mark@shl.com (Mark Batten) (11/05/90)
I have a Token Ring network with OS/2 machines running Microsoft Lan Manager. I have Mac users who want to be added to the Token Ring network soley to get at the WordPerfect files stored on the OS/2 Server (ie. read the existing files and create their own for the PC users to read). So, using Apple's Token Ring card, I can physically connect the Macs to the Token Ring network, but how do I get the machine to store/retrieve files on the OS/2 server? (Note: With PC LAN servers instead of OS/2 servers, the solution was to just use the software that Apple provided with the boards. I am told that this does not work with the OS/2 servers, though, because we are using USER-level security, not SHARE-level security like PC LAN servers have. This note may very well be irrelevant.) If the Macs cannot directly access the OS/2 server, are there any other solutions? Mark Batten mark@shl.com (613) 236-1428
marmoset@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dave Walker) (11/06/90)
In article <1990Nov05.051105.21758@shl.com> mark@shl.com (Mark Batten) writes: > >I have a Token Ring network with OS/2 machines running Microsoft Lan Manager. >I have Mac users who want to be added to the Token Ring network soley to >get at the WordPerfect files stored on the OS/2 Server (ie. read the existing >files and create their own for the PC users to read). > >So, using Apple's Token Ring card, I can physically connect the Macs to the >Token Ring network, but how do I get the machine to store/retrieve files >on the OS/2 server? > I believe that 3Com's version of Lan Manager, 3+Open, provides the Macintosh services you need. 3Com added extensions to Lan Manager for Macintosh support. Unfortunately, I don't know whether or not it's possible to purchase these valu-added functions seperately from the rest of 3+Open or not. I know that with Novell's Netware, for instance, Macintish support consists of extra system modules that you can add to the product. I believe that ATT's version of Lan Manager supports Macs too. > >If the Macs cannot directly access the OS/2 server, are there any other >solutions? > >Mark Batten mark@shl.com (613) 236-1428 +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dave Walker, Detroit Art Services (DAS) | | marmoset@ub.cc.umich.edu "I don't read, I just guess" | | marmoset@mondo.engin.umich.edu -Happy Mondays, "Wrote For Luck" | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen) (11/18/90)
In article <1990Nov05.051105.21758@shl.com> mark@shl.com (Mark Batten) writes: >I have a Token Ring network with OS/2 machines running Microsoft Lan Manager. >I have Mac users who want to be added to the Token Ring network soley to >get at the WordPerfect files stored on the OS/2 Server (ie. read the existing >files and create their own for the PC users to read). > >So, using Apple's Token Ring card, I can physically connect the Macs to the >Token Ring network, but how do I get the machine to store/retrieve files >on the OS/2 server? >If the Macs cannot directly access the OS/2 server, are there any other >solutions? Well, this is less than a perfect solution, but you can try using Miramar's Mac LAN Connect as a forwarder. I don't know how this would work, I've never tried it, but it's worth a call. I don't know their number, but you can get it by calling Banyan, which has a "strategic alliance" with them... You'd have to put a token ring card in the PC, and ethernet cards in both the PC and the Mac(s). TOPS could almost surely do the same thing, but I can't imagine a more unpleasant way to work... --- Alexis Rosen Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY {cmcl2,apple}!panix!alexis