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- LANtastic Network Operating System v4.00 Technical Bulletin
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- Product Reviewed: MACLAN Connect F/P v2.11
- Classification: MAC Connectivity
- Date: 18th December, 1991.
- Engineer: MH
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- Compatibility Statement
- MACLAN Connect F/P version 2.11 is compatible with LANtastic NOS
- version 4.xx.
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- Product Overview
- MACLAN Connect F/P serves as a gateway from LANtastic to the Macintosh
- environment. By designating a workstation on the LAN as the MACLAN
- Connect F/P server, the following connectivity features can be supported:
- File sharing: The gateway server is basically turned into an AppleShare file
- server supporting Apple's AppleTalk Filing Protocal (AFP) standard. Physical
- and logical drives on the LAN are then accessible as AppleShare volumes.
- Since DOS and Macintosh files have different naming, directory and
- privilege structures, MACLAN also supports a mapping scheme across the 2
- operating systems.
- Printer sharing: Redirected POSTCRIPT or POSTCRIPT compatible printers on
- LANtastic (LPT1-3, COM1-2) can be accessed from the MAC side via the
- Apple Chooser interface just as any other AppleShare printer. As a result,
- even non-AppleTalk interface printers such as the HP Laserjets (with the
- Postscript option/cartridge) can now be shared.
- E-mail: MACLAN Connect also provides the gateway connection for many
- popular E-mail packages such as cc:Mail and QuickMail.
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- Product Installation Notes
- Just follow the steps listed in the Hardware Setup chapter in the MACLAN
- User's Manual. Pay special attention to avoiding IRQ/Memory Address
- conflicts between the AppleTalk card and the LANtastic Network card.
- Installation instructions for LANtastic has been provided on p. 2-20 to p.2-
- 21 of the manual. The following AppleTalk cards have been tested with
- LANtastic: Apple LocalTalk, Farallon PhoneTalk, Dayna DaynaTalk, 3Com
- 3C503, 3C523, 3C503TP, 3C523T, IBM Token Ring 4mbit, 16/4.
- On the MAC side, AppleShare workstation client should be installed on each
- Macintosh (run Installer from your Macintosh system disks, select
- CUSTOMIZE, then highlight AppleShare Workstation). The MACLAN Admin
- utility is optional and may be installed on each workstation if desired.
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- Product Execution Notes
- A lot of concepts are actually very similar across the LANtastic network and
- the AppleShare network: Volumes need to be mapped (redirected), users
- need to be created and granted the appropriate privileges for the files and
- folders (directories), printers need to be redirected, etc. All these are done
- through the FPCONFIG utility on the DOS side or MACLAN Admin on the
- MAC side. Any inherent LANtastic volume privileges will remain intact for
- the Macintosh users. Apple privileges will not undermine LANtastic security
- but instead can exist on top of LANtastic's.
- Then, the MLDRIVER, FPSERVE and LANtastic need to be started on the
- MACLAN server. Important: remember to turn off any messaging services,
- alerts etc. on the MACLAN server, e.g. you may want to include the line
- 'net message /disable' in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Miramar recommends
- that these parameters be used in your CONFIG.SYS: FILES=100,
- BUFFERS=50. You also need to run SHARE.EXE. The parameters for
- SHARE and the memory requirement for MACLAN are specified in the
- Hardware Setup chapter. Here's a sample AUTOEXEC.BAT for the
- MACLAN server:
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- echo off
- cls
- cd \MACLAN
- call MLDRIVER.BAT
- cd \LANTASTI
- call STARTNET.BAT (assuming startnet contains the
- proper statements for loading the
- drivers, redir, share, server(not
- mandatory for MACLAN), login and
- printer redirections.)
- net message /disable
- cd \MACLAN
- FPSERVE
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- On the MAC side, you will then be able to log into the MACLAN server and
- the desired volumes thru MAC's Chooser dialogue interface. Similarly,
- redirected printers on the MACLAN server will appear as resource icons on
- the Chooser dialogue screen to allow users to send their print jobs to the
- LAN devices.
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- Compatibility Notes
- Because of the differences between the Macintosh and the DOS file
- structures, the MACLAN Connect server needs to maintain extra MAC-
- specific information for each MAC files (e.g. the long name, file type and
- creator). This is stored in several system data files in the directory where
- the server programs reside. MACLAN has provided several special utilities
- to assist users in backing up and restoring MAC-specific information. Please
- refer to the Utilities chapter in the User's Manual and change your backup
- procedure accordingly.
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- Other Miramar Products
- This bulletin was created for MACLAN Connect F/P version 2.11. MACLAN
- Connect F/P Lite is an entry level product in the same product line.
- MACLAN Connect and MACLAN Connect Lite, an earlier product line from
- Miramar without the printer sharing capability should also exhibit the same
- compatibility behavior with LANtastic.
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- Vendor Information
- Miramar Systems. 201 N. Salsipuedes #204, Santa Barbara CA 93103.
- Phone (805)966-2432. Fax (805)965-1824.
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this
- document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Brand names, company
- names, and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
- respective companies.
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