque Windoze network settings
>so that I can access Quid Pro Quo from the PC. It would be invaluable if I
>could get this to work so that I can see exactly how my sites will appear on
>the PC (for some reason, more people use the darn things).


The computers are connected to each other via
a crossover cable.  Both need to have their
network settings configured.

The settings that matter are the ip address and
the subnet mask.

For example:

Mac:
ip     10.0.0.1
mask   255.255.255.0

PC:
ip     10.0.0.2
mask   255.255.255.0


On the mac, as I'm sure you know, the settings
are in the TCP/IP control panel.

Assuming you've got Win95 or newer...
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel ->
   Network

In the network control panel you should see a
window pane containing "network components"
One of those items should be TCP/IP for an
Ethernet adaptor.  If you don't see that, then
this is probably your problem.  For now I'll
assume you do have one.

Double-click the TCP/IP for the Ethernet adaptor.
There's an IP address tab in which you can
configure the IP address and subnet mask as I
outlined above.  After you click okay through
those items, you'll have to restart the computer.
But at that point you should be able to point a
browser on the PC to 10.0.0.1 (the mac) and see
how things look.



Now if you don't have that TCP/IP thing, you need
to add it.

Add...  ->
   Select Protocol
     click Add... ->
        Select Microsoft TCP/IP ->
          click Okay.

You may be prompted to provide the Windows CD or
some such.  You'll probably be prompted to restart
the computer.  At this point I would NOT reboot
just yet.  Instead I would go back to the steps I
described above and configure the IP before
restarting.  Then restart and things should work.

Good luck
-Eric


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