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.