Mac on the internet

now i know my linux doesnt need extras secruity such as virsus/firewall im guessing as mac is unix it be the same?

yep! i dont have any anti virus etc. thast why there so fast!

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Can you access time capsule from a mac over the internet?

Yes. See this thread about how to access the disk attached to a Time Capsule. Access to the Time Capsule itself can be done similarly.

Sharing files between two macs over the internet

I'm trying to work out how to connect two macs across the internet and am wondering if someone could point me in the direction of a "very basic , step by step, how to" file or manual.
I've browsed some of the discussion in this forum and some are more helpful than others but none seem to start with the very basics of what should or should not be turned on in the firewall settings and the the security issues mentioned in one ot two threads.
I'm not looking for " hold my hand tutorial" just a pointer to where I can do some more reading so I can inform myself and possibly ask some emore intelligent questions
I'm trying to connect a B&W G3, OSX 10.4.6, connect to the internet through a dsl modem over an ethernet network, to a remote Imac G5 , OSX 10.4.6 also connected through a different dsl modem over an ethernet network.
Thanks
G3 B&W Mac OS 9.2.x

See this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=476839&tstart=0

Can I load Office for Mac via the internet? I own the disks and have only loaded them twice.

Can I load Office for Mac via the internet? I own the disks and have only loaded them twice.

If you are saying that you have one license left of a three license edition MS Office for Mac 2011, then all you have to do is download a MS Office trial for Mac from the MS website. Using the available license registration number, you can activate the downloaded trial and have the same functionality as if you had used the disks and registered with that same number.

Can I control a network of Macs across the internet with ARD?

Hi,
Can I control a network of Macs across the internet with ARD?
I seem to only be able to control one mac at a time. Am I missing something?
Thanks
Matt

To be able to connect to a workstation from outside it's network, the ports that ARD uses must be open on both ends of the connection. ARD uses ports 3283 and 5900 so those must be open.
If your workstations get their addresses from an NAT device rather than being "real", the ports also need to be forwarded in the router to the workstation's internal IP address. ARD uses port 3283 for the reporting and updating function, so if your Macs are getting their IP addresses through NAT, since you can only forward a port to a single workstation, you can only get reports, push package/files to etc. for a single workstation.
ARD uses the VNC protocol for observation and control, though, and there are a range of IP addresses for that protocol, starting with 5900. ARD uses 5900 by default, so that port would be forwarded to the first workstation. You would, I believe, need to install VNC servers on the systems (since the ARD client cannot listen on any port other than 5900 while VNC servers can be set for other ports such as 5901, 5902, etc. You would then forward 5901 to the second workstation (and on to 5902, 5903, etc.). You can then use the following information:
Remote Desktop: How to specify a port number for a VNC client
to connect.
The only other options are: 1) to run the ARD administrator on a workstation on the network, and then take control of that system from outside, either via VNC or another copy of ARD, or 2) set up a virtual private network (VPN) so that when you connect from outside, your admin system is officially part of the local network.
Hope this helps.

Why can one mac access the internet and not the other?

Hi I have just installed a 2nd generation Airport Express base station. I have setup a network and I can connect to it to access the web. Here's the rub, only my Macbook Pro can connect. My Macbook Air cannot connect? A weird error message says (translated from Swedish): Airport has the selfapplied/selfselected IP adress 169.254.67.130 and will not be able to connect to the internet.
Why can one mac access the internet and not the other? Is there something simple that I can do to get more macs to be able to use my Airport Express to access the internet?
Tech details:
Airport Express 2nd generation (just purchased) model 1392
Macbook Pro running 10.8.2
MacBook Air running 10.6.8

It seems the Airbook assigns a dummy IP address so somehow it doesn't reach and receive an IP from the Express. I deleted the previous Express setting restarted the Air connected again, restarted the modem, restarted the Express nothing....
I spoke to the internet provider and the cable modem does not require any username or pw. from the modem to the cable it's one public ip, pure internet is flowing from the modem to the Express but the express doesn't seem to assign any IP address apart from the one assigned to the Macbook Pro.
Do you need a screendump of the settings on the functioning Mac or the faulty one? What settings are you interested in i.e. which tab should it shot?

How do I control my office mac throught the internet from home

I have a small office network with 5 computers.
The network is has internet access through a windows 2003 server PC. On the network I have 3 macs, one mac mini server running Filemaker Pro 11 which acts as a filemaker server for the other 3 Macs. When I am in the office I use my MBP with Remote Desktop 3.4 to access the server mac and work on Filemaker. I need to be able to access this from home through the internet.
How do I go about this. I don't have local Mac support where I live, and the IT people I use only know Windows systems.
Thanks
Abel

Thank you, the problem has been solved. I would think that the help screens of Remote Desktop can explain that better, but I managed to find the solution searching through the forum.
I had the IT guy open ports 3283 and 5900 on the router and then instructed the router to forward request to those ports to the internal IP address of the computer I want to controll.
In Remote Desktop I selected Scanner and the button Network Address and then entered the router's internet IP address.
RDP then picks up the computer I want to control and from there you just follow the prompts for password.
Prior to this and since posting my first message I tried out logmein and without any help I was able to remotely contol the other computer without getting anyone to set ports. However I think that Remote Desktop offers more features and is probably faster.

Connecting two macs for the internet

I have a powermac G4 with tiger and would like to buy a G5 imac. What is the best way to connect both of them up to my Ethernet ADSL modem so that two users can access the internet at the same time?

Cheapest way - go to your local computer shop and buy any internet router (will cost you around $30) along with two ethernet cables of the appropriate length. At home:
- cable the DSL modem to the router's internet or WAN port
- cable the PowerMac and the iMac each to one of the four ethernet LAN ports provided by most routers
If you want to have the iMac connect wirelessly with its built in wireless network interface, buy a wireless router at your local computer shop (costs $30-60) and set it up as I described above - only difference is that the iMac connects wirelessly.
Other options:
- buy an Apple Airport Express ($129), and a wireless network PCI card for your Powermac ($80). Both Macs will the wirelessly share the internet connection.
- buy an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station ($199). Cable the Powermac to its LAN port; the iMac connects wirelessly.

Network Two Macs, access the internet from both.

Frustration.
I have a Mac Pro, and an older Power Mac G4. I had them networked in such a way as both could access the internet. The G4's access stopped working because I had a power outage, and had to restart everything. I am guessing this has something to do the cable modems MAC address.
At any rate: Here is what I have. A LinkSYS Cable Modem, A Netgear Switch (8 Ports) and the 2 computers. Both computers are connected to the switch. The cable modem is in port 1, the MacPro port 2, The G4 Port 3. The MacPro, does connect to the Internet. The G4 does not. I had this working before. It worked wonderfully. But I think after restarting everything, and somehow not getting the sequence right or something, I cannot get it back to working. I don't want a router. As it slows down my 16MB per sec net connection, and ruins the ping rate for gaming.
Any input, light you can shed on this situation is of course greatly appreciated. Merry Christmas!

Austinscott wrote:
Frustration.
I have a Mac Pro, and an older Power Mac G4. I had them networked in such a way as both could access the internet. The G4's access stopped working because I had a power outage, and had to restart everything. I am guessing this has something to do the cable modems MAC address.
Nope. The MAC address does not change. The IP address might change.
At any rate: Here is what I have. A LinkSYS Cable Modem,
what model cable modem?
A Netgear Switch (8 Ports) and the 2 computers. Both computers are connected to the switch. The cable modem is in port 1, the MacPro port 2, The G4 Port 3. The MacPro, does connect to the Internet. The G4 does not. I had this working before. It worked wonderfully. But I think after restarting everything, and somehow not getting the sequence right or something, I cannot get it back to working. I don't want a router.
I suspect that you have a router, built into the cable modem. Virtually all Linksys cable modems have a router built into them. In addition, unless you have arranged to have two Internet connections from your cableco, you must have a router to have two devices connected to the Internet. If you have a router you can have multiple devices on one connection. If you don't, you can have only one. You may have turned off the router functions on your modem. What is the IP address showing on your Mac Pro? If it is something in the 192.168.x.y range, where 'x' is a number from 0 to 255 and 'y' is a number from 1 to 254, or in the 172.z.x.y range where 'z' is a number from 16 to 31, or in the 10.x.x.y range, then you probably have a private network which means that you have a router built into that modem and its router functions are turned on. If your IP is a different number you probably either don't have a router built in (unlikely) or its router functions are off (very likely).
If your have a private network and your G4 is not connecting, you need to determine what the IP is on the G4. If it is 0.0.0.0, then you have a damaged network card and need to replace it. If it is 169.254.x.y then your G4 is not seeing the router for some reason, likely because the router functions on your modem are off. If it is something else we need to know what it is.
As it slows down my 16MB per sec net connection, and ruins the ping rate for gaming.
Any input, light you can shed on this situation is of course greatly appreciated. Merry Christmas!

How do i use a Bluetooth phone to connect my Mac to the internet?

Please help me connect to the internet using my Bluetooth enabled phone's GPRS feature. I know an easier way would be to use Launch2net...but at 75Euros...too expensive. It used to be easy prior to Leopard but since I've upgraded to Leopard...the feature seems to have vanished.

who is your provider, here in the UK t-mobile give you launch2net for free.
however you dont need that software.
You just need a modem script for your model of phone.
you can get modem scripts for most phone from ross barkmans' homepage
http://www.taniwha.org.uk/

My mac causes the internet to crash

Hey mY Macbook pro causes the internet to crash as soon as i connect, yet other devices run fine on it. the router is a belkin n but the whole network goes down when i connect. help would be appreciated
Cheers

It sounds like something is wrong with your router. I suggest you try another one.

How can I connect to multiple Macs over the internet?

I have forwarded the ports on my Airport Extreme as follows:
10.0.1.3 being assigned to my Mac Mini.
I also have a MacBook Pro at home I would like access to which has the 10.0.1.4 reserved/assigned. I cannot connect to it because the port forwarding points to the Mac Mini, and it doesn't allow me to create another rule since those ports are already being used by that first entry. How do I go about having the option to connect to either one of the two computers at home when I'm at work using Apple Remote Desktop?

it's not really a confirmed limitation of ARD, ARD is not designed to work outside of a LAN
it's designed for system admins to manage macs remotely while on the same LAN
but you want to use it outside of your LAN, you can by using VPN
VPN gives you remote secure access to your LAN
you will appear to be connected to your LAN
so you can do most things as you would if you were actually on your LAN
ARD does not facilitate a VPN connection
you'd connect using a VPN connection to your LAN then start ARD, ARD will behave just as it would if you were on the LAN
VPN client is built into OSX, system preferences, network, add choose VPN connection
You'd need a VPN server such as OSX server on your LAN
and configure any firewalls, routers etc to allow incoming VPN to connect to your server
You'd also need either a fixed external IP address and external domain name or use dynamic DNS setup
you could also try logmein

Can't upload any files from my mac to the Internet

I am new to Macbook, and this obviously never happened before
So, the problem is:
I can't upload any files from my Mac anywhere (Facebook, Instagram, etc)
I can't attach files to e-mails.
any files that are on my desktop, folders - they just turn in grey and I can't choose them.
The only way I can do it is by going to "ALL FILES" where I have to search through all the files that are on my Mac
Keep in mind that this is a glitch, because earlier it was all fine and normal
To see what I mean I am uploading a skreen shot of attemp of uploading files to Fb.
Can anybody help? Can it be some sort of virus?

Okay I had the same problem but I figured it out. When you go to choose file, all the links are greyed out. Use two fingers simulatiously and click down on the file you want, then choose "quick look" from the option menu. This will open a preview of your document and make the open button usable. Close the preview, and then select the open button.
The site I was trying to use says it only supports IE, so maybe that is what causes the problem.
Hope it works for you!

Windows to Mac over the internet

I have set up a Mac ibook and external additional volumes to serve files etc for my company (We have staff all over the world). It is set up with a static IP. I have no problems getting to the server with any Mac (go menu, ip address, name and password). However, I cannot seem to get my Windows XP computer to connect, firewall is with personal and windows sharing available.
I have followed Windoze directions to connect to a VPN, but still no go. What's the trick to make this inferior OS connect. (If quickbooks for mac actually worked, I'd never have to touch one of these inept computers).
Thanks
Hotch

You should be able to use this guide, as you are not using VPN.
Sharing files between an XP PC and a Mac running OS 10.4.x
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3020.html
iFelix

Back to my mac from the internet

Hello,
I wonder if it is possible to access my MAC at home from my MAcbook or my iphoen when I am not at home.
If it is, I would appreciate any help to do so.
I use a TimeCapsule at home and ICLOUD.
And all my software is updated.
Thanx

I want to know too. I am surprised by the lack of information on the web on this. Help!
Setting up is easy....accessing is whole new experience & matter. Question: how?

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