--- Forwarded Message from "Donald K. Wagner" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 23:29:10 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>From: "Donald K. Wagner" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6534.4 URGENT: Macs and PCs on same network (!)
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Karin,
We've be using dual platform on our network for years -- the main lab
has 21 iMacs, 5 Dell Optiplex 110s). We run several servers, however
(Novell, Appleshare, and OSX, plus a web server [Apache] and a
streaming video server).
Currently our main application server is Novell 4.11 with AFP. Both
the PCs (running various OS-- Win95/98/2k) and Macs (running OS 9.2)
log in to the Novell server upon start up. There is only low-level
authentication with generic lab user ids and passwords. We are using
printing over TCP/IP to HP printers using JetAdmin, which has helped
solve print queue issues.
Over the summer we'll be moving to a purely OSX server for next year
(getting rid of Novell), setting up directories for the PCs.
Currently, security on the PCs is limited. We use Policy Editor for
securing the desktops, but smart users find the loopholes there; so
our PCs need weekly attention to there desktops.
We also use Virtual PC on the Macs (mostly for Administration
software -- but sometimes for instruction), but it tends to demand a
lot of one on one support.
If you go dual platform, you will need some technical background in
how to do both of these things together. If you don't have the
support, I would begin by sticking to one platform that you can get
off the ground coherently.
Good luck,
don
>Karin Thomeier <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> We would like to hear from people who have experience
>> with setting up a dual-platform network. What are some problems with
>> doing so? How easily are Macs and PCs
>> put together on the same server?
>> What would the added / hidden costs be of doing so?
>> The support for PC compatibles is much higher on our
>> campus as it is for Macintosh. Students also seem to like
>> PCs over Macs. However, we wouldn't want to go dual-platform
>> if it means all kinds of technical problems.
>
>
>Karin,
>
>I can't give you a thorough response to this question at the moment, but
>I will say that, though we run mostly Macs for student stations, we also
>have some PCs (WinME) as well as a Windows NT server and several Mac OSX
>and (OS 9.2) ASIP servers. It's nice for use to have the variety and the
>options afforded by each. We have no networking problems (or at least
>ones we can't fix) on the Mac end, either with our clients or servers,
>and we set up shared folders on one of the OSX servers for the PCs. With
>TCP/IP network protocol common to the three platforms we run, we have
>few cross-platform related limitations. Although I must also point out
>that we run far fewer and simpler tasks on the PCs than the Macs, and we
>have had more difficulty maintaining security on the Windows machines.
>As you point out, perhaps your biggest concern should be the
>availability of support for the PCs. Our PCs have so far required more
>individual attention to support than our Macs, which is, admittedly,
>also partly because our expertise is stronger with the Macs.
>
>Your question can't be answered with much meaningful detail re
>networking, though, without knowing exactly what you want to do with the
>machines, and, for example, whether you want to run an authentication
>server for both client platforms.
>
>
>-John
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>John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]>
>Multimedia Language Lab
>Center for English Language and Orientation Programs
>Boston University
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