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Sharing files & printers without a Server
The notes below provide details of how students and teachers can save their work
to a central storage area, access shared printers, and publish to a school intranet,
even without a specialised file server.


Sharing Files
These notes detail the use of the "built-in" file and print sharing options on both Windows and Macintosh computers, in situations where you may not have access to a more specialised file server.....
Macintosh OSX File Sharing (pdf - 544k)
Setup a standard OSX computer as a simple file server. Includes information about how to access the shared files from Macintosh or Windows computers.

 
Windows XP File Sharing (pdf - 900k)
Sharing files between between computers, using Win XP on a "peer to peer" network.
Sharing a Printer
Once your computers are networked, you can share one printer between multiple computers.....
Sharing Printers - Mac OSX (pdf - 125k)
Sharing and accessing shared USB printers on a network, using OS X.

Printing to a Win Printer from 10.3
Apple notes on how to setup OSX 10.3 to access a printer being shared by a Windows computer.

 
 
Sharing Printers - Win XP (pdf - 725k)
Sharing printers, and accessing shared printers, on a network using Windows XP.

Bonjour for Windows
Access Bonjour/Rendevous compatible printers
 
Simple Intranet
Once you have established a physical network, students can publish e-portfolios, and teachers can publish class resources on a school intranet. You just need a web server.....
Setting up Mac OS X Personal Web Sharing
(pdf - 446k)
A standard Mac OS X computer can be used as an efficient school web server. Includes info about getting your content started using a templete created using iWeb.

Somewhere PS
An example of a typical school Intranet. Download a template for your school.
 
Check out Wazza's Intranet Server Page for info about 3rd Party Windows web servers suitable for a school intranet.

 

 
     
 
Updated May 2008
 
   
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