How to connect a MAC to an NT server?

bubba

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DAVE by thursby software will allow Macs to mount windows shared drives. Otherwise I am pretty sure that NT supports appletalk, but I have never set it up.
 

Wizkid

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You can install the Mac services on an NT server and it will do the trick :)
 

LANMAN

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Don't forget to setup the Mac Volumes within the file manager also or you won't see anything. Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, File Manager. Depending on the size of the share, you might see your server work a little hard for a while as it indexes the entire shared volume.

Then ensure you check the needed permissions for the share to keep those you don't want in to see it.

--LAMMAN
 

jsm

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I just thought I'd throw my two pesos in.

If you want to actually connect to the NT box from your Mac, Dave does work, but it costs money.

If you had an NT/9x workstation and you wanted to see Mac shares, there is a great piece of software called PC MacLAN. Get it at www.miramarsys.com. Again, this piece of software also costs money,

Of course, you can always go with NT's Mac sharing capabilities, but it emulates MacOS 6, so your Mac boxes will not be able to see more than 2gigs on the NT box. (Do a command I on the NT boxes Mac share.) But it is functional and "free" in the sense that it comes with NT.

If you don't know where to start, just right click on Network Neighborhood, go to the Services tab and select add. From there, you should be able to find it.
 

pylorns

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What those other guys says works.. but go why do you want to even use a MAC? Newspaper? Graphical Art?
 

grr8scott

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Got 2 Max on my network here at the office, just use the server for file transfer tween max and pc's adn the NT Services on NT server work perfectly. Yes, you cant see more than 2 gigs, but if my people keep their volumes clean, they wont have that problem!!!

 

jsm

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Not seeing more than 2gigs is not a huge issue unless you plan on uploading more than 2gigs of files at one time. It is just yet another bug/issue/flaw that MS believed to be a non show stopper.

I actually like how well the File Manager closely imitates the Mac File Sharing permissions. But, AppleTalk is a crappy old network protocol and it's unfortunate that it is still in use.

If you ever want to see how chatty AppleTalk is, sit with a sniffer on your network sometime and then open up your Chooser and then select AppleTalk. Watch the network come alive with traffic!
 

Crab cake

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One more thing. Your NT server must be running NTFS, otherwise you'll have a heck of a time trying to do what you want.
 

Scarpozzi

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Just in case you have problems with the services...which you shouldn't as long as the Macs are running a recent enough version of MacOS, you can also setup an ftp server on your NT machine and use DHCP on your internal network to share files that way. I hate appleshare....it sucks really bad.
 

jsm

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Shortbus, I don't believe there is anything you really need to change on the Mac when using MacServices on an NT box.

There isn't much configuration you can do for AppleTalk other than User Mode and what configuration it is part of, I believe.

In the TCP/IP control panel, you can make IP always active once you have changed to a higher level user mode, but that's about it.

MS wanted to make the NT services seemless to the Mac people.

One thing you can do if you want to have a little fun with Mac services is to set up a few zones. You can make one called Commodor3z ROOL or Macz SUK or I HAD YOUR MOM LAST NIGHT or whatever you think of. Either way, it is sure to get some attention and get you promoted to CEO in no time.

Macs aren't gay.. they just aren't challenging to the user. Well.. hmm.. actually, with that dumb arse smiley face, it might be a tad gay. No, Macs just have their purpose, just like Windows machines are only really good for games and productivity apps. For anything else, UNIX and Linux are more likely to be a wiser choice.