Re: [WinMac] RAS Connection...

Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:47:47 -0500

At 07:16 AM 12/24/98 -0500, weesh wrote:
>Can someone help me figure this one out?
>
>I'm trying to set up Remote Access Service so I can dial in with my
>laptop when I'm on the road. I have gotten the modem properly installed
>under NT and have dialed out with it to make sure it is actually conected.
>
>Problem is when I try to connect to it from the laptop, I get to the
>"verifying username and password" dialog which inevitably times out. The
>NT Server is not busy, so I believe there's a communications issue.

Is your account granted dialin permissions?

>I'd eventually like to be able to dial in with an Mac to the same number
>to get to some Services For Macintosh volumes which are already working
>well on my LAN. Is this an achievable goal?

To use Mac file sharing over a modem line, I believe you have to dial in to
an Apple Remote Access (ARA) server to access the Appletalk zone.

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