Re: [WinMac] NT Server, Macs and DHCP
Tim Scoff(casper[at]nb.net)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:11:22 -0500
First to get the Mac to see the Exchange Server if it's running the MS
Outlook Exchange Server Client, which is different than Outlook Express:
1. Create a Hosts file on the Mac with the following contents:
EXCHANGE CNAME exchange.company.com
exchange.company.com A 111.222.333.444
Where EXCHANGE is the NetBIOS name of the Exchange Server,
exchange.company.com is the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the Exchange
Server as seen by the Mac, and 111.222.333.444 is the IP address of the
Exchange Server's NIC which the Mac will be using.
2. Open the TCP/IP Control Panel and click on the Import Hosts... button.
3. Find the Hosts file which you created and click on OK/Open.
Second to get the Mac to be able to use HTTP through the Proxy Server.
1. Configure the Mac's Default Gateway as the IP address of the NIC in the
Proxy Server
2. Configure Access Control on the Proxy Server to be generous. I'ld do no
authentication unless you have a problem otherwise the Macs can be required
to type in their username and password several times during each session.
I would configure the Mac to use the DHCP server exactly the same way your
Windows clients are using it. If the Windows clients are getting their DNS
information from the DHCP server the Mac will also. The only important
change which I would make (other than Use DHCP Server) is I would go to the
Advanced user mode, click on the Options... button, and uncheck the Load
Only When Needed check box. That will force the Mac to get it's IP address
at startup and load the TCP/IP stack at startup instead of when you attempt
to launch a TCP/IP application. If that doesn't work reserve an IP address
for the Mac and manually define all of the settings in the TCP/IP Control
Panel.
Good luck, I hope this is useful to you.
--On Monday, November 15, 1999, 12:15 PM -0500 David DeGuzman
<ddeguz@datadesigns.com> wrote:r
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> I'm trying to tie a Mac into an all-PC network running MS Small Business
> Server (NT 4.0, SP4). I've bought the Mac-Windows integration book (which
> mentions this but doesn't really explain how to configure the DHCP
> server, which is why I bought it, frankly), checked the WWW, surfed
> Micrdsoft's site, checked www.macwindows.com, etc, and can't find a
> coherent procedure for getting this to work.
>
> My NT Server is using Proxy server 2.0 and Exchange 5.5, and I've got the
> latest version of Outlook for the Mac running on a Wallstreet 300 running
> 8.5.1. I cannot get the Mac to see the Exchange Server. I've tried BootP,
> reserving an address on the Proxy Server and giving the Mac a client
> address, a fixed IP, etc., and the Mac still comes up with the
> 169.xxx.xxx.xxx IP, which I understand is a temporary IP assigned by the
> Mac itself and not the DHCP server.
>
> When I look at the leases on the Proxy Server I see the Mac reserving a
> lease, but there is still no HTTP access and no seeing the Exchange
> Server via Outlook. How does one set up the TCP/IP Control Panel on the
> Mac? Are the DNS setting for the ISP, or are they assigned internally by
> NT. Is the router address the IP of the NIC on the NT Server?
>
> Thanks.
>
> David DeGuzman
> Data Designs
> PO Box 526
> Maynard, MA 01754
> http://www.datadesigns.com
>
>
>
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