Windows 2000 Mac Support Little Black Book

by Gene Steinberg

This hands-on reference focuses exclusively on difficult Mac/NT integration issues and explains steps required to seamlessly network Mac desktops and NT desktops on the same LAN. The authors provide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576103889
• ISBN13: 9781576103883
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

This Book is Great...

I truly cannot understand where this dude gets the idea there is no discussion of TCP/IP connections in the section covering Windows 2000. Evidently he's not paying attention. In fact, the section called "Learning How DHCP Works With Your Macs," beginning on page 292, clearly shows how you can use your Mac's TCP/IP Control Panel to access a DHCP Server established under Windows 2000.Either that dude missed this section, or read another book. Either way, he doesn't seem to understand how it's supposed to be done.In my company's network, a mixed setup with Macs in our art department and Windows boxes elsewhere, this book was an invaluable assistant in getting things to work properly when we migrated to W2K. I recommend it highly.

Useful, but it could be more extensive

Generally, while I haven't READ it from cover to cover I spent a good 20-40 minutes examing the various parts that I was interested in. Overall, its useful to it's target audience as others said. However, if appears to omit some important points. First, the MacOS limits you to 255 volumes per server, resulting in some strange issues if you exceed this. Second, it ignores SMS integration and Netopia NetOctopus - software used to manage systems. In a cross platform environment, these can be very important issues that I feel should have been discussed.For what it does discuss - which is otherwise extensive, including various service pack bugs - it does appear to be well organized and quite useful.

Great for peer-to-peer networking too

Despite what another review says, this book is not just for users of Windows 2000 Server. My Mac/Windows network is set up on a peer-to-peer basis, and yet I found this book valuable, because it explained how to configure Thursby Systems' great program, DAVE, to allow for this sort of configuration.I don't know what this other reviewer was thinking when these very clearly labeled instructions were missed.Although the book assumes some degree of familiarity with both Windows and the Mac OS, even someone who is not an experienced administrator will learn how to set up their systems with as little fuss as possible.I highly recommend this book.

Takes the Mystery out of Cross-Platform Setups

My office uses both Macs and Windows-based PCs. We just installed Windows 2000 Server, and we wanted to know how to make our Macs play nicely with the new setup. Mr. Steinberg and Mr. Paulson saved the day. I had my network administrator follow their clear, concise instructions to the letter.Now our Macs hum merrily along, freely exchanging files with the Windows 2000 servers. Printing and Internet access work flawlessly.This book is just what was needed; it's the sort of book Microsoft should have published and distributed with Windows 2000.