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NETWORKING TIPS FOR MAXTOOLS USERS
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I have written this documentation to help new network users
of Novells' Netware Lite and Artisofts' Lantastic networks.
PLEASE SEE COPYRIGHT NOTICES IN MAXTOOLS.DOC
I have installed, used, and provided technical support for
both Networks. I have played with many others but would
not hesitate to recommend either one for an affordable
solution at home.
I will not mention any other networks that rest on the shelves
next to these. I can tell you that there are dogs out there for
the same price so be cautious when purchasing a network.
LOADING SHARE
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SHARE.EXE must be loaded on either one. Although you may feel
like you do not need it, it is a must. I have found many odd
errors with users only to find that share was not loaded.
DRIVE MAPPING
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This is the most common and yet least understood to people
new to networking. My explanation will be less technical
to accomplish the purpose of the document.
In both Netware Lite and Lantastic you have to have a server
name. For our example we will have 2 servers
BBS - The computer that the BBS is on
JOE - Joe is your name and your personal computer name.
Rule #1
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* Consider BBS nothing more then another disk drive when you are
accessing it from JOE. JOE does all of the processing.
Rule #2
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* Common drive letters take "work" out of "Networking".
Example situation:
You have a computer program on server BBS and the config file says
C:\MAX.
When you run that program from server JOE you will get an error.
Your local hardrive will start blinking as well. Why?
Your program will try to access server JOE's C: drive rather then
the server BBS 's C: drive. What's the best solution?
FINAL ANALYSIS
YOU NEED A COMMON DRIVE LETTER
ON SERVER BBS
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Pick a drive letter. Any letter that is not being used.
We will use J: and K: for our example. From both
computers you will need to access server BBS as these drives.
On the BBS side you need to use the DOS SUBST command.
Even if your network allows mapping to itself it is
better to use SUBST. Here is what I use:
C:\S\DOS\SUBST J: C:\
C:\S\DOS\SUBST K: D:\
After doing this you will be able to access drive C: as
either (C: as J:) and (D: as K:). After doing this and
fixing your autoexec.bat to execute this, I strongly recommend
that you never access it as C: or D: again. No sense in
getting used to bad habits.
You now need to edit ALL of your config files of all of your
programs to reflect the change. Wherever there is a C: put J: etc.
ON SERVER JOE
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Whenever you map into the BBS server you need to map in as
the same drive letters that you specified with the DOS SUBST
command.
Now when you execute Maximus or any other program from either
server, the computer program will attempt to access the files
from the same drive letter and will find them there.
Whenever this gets confusing refer to Rule #1.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
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The above concepts may appear simple to some and, to others
not so simple. I have seen intelligent people have to have it
explained over and over until they got it.
Once you got this concept down, you probably have half of what
you ever needed to know about Networking from a users stand
point.
Enjoy!
Michael Jones (The one at 1:133/115)