[WinMac] Re: Mac / Windows networking - NTFS permissions

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:19:51 -0500

        Dear Augusto,

        Another alternative to DAVE is to run MacServer IP on the server. This
will offer several advantages:

        1) No client software to install on the Mac... DAVE can cause
unexplained
MacOS crashes. In addition, if you have disabled NetBIOS on the server for
security reasons, then DAVE will not work;

        2) This also moves Mac support to a central (server) location;

        3) MacServer IP will "pick up" NTFS permissions the exact
same way Windows
clients do. (You can also store Mac files on FAT partitions, but why?);

        4) Since MacServer IP uses the IP stack, you don't need to worry about
running the AppleTalk stack on your LAN. BUT, the AppleShare Chooser
Extension on each and every Mac client needs to be at least at version 3.7
to use this, i.e. Apple Filing Protocol over IP (AFP/IP);

        5) InterGraph also makes a competing product, ExtremeZ-IP, that
essentially does the same thing;

        6) Prices for both will be falling, as NT5/W2k has AFP/IP built in;

        7) AFP/IP addresses the speed (non)issue of Services for Mac (SFM),
although you probably will not see much of an advantage on 10Base-T
segments... It really "kicks in gear" with 100Base-TX.

        Reference <http://www.TeamASA.com> for MacServer IP, and
  <http://www.intergraph.com> for ExtremeZ-IP. Both sites have time-bombed
demos available.

        Yours truly,
        Dan Schwartz

DISCLAIMER: I am a dealer for Team ASA.

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