Re: [WinMac] Re: ANAT / AppleTalk zones on RRAS VPN

Cesar Morales(camorales[at]popmail.ucsd.edu)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:23:19 -0800

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>I was looking to purchase Network Assistant, to remote-control our macs. I
>spoke with Apple Educational sales, which is where you buy this product
>from. They told me that Network Assistant is part of Apple Network
>Administrator's Toolkit (ANAT) and it costs $399 for 10 licenses.
>
>The bad news is that you cannot manipulate or connect to another computer
>using just TCP/IP. The computers must also be on the same AppleTalk
>network. In other words, you can't just put in the IP address of the mac
>you want to see; you have to be able to get to that mac from your Chooser.
>
>This is a bummer because while our NT LANs are connected by VPN, the Mac
>users aren't capable of seeing the AppleTalk zones on our other LANs. Which
>leads to a question: Is it possible to extend the AppleShare capabilities
>of NT so that our AppleTalk zones "know about" the VPN links between our 3
>LANs? We are using Microsoft's RRAS for the VPN, mainly because it's free.
>Is this what the 'Enable Routing' checkbox in the Control Panel -> Network
>-> Services for Macintosh -> Properties page would do? I'm a little afraid
>to check this box, esp. since on our LAN here noone ever bothered to give
>our AppleTalk zone a name.
>
>Ian
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Craig Rash [mailto:cRash@pcci.edu]
>>Sent: Monday, October 05, 1998 9:45 AM
>>To: Windows-MacOS cooperation list
>>Subject: RE: [WinMac] Re: ANAT
>>
>>
>> Reply to: RE: [WinMac] Re: ANAT
>>Network assistant does support TCP/IP. I have never used it
>>over a dial up connection. I imagine you would experience a
>>signifigant decrease in performance, but with a reliable
>>connection it should work.
>>
>>Craig Rash <cRash@pcci.edu>
>>Tech Support Coordinator
>>Pensacola Christian College <http://www.pcci.edu>
>>
>>
>>Alex Dearden wrote:
>>>>The other half of ANAT is called Network Assistant. This
>>little tool is a >>great time saver. It allows remote
>>control, remote administration, remote >>software install,
>>screen sharing and many other features. We use this >>not
>>only in our labs but also in our offices, especially on
>>machines in >>other buildings that are hard to get to, on
>>kiosks, even on "trouble" >>users' macs that are just down the hall.
>>>
>>>Does it allow administration over the internet (or at least a
>>modem)? Or >do I have to use Apple Remote Access for that?
>>>
>>>Alex Dearden
>>>pata@doglover.com
>
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