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Hello,
I am using a mac mini as an ftp server with Rumpus on standard Mac OS X 10.4.3. I have the built in ethernet attached to our local LAN on our main subnet. I have the airport connection configured for a different subnet that has the access to the internet. I have the network port configurations set up to have the airport as first in the list and connecting ftp software to the internet.
Everything is working great except for one thing. The network browsing will only show the appletalk clients in the list when the airport is first in the list. I would like to be able to browse to the local windows clients as well. I am assuming the the windows clients are using tcp/ip. It seems as if the network browsing is only looking to the first in the list of port configurations (the airport) for and tcp/ip clients. I would like to force the network browser to search for the clients over the built in ehternet which is attaced to our LAN subnet. As a test I disabled the airport. This caused the network browser to start polling the ehternet port for tcp/ip clients and all of the windows servers appeared. As soon as I fired up the airport, i was left with only the apple talk clients.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Jon
I think more clarification is needed.
I am not too concerned with the apple talk connections in this case and I am aware of the one port at a time thing. I am mainly focused on the windows clients that use TCP/IP.
The tcp/ip clients are not browseable on both networks at once. They will be visible only to the first port that is listed in the “network port configuration” list in network prefs.
The first port in my list is to my airport connection which connects to the internet. I think that the network browser is looking out on to the internet for my tcp/ip windows clients when it shoud be looking out the other ethernet port connected to the LAN instead. It does not appear to do both. I can’t switch the order of the ports as I have to connect to the internet via the airport.
In essence, I am looking for a radio button similar to the appletalk one in network prefs where I can decide what netork port will be used for TCP/IP clients.
do you have any other thoughts? Thanks again..
Jon
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