Low End Mac Networking

Mac owners are a pretty lucky bunch - networking has been part of the computer's design and operating system since the mid-1980s.

Macs work with AppleTalk, TCP/IP, IPX, Token Ring, and other protocols. Best of all, much of this is transparent to the user. Once you've configured your PPP, TCP/IP, or other network connection, you can pretty much ignore it. And since all networking calls are a standard part of the system, everything from browsers and business applications to games can take advantage of the network.

Until the iMac, all Macs provided a high speed serial port for LocalTalk, and most 68040-based Macs and later models have ethernet ports (10Base-T, AAUI, or both).

Why Network?

If you have two or more Macs, the easiest way to transfer files is with a network. System 7 and later allow sharing files, so any Mac can become a personal file server. Just wire things together, turn on sharing, and log on from the other machine.

Of course, there's a lot more to wiring thing together than that, which is the focus of the Mac Networking section on Low End Mac.

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