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Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I need to fool a Windows network into thinking that a G3 is actually a PC.
> 
> Now, I ideally need not only full functionality, but *total* transparency
> as far as the network is concerned. The reason is that I will be working in
> a PC manufacturer who shall remain nameless and who would not be
> best-pleased to see a Mac on their network. I can't install any special
> software on the server/other PCs, and I really want there to be no clue
> that the machine is a Mac.

Do you need to actually run PC s/w or just convince the network that the
Mac is a PC? If it's the latter, have you considered DAVE (2.1 I think)?
It only emulates the networking part of Windows, so your Mac can carry
on doing its own thing while looking like a PC to the network. You can
get a trial copy from www.thursby.com. One possible problem - I *think*
the program creates a couple of very small invisible files (Desktop DB
etc) on the PC volumes it mounts, so there might be telltale signs that
way. Then again, that would make the idea of read-only permissions a bit
tricky, so I may well have got that completely wrong...:-)

Tim 

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