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From: dbrown@apple.com (David Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac to OS/2 server
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Date: 10 Jan 90 04:32:02 GMT
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In article <33580010@acf4.NYU.EDU> chapman@acf4.NYU.EDU (Gary W. Chapman) 
writes:
> We have a department with an IBM Token Ring Network, with an OS/2-based 
IBM
> Lan Server server.  They also have a few Macs which they would like use 
to
> access the file server.  Assuming they can work out the physical 
connectivity,
> e.g. use Apple token ring boards, does anyone know of anything they can 
do on
> the software side?

The Apple TokenTalk board comes with some software - "SMB File Transfer 
Utility" that provides access to the OS/2 LAN server through Apple File 
Exchange - not the slickest interface, but it seems to work.   I just set 
up an OS/2 LAN Server and tried it.  A couple of hints:

On the OS/2 server, configure the Mac user as a DOS user.
Also on the server, use  "Resource sharing" to create at least one thing 
the Mac can attach to (the Mac documentation refers to volumes, which I 
assume is a term from the PC LAN program (which I have no experience 
with).  This command maps a "Netname" to a directory.  Then use the 
Netname you assign here as the volume on the Mac side (e.g. 
\\server\volume) when you connect.

David Brown        415-649-4000
Orion Network Systems
(a subsidiary of Apple Computer)
1995 University Ave. Suite 350
Berkeley, CA 94704