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Authored by: fronesis on Mar 23, '06 09:07:43AM

A quick clarification: yes, Chronosync does allow you to connect to a 'remote server'. However, this is used to mount an AFP volume (not FTP or other), which means that you need to be able to access this volume through AFP, and that means over your LAN. (in other words, in my case, connecting to a machine not on my LAN, the server is never available from Chronosyn's perspective).

Thus, if both machines are on the same local network, this hint isn't necessary at all (Chronosync is all you need). Also, if you want to use a firewire drive as an intermediary, then you also don't need this hint.

However, I wanted to skip the step of carrying a drive back and forth, AND my machines aren't on the same LAN. For this application, the extra step of the SSH tunnel is necessary.



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Authored by: macHobbes on Mar 23, '06 09:58:11AM

I see.

In my case, I am accessing my mac in my office, so I am using the AFP protocoll, and it does not make any difference whether this mac is local or remote. -- I was not aware of that.



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Authored by: stewarsh on Mar 24, '06 11:42:19AM
I'm assuming that one of your machines is behing a firewall? If not, I'd like the point out that AFP does work over the internet. You just need to know either the DNS fully qualified name or the IP address. For example:
afp://myhost.mycompany.com/harddrive


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Authored by: fronesis on Mar 25, '06 02:40:12PM

Yes, good point.

And yes, my work machie is behind a firewall, so the tunnel is necessary for me.



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