RE: [WinMac] Can Macs run without AppleTalk?


Jorge Herrera(jherrera[at]one.net)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 16:12:13 -0500


You might consider using DAVE (http://www.thursby.com) DAVE will allow you
to see the NT server without the need to route appletalk. (Routing Appletalk
is probably what your network admin is refering to.)

BTW. I prefer using TCP/IP whenever possible. :)

-Jorge Herrera

To: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
> Subject: [WinMac] Can Macs run without AppleTalk?
>
>
> Hi all. I work at a place that is moving to PCs (using Windows NT
> workstation and 95 for laptops. Using NT server as our server OS) from
> being mostly Mac. The artists however want to continue using Macs. The
> network admin says they can do this BUT she will seporate them from
> the rest of the network, b/c she doesn't want AppleTalk used on the
> Mac network anymore, just TCP-IP. Her solution is to put one PC is
> their area of the network, and the Macs can drop/get files from it and
> only the PC in that area can access the rest of the network. She says
> that even if the artists Macs use TCP-IP they are STILL using
> AppleTalk. Is this true? Is there anyway around this? Is this the case
> with all MacOS versions or is 8.5 different? Please help
>

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