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Mac OS X on Windows 2000 Domain

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by deven

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Recently I got a new Mac PC. Can anyone tell me how to configure MAC OS X for windows 2000 domain, so that I can see shares (machines on the network) from both the machines (MAC as well Windows workstations).

It will be good if anyone can give mestep by step instructions or any link for that, I am new to MAC OS.

I have Windows 2k Domain and Mac OS X on Mac Pc.

Thanks.
Deven

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by abubin

You will first have to install appletalk protocol in your win2k domain server. Then configure the network properties in your Mac with the same settings like other PC to your server. You know, the ipaddress, gateway, dns and others. Do not forget to create a user for the Mac for login.

The bad thing in win2k is that only your Mac would be able to access the domain server where you installed the AppleTalk protocol. Your domain server would not be able to access the Mac. So, any transfer of files would need to go into your domain server and then from the Mac, retrieve the files from the domain server.

Hope this help. I have tried this on Mac OS9 but should work in OSX too.

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