[WinMac] Is DAVE 2.1 safe???

Susan McNab(smcnab[at]gol.com)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 23:33:35 +0900

We used DAVE 2.0 (4 Macs on a large Windows network) without too many
problems for about 4 months. Then we added a G3 server with System 8.1,
AppleShareIP 5.0,6.0, then 6.1. We experienced a variety of problems which
became worse with each AppleShare upgrade. The AppleShare clients
(including the latest version), regularly became corrupted, and other HD
problems were occurring. At first I assumed it was just Norton Utilities.
However, being a bit suspicious of DAVE, I disabled it and also disabled
Norton Crash Guard and FileSaver at the same time. The problems went away.

Then I had to connect to an NT Workstation computer on our network so I
re-enabled DAVE and within an hour my 8500 was unstable again and the
AppleShare client was so corrupted that it had to be re-installed. I can't
say whether the problems are just DAVE, or a combination of Norton, DAVE
and AppleShareIP yet. We don't really have time to deliberately mess up one
of our machines to find out. We have had two of 3 Macs using DAVE lose ALL
the data on their HD's. Even Data Rescue couldn't save more than a handful
of files. The three Macs with DAVE installed have all been seriously
affected. We are using the latest updates of everything. The one machine
without DAVE installed had only minor problems likely to be related to
earlier versions of Norton.

We really need the functionality that DAVE gave us. I preferred using DAVE
to PC MacLAN. I am going to try the new 2.1 version but I am not looking
forward to all the problems recurring.

Is anyone out there using DAVE 2.1 in a similar environment? How is it
performing?

Sue McNab
smcnab@gol.com

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