Direct Network of 2 MACS?

[Zane Barker]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Steve Cohen]

I have 2 Macs that are not on a network (because my CTO thinks that it is unsafe to have our Final Cut editing systems online), but I constantly need to move files back and forth between 2 particular systems.

I now we can setup a separate Ethernet network for the MAC, but I don’t want to have to set up a whole network for mainly 2 computers.

Is there a way to just run a network cable between the 2 systems and have them see each other?

Do I need to use a crossover cable?

Do I need to turn on anything, like Appleshare?

I do have access to a Ethernet Hub if that helps in anyway.

Thanks for the help.

Steve Cohen
Senior Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Zane Barker]

[Steve Cohen] “Do I need to use a crossover cable? “

No the computer itself can handle the cross over.

They should just see each other. But tell your boss that there is absolutely NO reason that a editing machine needs be be kept off of the internet. There is not a safety risk of viruses on Macs ac Macs do NOT get viruses.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

[Zane Barker] “But tell your boss that there is absolutely NO reason that a editing machine needs be be kept off of the internet. There is not a safety risk of viruses on Macs ac Macs do NOT get viruses. “

ooh – i gotta disagree here…there are (albeit extremely rare) viruses for macs out there, and there is always more risk for a variety of things even outside of viruses when a box is connected to a public network…

i also suspect that the boss wants to keep the boxes off the internet to help keep productivity up…but outside that, a box off the internet (mac or not) is always more secure than a box that is connected…

i would just set up a small internal network – by far the easiest and then you’re set up for the future as well…could even make it wireless if you wanted…

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[Zane Barker]

[Curtis Thompson] “ooh – i gotta disagree here…there are (albeit extremely rare) viruses for macs out there, and there is always more risk for a variety of things even outside of viruses when a box is connected to a public network… “

The closest thing you will find to a virus on a mac is a DNS Changer, and to get that you have to go to some janky porn site and it will ask if you want to install a video codec. And even then you must type in your password to install it.

My good fried works as a genius in one of the Apple Stores and the DNS Changer is the closest thing they have ever seen to a virus.

As far as public networks go he NEVER said that it was public. Honestly you have a higher chance of someone accessing your files via the network then you do getting a virus on the mac, and they will only be able to access your files if they have your user name and password.

Your productivity point may be true, but in my opinion any boss that micromanages so much as to not allow internet in the place has got more issues then we want to go into.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

[Zane Barker] “As far as public networks go he NEVER said that it was public. Honestly you have a higher chance of someone accessing your files via the network then you do getting a virus on the mac, and they will only be able to access your files if they have your user name and password. “

your devotion to the mothership is strong, my friend…it’s appreciated but keep in mind that no computer system is 100% secure – granted that unix has far fewer viruses than other operating systems, but you simply cannot say that a mac (or any other computer) plugged into the internet is as secure as one that is not. his boss is right when he says that their security is better if the editing systems are not on the internet.

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[Zane Barker]

It will be FINE to put it on the internet, as long as you stay away from those porn sites, and all that the DNS changer will do is make your inter net go slow.

The way the OS is built you must enter your password to install things.

And one could easily make the argument that not being connected to the internet would actually hinder productivity. Having to go to move files from machine to machine when you need to email something to a client or when they send you something that you need to incorporate into a production.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Steve Cohen]

Thanks guys for the info, but I have already had the internet connectivity debate with them and have lost out several times.

They feel it is a security issue (mainly viruses, and it is true that there are few if no viruses for the Mac, but that is because the percentage of the population that owns Macs is far less then those that own PC’s and the demented minds that create viruses want to affect the most people as possible. With the popularity of MAC’s increasing it is only a matter of time before there are numerous viruses for them).

Productivity is not really the reason either because they placed PC’s in the edit suites to access e-mail and get graphics from the network.

the internet connection issue is a dead horse for now, plus I don’t have the strenght to battle it anymore.

So either a small network or a crossover cable will connect the 2 machines?

DO I need to turn on Apple Share?

Thanks

Steve Cohen
Senior Editor
O2 Media Inc.

[Curtis Thompson]

hello…

ya – your question sorta got hijacked here… :-/

here’s a good place to start:

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1433

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[Curtis Thompson]

[Zane Barker] “It will be FINE to put it on the internet, as long as you stay away from those porn sites, and all that the DNS changer will do is make your inter net go slow. “

i’ll leave it at this – i’m not saying it’s dangerous to put a mac on an internet connection, but that it is less safe than not doing so. period. you cannot argue with that.

in addition, anybody who has a box connected to the internet should always have a firewall between themselves and the world – anybody who doesn’t is asking for it. and don’t come back with the dns changer thing – let it go. these are plain facts.