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Hi Rick,
In the Windows 2000 Advanced Server installer, I installed the Services for Macintosh. I installed the Appletalk protocol in Network and Dialup connections. Then, I went to Start, Administrative Tools, Configure Your Server, File Server, Start the Shared Folder wizard. I selected the folder to share and gave it a name. Under Accessible from the following clients, I clicked "Apple Macintosh."
PC Mac Lan for Win 98 sucks. If I tried to copy a file with a file name longer than 31 characters, it gave an error something like "The folder doesn't exist, do you want to create it?" and it wouldn't copy the file. Also, when I printed with PC Mac Lan to my Laserwriter, it would print everything OK, but at the end it printed a blank page and another page with a postscript error "Error Offending command..." Win 2K prints fine to my Laserwriter.
A few things to note about using Appleshare on a PC: You need Windows 2000 Advanced Server and you need to format your drive NTFS. Also, Win 2K comes with hefty RAM requirements: 128MB suggested, 256MB recommended. If you want to save money and use less RAM, you may want to install Win NT 4 instead. I think it has the same Appleshare services as Win 2K.
Now, my questions is: Do I have to run Appleshare IP on my Mac in order for my PC with Win2K to connect? Or is there some way in Win2K to connect to a regular Appleshare server?
Regards,
Daniel
At 12:28 PM 6/25/2000 , you wrote:
>Dan:
>
>I don't understand your last sentence. How do you run Win2K and Appleshare on the same machine whithout using PC MacLan on the PC Machine? I ask because we have been running Appleshare IP 6.3.1 on our G3 server, and connecting PCs to it with only moderate success: Lot's of crashes and problems with Win 98. We are considering upgrading the PCs to Win2K.
>
>Thanks,
>Rick Kent
>
>>
>> It depends on the version of AppleShare Server you are running. Basically,
>>you need to ensure that SMB is running on the AppleShare IP server; and if
>>so you need to be patched to version 6.3.1 - Anything earlier and SMB
>>(Server Message Block) doesn't work. It's a free upgrade from 6.x to 6.3.1;
>>but to run it it MUST ride on top of System 9 (preferably system 9.0.4).
>>
>> My suggestion: Run Win2k/AS on a good piece of hardware and use it as the
>>central storage point for both the Macs and PC's.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Dan
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