Re: WOOHOO! My IIgs is now networked to my W2K PC!!!!

["Pidge" <pj_nield@hotmail.com>]

How'd ya configure the Gatorbox??

I've got one here, still with the settings it was used at a University with,
which I need to reset / change so I can get it working on my network.  Oh,
and I've upped it to 2MB of RAM :-)

"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
news:qSJy7.177530$K6.83843467@news2...
> "Tim Haynes" <trhaynes@yahoo.SPAMBGONE.com> wrote in message
> news:tFIy7.17125$YL3.3649248@news3.rdc1.on.home.com...
> > Yeaahhh!!!
> >
> > After about 1 hour of playing with my new Gatorbox CS and some tips from
> > William, I got my IIgs successfully networking with my Windows2000
Server
> > machine!!
> >
> > Surprisingly little to do, actually.  The steps I followed:
> > - hooked up the Gatorbox to my modem port with a stock 8 pin DIN printer
> > cable (plugged into the AppleTalk port on the Gatorbox)
> > - hooked up the Gatorbox to my hub using a BNC ethernet cable
> > - turned my modem port to AppleTalk (I have a Rom 03 GS)
> > - shared an NTFS folder from W2K with Macintosh sharing
> > - enabled the Guest user on W2K
> > - installed AppleShare on the IIgs and rebooted
> > - opened the AppleShare control panel and logged into my W2K PC as
"guest"
> > with no password, and my shares showed up!  They mounted just fine.
> >
> > Wow - I'm so happy!  I've been working at this for months!  Thanks to
> > everyone for all of their help:  Marsha, Menace, William, and Mark...
My
> > IIgs is finally free from it's horrible isolation... it even looks
> happier.
> > :)
> >
> > Cheers to all!!
> > Tim
> >
> Congratulations!! I wish I could have luck bridging the IIgs and
> PC worlds. I can go to my Mac Performa 575. I need to find
> an ethernet adapter for a Mac Comm slot 1 or LC slot. I would
> prefer a Comm slot card though to free the LC slot for other
> stuff.
>
> Where can I get a copy of Win2k Server? I can't run Fileshare
> services for Macintosh on my Win2k Pro machine because they
> don't ship the Mac services with Pro only with server. I can get
> a Mac to see my Win2k machine as a proxy server for internet
> sharing but not as an appleshare volume. The only luck I had was
> with PCMacLan for its brief 180 minute trial.
>
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