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CHAPTER 21 WORKING WITH REMOTE SERVERS AND NETWORKS
Figure 21-1. Browsing the local network in the Finder
The upshot is Leopard’s screen-sharing feature can connect to machines that are not running
Leopard. Both Tiger (10.4) and Panther (10.3) come with the necessary client software already
installed.
When you make a screen-sharing connection, you will be prompted for a username and
password. Upon authentication, the system will launch an application named Screen Sharing. Its
main window will contain a live, interactive image of the remote computer’s desktop. Depending
on the remote computer’s settings, you can take control of the cursor, launch and use applications,
and manipulate files.
The Screen Sharing application has a few preferences worth checking out. By default, the
remote screen is scaled to fit your screen, data is minimally encrypted to improve network performance,
and drawing quality is adjusted on the fly depending on the quality of your
connection. You can instead elect to view the screen at full size, to encrypt all data, or to draw
the screen at full quality regardless of performance.
NOTE This section deals only with connecting as a client to machines that already have a network
service available. We’ll discuss how to enable your machine as a server in the “Sharing”
section later in this chapter.
Connecting Directly
The Finder’s network browsing is limited to machines on your local network, but the Finder can
address any machine, local or remote. As long as you can resolve an IP address or a domain
name to it, you can connect to it directly using the Finder’s Connect to Server window, as shown
in Figure 21-2.
Launch the Connect to Server window from the Finder’s menu bar by selecting Connect to
Server from the Go menu, or press Cmd+K. To connect to a machine, type its address in URL
form into the Server Address text field. If you intend to connect to the machine on a regular
basis, click the + button to add it to the Favorite Servers list.
In the previous section, we connected to a machine using the Connect As button in the
Finder. We could have also established that connection directly by typing the machine’s URL, like so:
afp://10.0.1.5