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Started by Dave Manning
Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:12
NS 3.0 and AppleShare Servers
Author: Dave Manning
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:12
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:12
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I know I'm treading in unfamiliar ground, but I figure if anyone knows the straight dope, it will be the comp.sys.next folks. So here goes: The other day I was hooking up a small Macintosh network at a client site, with plans to connect it to the company's larger NeXT network (ethernet over UTP). We had planned to use one of the Macs as a personal file server for the other Macs and one NeXT (running NeXTStep 3.0, which I thought could act as an AppleShare client) to work with WordPerfect files. The big moment comes, and the IS guy -- a NeXT devotee to the point of, well, obnoxiousness -- announces we can't hook into his NeXT network. He'd had reservations before about this (something about the Macs screwing up *his* NeXT network) but I thought everything was cool, that there wouldn't be any problem. Anyway, he announces that there's a huge bug in 3.0 that, when files are being copied between a NeXT client and an AppleShare server, the NeXT hangs, crashes, bombs out, whatever. He said he had just called NeXT, and they were going to release a patch "sometime next month" to fix it. My initial (unvoiced) reaction was: If NeXT was going to bother with putting in the necessary AppleTalk stuff to make the client setup possible, you'd think they'd test something as simple as a file copy on it. So, does anyone know anything about this? Is it a load of bunk, or has their been problems in this area? Any and all help is appreciated, and, if you're doing something like this, please let me know! Dave Manning Mac Guy and NeXT Fan -- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: "No. 2's got me confused, Dave Manning :: :: hope to be Nos. 1 and 3..." dmanning@cwis.unomaha.edu :: :::::::::::::::::--Mercury Rev:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Re: NS 3.0 and AppleShare Servers
Author: Joseph Chin
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 02:27
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 02:27
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Appleshare client support under NS 3.0 actually works? Several months ago, after I installed 3.0 on our NeXT systems, I had tons of problems getting them to work with our Appleshare servers (I am on a network of over 1000 Macs). I also remembering seeing tons of posts w.r.t. problems with Appleshare support under 3.0. Support for Appletalk printers were also quite marginal. Has NeXT change anything since then? Joe -- Joseph Chin Prodigy Technologies Corp. jchin@prodigy.bc.ca (NeXTmail welcome) Vancouver, British Columbia phone 16046874636 / fax 16046871671 Canada **** "Heaven won't take me and Hell's afraid I'll take over!" ****
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