You have 3 alternatives:
1) Change the server: Make the Win2K server talk AppleShare/IP (File
Services for Macintosh does not do this; it only talks AppleTalk, but
you can purchase 3rd party products to add AppleShare over IP
functionality.) Then, your Mac clients will have to enter the IP
address of the server in their Chooser.
2) Change the client: Make the Macs talk NetBEUI over TCP/IP (such as by
adding "DAVE" to each and every Mac that needs to talk to that server)
3) Change the network: tunnel AppleTalk inside of IP so it will pass
through the PIX. You'll have to terminate the tunnel end points on
AppleTalk-capable routers on the internal networks off of the "inside"
interface of each PIX (since the PIX knows nothing about AppleTalk).
Those endpoints will have to have static address translation through
the PIX, the PIX will have to be configured to allow GRE traffic to
them, and in the router configs you have to specify the *public* (i.e.
translated) IP address of the remote endpoint
Naturally there are pros and cons to each. If your needs are strictly
related to file service access (and not printing!) to the Win2K box at
the far site, option 1 is probably your best bet. If you have a very
small number of client Macs, then go with option 2. If your needs are
more complicated (for example, the Macs would like to print to the
remote site, or access other AppleTalk services as well) then go with
option 3, which means that you don't have to modify any of the servers
or clients.
Without getting into a religious debate about the merits of AppleTalk,
just keep in mind that if you do tunnel, consider what impact this will
have on your VPN bandwidth. (Clearly, there will be *some* impact
regardless of whether you view that to be good or bad. :-)
Good luck!
- Dave
Jim Bond wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have 2 offices connected each other with PIX running
>VPN. office1 has Mac users, office2 has a w2k server.
>Is there a way to have office1 Mac users access
>office2 w2k server? I already enabled File Service for
>Macintosh on the w2k server.
>
>I was told Appletalk must be enabled for Mac users to
>access w2k server, so should I use Appletalk AND
>TCP/IP or TCP/IP only?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Jim
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