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LANtastic Network Operating System v4.00 Technical Bulletin
Product Reviewed: MACLAN Connect F/P v2.11
Classification: MAC Connectivity
Date: 18th December, 1991.
Engineer: MH
Compatibility Statement
MACLAN Connect F/P version 2.11 is compatible with LANtastic NOS
version 4.xx.
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.
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.
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:
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
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.
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.
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.
Vendor Information
Miramar Systems. 201 N. Salsipuedes #204, Santa Barbara CA 93103.
Phone (805)966-2432. Fax (805)965-1824.
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.