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brainwave89
Jan 15, 2008, 07:34 AM
Is there any inherent issues I would face if I was to network (printer and files) between different versions of Mac OS - Leopard, Tiger, Panther and OS 9?

Thank you for looking.



LouisBlack
Jan 15, 2008, 08:13 AM
OS X has had Bonjour since 10.2. It's software that lets devices discover each other on the network, so networking different versions of OS X should be fine (although a bit clunky pre-Leopard in my opinion).

I have no experience with OS9 so I can't give any advice on that.

unity
Jan 15, 2008, 09:28 AM
If you are going as far back as OS 9, make sure AppleTalk is active on whichever method you are using to connect each machine, ethernet, airport, etc.