Comments on: Configure a Netatalk File Server in Linux Based on Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) [Ubuntu Guide]

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:06:49 +0000

@Benedict - If you are using ethernet cables to connect either machine to the router and the router supports 100BASE-T (100 Mb/s) speeds, make sure that the cables you are using support 100BASE-T. If you are using 10BASE-T cables the maximum realized speed will be about 1 Mb/s. If you are using a wireless network, try running a hard line (i.e. ethernet) connection between your Mac and the Ubuntu machine through your router. Copy a largish file and see how fast the transfer is. This will probably be the highest speed you can expect with your router and the network interface cards your hardware is equipped with (assuming you are using appropriate cables as mentioned above). If this is about the same as the speed you are getting via wireless then there probably isn’t much you can do. If it is much faster then try fiddling with your router configuration. If you can figure out what port is being used to transfer data between machines, try opening this port on your router for LAN traffic.

By: Benedict

Benedict — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:15 +0000

These guides are excellent, thank you!

I’m having some performance issues. It takes around 20 minutes to copy a 100MB file. Can you offer some advice on how I can fix this?

By: Ubuntu Guide: Mount and Share a USB Hard Drive with Macs Using Netatalk : Zaphu

Ubuntu Guide: Mount and Share a USB Hard Drive with Macs Using Netatalk : Zaphu — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:31:07 +0000

[...] I can easily share files between my Macs (mostly running OS X 10.5.3) and the Ubuntu machine (see this post for details). Using an open source network service discovery protocol similar to Apple’s [...]

By: Ramie

Ramie — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:42:33 +0000

Hiya!!

Thanks for the guide!
I’ve encountered some problems when debuild’ing but the links provided below helped resolved them. I used v.2.0.3-9 to debuild to resolve my problem.

Here are some additional info:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=347019
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netatalk/

By: Ubuntu Guide: Configure Vinagre to Share the Screen with Mac OS X : Zaphu

Ubuntu Guide: Configure Vinagre to Share the Screen with Mac OS X : Zaphu — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:18:21 +0000

[...] a series on how to integrate Ubuntu into a Mac OS X Network. Check out the others linked to below. Ubuntu Guide: Configure a Netatalk File Server Based on Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) Ubuntu Guide: Configure Avahi to Broadcast Services via Bonjour to Mac OS X Ubuntu Guide: Configure [...]

By: Five Guides on How to Integrate Ubuntu into a Mac OS X Network : Zaphu

Five Guides on How to Integrate Ubuntu into a Mac OS X Network : Zaphu — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:22:44 +0000

[...] 1) Ubuntu Guide: Configure a Netatalk File Server Based on Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) [...]

By: Ubuntu Guide: Configure a Firefly (mt-daapd) Streaming Media Server for iTunes and Front Row : Zaphu

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:49:08 +0000

[...] using Netatalk to deposit files. If Netatalk is not installed on your Ubuntu machine, then see this post to do so. Since Netatalk by default serves the home directory of all users, the easiest thing to do [...]

By: Ubuntu Guide: Configure Netatalk to Share a USB Printer : Zaphu

Ubuntu Guide: Configure Netatalk to Share a USB Printer : Zaphu — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:47:14 +0000

[...] you have installed Netatalk following this post, it is fairly straightforward to share a USB printer connected to your Ubuntu machine with Macs on [...]

By: Ubuntu Guide: Configure Avahi to Broadcast Services via Bonjour to Mac OS X : Zaphu

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:02:10 +0000

[...] you followed this guide, your Ubuntu machine can now serve files to Macs on your local area network (LAN) using AFP. It [...]