many-platform LAN connectivity...

I was wondering if anyone had ideas as to the best way of connecting many different platforms together on a LAN and allowing file sharing and such? My first thought was using FTP but I thought I'd pose the question here in case someone else had a better idea. Here's what I'm proposing to connect together, and the OSes being run, most of which fits the 10 year rule of the list, all connected to a Netgear 8port dual-speed hub: - Blue/white G3 Mac (main machine, running IPNetRouter) - Mac OS 9.2.2/10.1.2 with access to built-in 100baseTX - VirtualPC with the following OSes, with access to secondary PCI 10/100baseTX NIC - WinNT 4 - Win98 - Red Hat Linux 7.1 - Netware 3.12 - (2) NeXT boxes with built-in 10baseT - NeXTstep 3.3 with native Netware client and CAPer Appletalk client - Mac Color Classic with Asente PDS 10baseT NIC - System 7.1 - Mac Powerbook 5300c with Focus 10baseT NIC - System 8.1 - IBM PS/2 P70 with Etherlink MCA 10baseT NIC - OS/2 Warp Connect with native Netware client - Amiga 3000 with Xsurf Zorro 10baseT NIC - OS 3.9 and Miami TCP stack - DEC MicroVAX II with DELQA 10baseT NIC (NIC not currently installed) - VMS 4.6 - DEC Pro380 with ethernet option installed - POS All the Mac's and the Amiga have all been set up for dial-up access previously as well as 'net access using a LAN gateway. The NeXT's and PS/2 have only been used on LAN's and the 'net using a gateway. The DEC machines have not been set up for any type of connectivity. The OSes running uder VPC all access the 'net using IPNetRouter as the gateway, the same as any of the other machines connected to the hub. VPC generally only has one non-native OS running at a time though it is possible to have more than one running. Currently only the two NIC's in the main G3 and one of the NeXT machines are constantly connected to the hub. BTW, I'm doing this just for the sake of doing it...no real need other than to see where I can go with it. Thanks Jeff -- Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File http://www.cchaven.com http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757