We use a product called Extremez-IP to handle our Windows "challenged" friends. For one, the product forces Mac clients OS 9.x and below to use IP instead of AppleSmack. It really helps out in file transfers and all the other network activity one would expect from a fine network product. It also simplifies sharing folders and files from a NT server because of the nice easy interface it provides, instead of using the native NT Mac share method.
Besides all this good information on Macs, this really doesn't answer the original question about DHCP and Mac clients. We have Mac clients reporting to W2K DHCP and everything seems to be just fine. We didn't do an in place upgrade either. Perhaps if I knew what OS your Mac clients were at? Jason Crenshaw Just another NT systems guy Sandia National Labs -----Original Message----- From: Luis Aguilera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 2:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] A little OT:: Mac on the Net basically, my understanding is as follows (and please do correct me if I'm wrong). Let's start by clarifying my biases: Macs SUCK (at least OS 9 does; OS X holds some promise) I manage a network that is about evenly split between Win2k and Mac OS 9.2 workstations. All servers are either in a Win2K domain or stand-alone Linux severs. I have Services for Macs enabled on a few fileservers and print servers. Given the poor support for TCP/IP in OS 9, the windows domain has to broadcast file server and printer availability using the AppleTalk protocol. Using this method will allow file servers and printers to appear in the Mac OS 9 Chooser (and make Mac users happy). It allows Mac users to connect to network services by using just the username/passwd combination (as opposed to the slightly more rigorous "domain\username" and password) btw: if you're using an exchange server, you may find that Outlook 2001 for Mac is not the best client. It doesn't support html email (rich text) but supports all the collaboration features of Exchange. Entourage does support html email, but does not support group calendaring and collaboration. Outlook Express supports html email but does not support authenticated smtp for outgoing mail. anyway... Now, OS X appears to not require the AppleTalk broadcast and does hold some promise in other areas (e.g. user authentication and security, networking, open standards - sort of, etc.) But I've yet to get the time to "put it through its paces". If anyone has other thoughts, comments, and suggestions about Macs, I'm all ears! regards Luis Aguilera IT Manager BaseSix -----Original Message----- From: Carey, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] A little OT:: Mac on the Net Some people weren't thrilled with the Services for MAC (or the MAC people didn't want to get involved with the Windows people) so started using an application on the MAC called Dave. This app basically made the MAC act like a windows machine as far as the server it was connecting to was concerned - no special configuration needed server sides. -----Original Message----- From: Morgan, Joshua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 2:07 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] A little OT:: Mac on the Net Now as far as I know I do not / Did not have an Apple Share set up in my Windows environment.... Now If I need it is there a way to set it up with Windows 2000? -----Original Message----- From: Canzoneri, Kurt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:37 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] A little OT:: Mac on the Net Try trashing the ApplesharePrep preference and the TCP/IP preference. Reboot and zapp the pram 3-5 times. You will have to set up Appleshare and TCP/IP settings after this. Kurt Canzoneri, MCSE Network / System Engineer EIG Valassis / POD 47585 Galleon Drive Plymouth, MI 48170 Tel 734.354.2496 Fax 734.354.2694 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.valassis.com This message may have included proprietary or protected information. This message and the information contained herein are not to be further communicated without my express written consent. -----Original Message----- From: Morgan, Joshua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:12 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] A little OT:: Mac on the Net I recently changed our internal DHCP and Wins to be Windows 2000 from Windows NT 4.0. After I did this some/most of the Macintosh's on the network having been presenting this error: "Another device on your TCP/IP internet, which has the physical address 00 02 B3 2A FA EF, is currently using the same IP address (10.80.102.236). Your TCP/IP network interface has been shut down." Now what bothers me is there is no computer assigned (10.80.102.236). And no assigned machine has the physical address 00 02 B3 2A FA EF. I have gone to a few of the Macintosh's and tried static IP's but I get the same error above with the static IP that I gave it in place of (10.80.102.236). Any Ideas? 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