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Guys I have a problem! Im currently running my NeXTstation headless, and currently I have a dumb terminal hooked up to it through serial port A.
I WANT to connect it to my Mac laptop through it's ethernet, and use FTPD on the Nextstation to host C source files on the next (a mini server). I have no idea how to setup FTPD to work, and it's giving me greif, itall start, but I cant connect, it either says connection refused or cant find route on the mac. Can someone step me through this?
JeHorn,
Are you able to get into your NeXT from the dumb terminal? The ftpd is on by default, so unless you messed with the ftpd settings, your problem is most likely a networking error. Can you login to your NeXT via telnet from your mac? Can you ping your NeXT from your mac?
Doing a point to point ethernet from a mac to NeXT is very easy. If you're running an ethernet cable between the mac and your NeXT (without a DHCP server), you need to manually assign your mac an ip address. Then you need to assign the NeXT a compatible ip address. Once you get your NeXT talking to your mac, you can also mount your NeXT HDD using MacFUSE, or sharing a folder using Net FS, or just using ftp. There are at least 10 ways to mount a NeXT HDD over a network.
One more thing, older macs don't automatically change their ethernet in-out settings for point to point, and the NeXT certainly does not. In that case, you need to use a cross over ethernet cable. I always use a crossover cable for point to point just to be safe.
I hope this helps,
Brian
It works now! I setup TFTPD actually, and I got it working, now I can store source files on my NeXT!
You might also want to install openssh so you can use Fugu on the Mac to transfer by sftp/scp. NeXT boxen are very easy to network, especially compared to equivalent machines of the day.