Setting Up an AFP Share from windows XP

15 Jun 2009 9:19 AM

Lepre-Chaun

Hi,
Currently i have 3 macs ( Macbook, iBookg3 x2)
To backup via time machine they need to access an afp share.

I also have a windows xp headless system that holds the drive i want to share. What i wanted to know is if there is a way to share a folder in windows xp using afp?

Thanks in advance -- Lepre-Chaun

15 Jun 2009 12:36 PM

Malke

Lepre-Chaun wrote:

>
> Hi,
> Currently i have 3 macs ( Macbook, iBookg3 x2)
> To backup via time machine they need to access an afp share.
>
> I also have a windows xp headless system that holds the drive i want to
> share. What i wanted to know is if there is a way to share a folder in
> windows xp using afp?

Do you mean Time Capsule? AFAIK if you have a mixed OS network (Macs and
Windows) you need to use SMB instead of AFP.

Malke

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16 Jun 2009 6:37 AM

Lepre-Chaun

Thanks,

It isn't time capsule just a shared disk. Thanks for the quick reply. I guess i'll have to find another way to set up an afp share. Any suggestions? -- Lepre-Chaun

16 Jun 2009 12:26 PM

Malke

Lepre-Chaun wrote:

>
> Thanks,
>
> It isn't time capsule just a shared disk. Thanks for the quick reply. I
> guess i'll have to find another way to set up an afp share. Any
> suggestions?

Why are you using AFP? As I said before, you don't want to use AFP in a
mixed network. Windows uses SMB. You can easily change this from System
Preferences>Sharing>Options button.

http://www.macwindows.com/

Malke

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6 Jul 2009 8:19 AM

sq

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"Malke" wrote:

> Lepre-Chaun wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > It isn't time capsule just a shared disk. Thanks for the quick reply. I
> > guess i'll have to find another way to set up an afp share. Any
> > suggestions?
>
> Why are you using AFP? As I said before, you don't want to use AFP in a
> mixed network. Windows uses SMB. You can easily change this from System
> Preferences>Sharing>Options button.
>
> http://www.macwindows.com/
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

6 Jul 2009 8:22 AM

sq

He wants to use AFP because if you ever need to (gasp!) reinstall OSX from a
Time Machine backup he will not have access to an SMB share as SMB
connectivity is not included on the OSX install disc. There is a product
called ExtremeZ-IP that runs all your SMB shares as AFP shares, but it is
very expensive.

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"Malke" wrote:

> Lepre-Chaun wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > It isn't time capsule just a shared disk. Thanks for the quick reply. I
> > guess i'll have to find another way to set up an afp share. Any
> > suggestions?
>
> Why are you using AFP? As I said before, you don't want to use AFP in a
> mixed network. Windows uses SMB. You can easily change this from System
> Preferences>Sharing>Options button.
>
> http://www.macwindows.com/
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>