Get OS X to talk to Suse Linux via Ethernet Cable?

[bobaneena]

Hi All,

I am trying to get my Mac (OS X 10.4, Powerbook G4 1.67Ghz) to talk to a Linux (Suse 10) machine that I have so they can exchange files with each other. I'm fairly sure I can just connect them together using an ethernet cable, but am not sure and can't find any documentation anywhere. Has anyone got any ideas about how to do this?

I am fairly proficient in the use of my Mac but don't know much about networking etc. due to OS X's usual 'magic auto configuring' of that side of things.

Any help will be greatly apprecieted . . .

Cheers, Bob

 

[fryke]

You can set up FTP sharing in Mac OS X and connect to the Mac from SuSE's desktop by entering ftp://usernameassword@Mac'sIP-address in a filebrowser window. Of course you replace the username with your user's shortname, the pw with your pw and enter the actual IP address after the @ sign.

 

[gsahli]

And don't forget that for both computers you must set up manual IP addresses. Unix/linux consider ethernet off until they have a valid IP address. Use local-only addresses like 192.168.3.10 and 192.168.3.11.