Re: Apple IIgs to Win2K over Locaktalk Bridge... help?

["Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au>]

>Hi Mark!
>
>Sorry to keep bugging you - you're one of the only people to give me any
>useful advice with this mini-project, so I'm afraid I've singled you out a
>bit... :)

Only happy to return the favour, this NG has helped me a lot more and
continues to do so.

>> Sorry to leave you hanging, but I was away a couple of days.
>> What help were you after, from reading your older post I assume it's that
>> you can't see your PC anymore from your GS under AppleShare Control
Panel.
>
>That's right - I saw it once and only once right after I had the bridge
>installed on the SE/30.  I got an error message about incompatible login or
>something, and have never seen it since.

I assume you've installed LocalTalk Bridge 2.1. Under the control panel for
LocalTalk Bridge set LocalTalk Bridge to On, and access to Public. That's
probably default anyway.
I found that I had to have LocalTalk in the Printer Port, the Modem Port
won't work with LocalTalk Bridge. Only found this out from a hint in this NG
and trial and error. My Printer is now in the Modem Port,

Under the AppleTalk control panel make sure it's set to Connect via
Ethernet. This is one mistake I made initially.

>I'm actually using the AppleTalk Services that come with Windows 2000
>Server.  To configure the file sharing for AppleTalk Services, you have to
>(at least initially, it seems) use a command-line tool called "macfile"
that
>ATS installs.  I guess you use PC MACLAN?  Is that a commercial tool?

I would listen to Pidge's advise here as he seems to know how to set up
Win2k specifically, I have no idea, still running Win 98 and no plans to
update it.
Yes I am running PC MACLAN v7.2. There is a trial version available to
download with some restrictions I believe. Get it from:
http://www.miramarsys.com/products/demodownloads.html 

>Heh, well,  you're more of an expert than I am!  Can you describe a precise
>configuration of users/logins on the SE/30 and PC that allow you to bridge?

AFAIK the User/Group setting on the Mac don't have anything to do with it,
only the ones on the PC or Computer you are trying to use as a file server,
and it sounds like you did that.

>Thanks for any and all tips!  I hope your absence was for a nice vacation
or
>something...

No vacation, it was a navigation exercise for work. And I got lost :)
Lesson: Don't ever use a GPS on a map thats out of date. Our map was about
250metres different from the GPS, which is accurate to 1M. I should have
stuck with the compass !

Mark