how to best transfer files between Mac and PC on a wireless LAN?

[Mike Levin]

Hi all -
I have a Mac laptop running OS9.2 (not OSX) and a PC laptop running
Windows 2000. Both are on a wireless LAN in my house (connected to a Linksys
wireless router). What's the easiest way to transfer files between the
machines? I can imagine running an FTP server on one, and a client on the
other; is there a more elegant solution? If both were Macs, I could use the
"File Sharing" feature. Can a PC participate in any of this? If anyone has
any info, please cc: to ***@comcast.net. Thanks!

Mike

[Alan Anderson]

[both posted and emailed -- Mike, please do not reply by email]

...What's the easiest way to transfer files between the
machines? I can imagine running an FTP server on one, and a client on the
other; is there a more elegant solution?

That depends. Do you consider a web server "more elegant" than an FTP
server? :-) I've used Web Sharing from MacOS 9 on occasion to get a file
from my Mac to a nearby Windows PC.

[Robert]

Post by Mike Levin
Hi all -
I have a Mac laptop running OS9.2 (not OSX) and a PC laptop running
Windows 2000. Both are on a wireless LAN in my house (connected to a Linksys
wireless router). What's the easiest way to transfer files between the
machines? I can imagine running an FTP server on one, and a client on the
other; is there a more elegant solution? If both were Macs, I could use the
"File Sharing" feature. Can a PC participate in any of this? If anyone has
Mike

To do file sharing for free, use FTP or as the prior poster mentions,
use Web Sharing. You may place a folder or an alias of a folder in
the shared web folder. In the web browser when you navigate to this
folder, you will see a file list.

To get a more elegant solution, you will have to pay for it. See
Dave for the Mac or PC Lan for the PC. You could also upgrade to
10.2.

Robert

[Robert]

Followup:

Dave
Offers cross-platform file and print sharing from the Mac.

http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html


PC MACLAN for
Windows NT/2K/XP

PC MACLAN allows cross-platform file sharing, over TCP/IP (Internet
Protocol) or AppleTalk, on an Ethernet Network.

http://www.miramar.com/MiramarWeb.nsf/web/prod_nav_nt_index

Robert