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| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 14:25 #49552 | |
signaller1
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Anyone clever know if it is possible to link a mac to a pc (windows 8) with a cable,purely to host SimSig locally? thanks Phil Last edited: 24/09/2013 at 14:26 by signaller1 Log in to reply |
| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 14:36 #49553 | |
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Sacro
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Yes
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| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 14:56 #49555 | |
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signaller1
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a little more info?? or is it as simple as plug in and connect to ip?
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| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 15:00 #49556 | |
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Sacro
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I'm unsure offhand whether OSX will allocate a link local ipv4 address, I know Windows does. Otherwise you'll either need to have some kind of DHCP server (again, OSX might be able to do that), or to allocate IPs manually. A direct cable between the two should be fine (assuming fairly recent hardware) Log in to reply The following user said thank you: signaller1 |
| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 15:11 #49558 | |
GeoffM
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If it's a network/ethernet cable between two PCs then doesn't it need to be a crossover cable rather than the more common straight-through cable?
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| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 15:35 #49561 | |
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Sacro
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" said:If it's a network/ethernet cable between two PCs then doesn't it need to be a crossover cable rather than the more common straight-through cable?All Gigabit NICs are auto-sensing (it's part of the specification), the majority of 10/100 ones are also auto-sensing, I've not checked what sort of network cable I'm using in at least the last 5 years. Log in to reply |
| Linking a Mac with a PC?? 24/09/2013 at 15:41 #49563 | |
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GeoffM
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" said:" said:The railway industry is always years behind the leading edge - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! I mean, 25-pin D-type serial ports are still very common!If it's a network/ethernet cable between two PCs then doesn't it need to be a crossover cable rather than the more common straight-through cable?All Gigabit NICs are auto-sensing (it's part of the specification), the majority of 10/100 ones are also auto-sensing, I've not checked what sort of network cable I'm using in at least the last 5 years. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |