Macintosh and Windows NT Network using appletalk help

[Kynyght]

Hi people,

Could you guys tell me how to put a Macintosh in a Windows NT network using Appletalk? Plz?
Does anyone have any tutorial or step by step explanation? plz?
I really need to find out about that....

Thanks a LOT

 

[pcmark]

You need to set up Services for Macintosh.

Start up Control Panel (Start - Settings - Control Panel)
Double click on Network, and select the Services Tab
Click Add and select "Services for Macintosh"
Put in the NT CD and click continue
Click close to finish
Once copying is complete the AppleTalk Protocol Properties sheet will be displayed, and you should choose which Network card it is to be bound to. If there are Macintosh currently connected then and AppleTalk zone will be displayed, if not you will need to perform the following
- Select the Routing Tab, and check "enable routing" if you have multiple network adapters
- For each network card you should choose the AppleTalk Phase 2 network number and default zone (which can be added by clicking the Add button at the bottom)
After the configuration is completed you will be prompted to reboot your machine
Once the machine has restarted you will have Macintosh file and print services.

 

[Kynyght]

And what configurations should I use in the Macintosh?
OK, We set up the Windows NT envirowment but what should I do in the Macintosh?
Thanks for helping me

 

[crazydave]

Once you have Services for Mac. installed in NT server, you can set up volumes and printers that can be seen by Macs on the chooser. To make volumes, you can use the file manager (the old school one that originally came with Win3.x--start, run, winfile) and there should be a menu item for Mac file sharing--I think there might be a better way to get to this, but I don't remember off the top of my head You can now see the NT server and the shares under Chooser (pick the AppleTalk zone you put your server into originally)

You can also setup shared printers for Mac. You need to make a user name (ie MacPrint) and give it permissions to the shared printer. Also, in Control Panel/Services you need to set "Print Services for Mac." to use that MacPrint accounted you created. And then you should be able to see printers in chooser as well.

To get Macs to see PC networks (ie Network Neighborhood) is a little bit tricker--you have to use a 3rd party program such as DAVE--but in my experience, it hasn't worked that well and has crashed more often than it has worked. On the other hand, you can set up AppleShare IP, which works very well (but is expensive)--where you can't see PC Networks, but you can share your Mac in a Workgroup where PCs can see you. In this case you can still see NT Servers under Chooser since you have Services for Mac. setup.

On the PC side, if you want to see Mac Networks, you need to either use the AppleShare IP Solution mentioned above, or install a 3rd party program such as CopsTalk or PC MacLan. For our network at school, we just have AppleShare IP and Services for Macintosh without any other software and that works just fine...

Well, hope that wasn't too confusing...it's kinda hard explaining when you don't have the stuff in front of you -- let us know if you need any help--also a good NT server book or even the online help if you have the patience to sift through it should give you a lot more details. Good luck!