RE: Does Netserver do this??? -- MIDRANGE-L

O.k., got that!  Now, which version of CA?

Is there a minimum VxRx version of OS/400 that this can run on?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
Yes it is on the CA cd-rom.  and even if you don't order CA you should
still have gotten a copy of Ops Nav.

Look at the client access express book for more info on setting up the PC
to see the netserver.



At 12:46 PM 1/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>So I need Operations Navigator to configure Netserver?  How do I install Ops
>Nav?  I.e., is there a CD-ROM?  Is it on the CA disk?  What if you don't
 order
>CA for your system?  Will you still get the CD-ROM?
>
>Dan Bale
>IT - AS/400
>Handleman Company
>248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
>
>-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
>On the AS400 you need to configure and start NetServer.  You will be
>defining shares much like you do on Wintel boxes.  You can also setup public
>access and a guest profile for people that do not have signons to your
>AS400.  Netserver uses the same UserID/Password that you use to logon to the
>PC.  If they match the AS400 signon, no second signon window.  If the user
>ids are the same and not the password, you will be prompt for the password,
>not user id.  If there is no match and a guest profile is setup, it will use
>the guest profile with no logon window.
>
>By the way, to configure Netserver you use Ops Nav, Network, Servers,
>TCP/IP.  You can define shares there or from the file system.  Object
>security for shares is handled under the file system, not Netserver.
>
>
>Christopher K. Bipes    mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
>Sr. Programmer/Analyst  mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
>CrossCheck, Inc.        http://www.cross-check.com
>6119 State Farm Drive   Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
>Rohnert Park CA  94928  Fax: 707 586-1884
>
>If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
>Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: D.BALE@handleman.com [mailto:D.BALE@handleman.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 7:51 AM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Does Netserver do this???
>
>
>We've got a v4r4 system and want to be able to map AS/400 folders to a Win9x
>PC (so we can access them via a separate drive letter in Windows Explorer).
>My only experience to do this is to install Client Access.  But we don't
>wish
>to do that in this situation.  I believe I've heard that Netserver has this
>function, and that it is included as part of the OS in v4r4.
>
>If true, how does one set up a PC to do this?  Is it similar to how I would
>do
>it with CA installed?  I.e., open Windows Explorer, choose Map a network
>drive
>under the Tools tab?  How does one make the PC "see" the AS/400?
>
>What if there are multiple AS/400s you want to access?  Any additional
>considerations?
>
>Is there still a user signon/password required?
>
>Dan Bale
>IT - AS/400
>Handleman Company
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