[WinMac] Re: Larger Network
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 01 Oct 1999 23:16:57 -0400
Well, since you're 100% PPC Mac you can consider AFP/IP, which W2k Server
supports.
Overall, Mac support has been an afterthought with Novell... To the point
that they farmed out their Mac IPX product to Prosoft for NetWare 3.x & 4.x
users.
Personally, I like NT for its' NTFS - Native Transactional File System.
IMHO, that feature alone is worth the price of admission.
BUT, with a 220 workstation LAN I would start to look at one of the *nix
flavors with AFP/IP and SAMBA support. You're sorta on the cusp between NT
and unix...
Cheers!
Dan
At 09:50 PM 10/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>The Win vs Appleshare thread was helpful, but my situation is a bit
>different.
>
>My school wants to network for print and file sharing as well as some
>desktop security & virus protection
>a combination of 150 PowerMacs 5500's and G3's and only 70 Windows
>computers.
>
>We're getting advice from vendors who say to ignore Appleshare IP 6.2
>because Windows NT or Novel will serve
>the Mac needs without complicating the network with a second type of
>network. They're offering to admin & support a Win or Novel
>network remotely (of course for a per incident service fee).
>
>Opinions?
>
>V. Wysong
>Ohio
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