Mon, Dec 01, 2008
Chapter 4

Local-Area Networks

Properly configured, your Mac can be a good neighbor on a local network in your office or school. Maybe you're in a Mac-based office and it becomes necessary to run a Windows machine on the network. Or, more commonly, you're fighting to hold on to your Mac in a workplace where the information systems department is clamoring for Windows conformity. We talk about how Mac, Windows, and UNIX servers can support file sharing, backups, printing, and other features among multiple platforms.


Table 4-1. AppleTalk over IP Networks
Description
AppleTalk-to-IP migration plan from Open Door Networks
"Migrating Macintosh Networks to Internet Protocols," NetProfessional, July-August 1998
ShareWay IP Professional from Open Door Networks
Vicomsoft Internet Gateway
Table 4-2. Mac File and Print Server Resources
Description
AppleShare IP
TSSTalk, AppleShare client for Windows 95/98/NT formerly known as COPSTalk, from Thursby Software
K-FS, AppleShare client software for UNIX from Xinet
netatalk implementation of AppleTalk for UNIX systems
PC MACLAN, AppleTalk client software for Windows 95/98/NT
ShareWay IP Gateway from Open Door Networks makes any AFP server accessible over IP
Tkchooser2, a preliminary implementation of the Mac OS Chooser for UNIX
Table 4-3 Macs and NT Servers
Description
DAVE from Thursby Software lets a Mac share with Windows neighbors.
MacServer IP from Germany's cyan Software, distributed by Team ASA
Services for Macintosh information from Microsoft
Web Administration 2.0 for Windows NT Server
Table 4-4. NetWare for Macintosh Resources
Description
Prosoft Engineering, licensed developers of NetWare products for Mac OS
Basic instructions for installing Netware for Macintosh NLMs -- search for TID 2929686
Novell NetWare documentation
Table 4-5. UNIX Server, Mac Client Resources
Description
Columbia AppleTalk Package (CAP) from the University of Melbourne
EtherShare, UNIX-based AppleShare server from Helios Software GmbH
Intragy from Ascend (formerly Intercon's NFS/Share)
K-AShare from Xinet, Inc.
MacNFS, commercial Mac NFS client, from Thursby Software Systems
netatalk AppleTalk suite for UNIX, from the University of Michigan Research Systems UNIX Group
PC-Enterprise from Platinum Technology
TotalNET Advanced Server from Syntax, Inc.
Information from Xinet on setting up UNIX server, Macintosh client workgroups
More AppleTalk software from the University of Melbourne
Table 4-6 Macintosh SNMP Information
Description
Definition of SNMP
Instructions for installing Open Transport SNMP in Mac OS 8.5
Apple Technical Information Library on Open Transport SNMP
Table 4-7. Network Administration Tools and Resources
Description
Apple Network Administrator Toolkit and Apple Network Assistant from Apple
FileWave and Asset Trustee from Wave Research
InformUser from Advanced Ideas
KeyServer from Sassafras Software
LANsurveyor from Neon Software
MacAdministrator from Hi Resolution
NetOctopus from Netopia
SNMP Watcher from Dartmouth College
Timbuktu Pro from Netopia