User manual APPLE APPLESHARE IP 6.0 GETTING STARTED MANUAL

[. . . ] AppleShare IP 6. 0 Getting Started Includes preparation, installation, and setup information K Apple Computer, Inc. © 1998 Apple Computer, Inc. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple. Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying software license agreement. The Apple logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. [. . . ] You can find your serial number on the label of your AppleShare IP 6. 0 CD holder or on the sheet you received when purchasing a new serial number. You may also want to keep a photocopy of the number in another location. AppleShare IP Easy Setup displays the following window. Setting Up AppleShare IP 6. 0 37 This window summarizes the information that AppleShare IP Easy Setup will ask you to provide. 2 Click the right arrow. The following window appears. 3 Type your organization's domain name in the text box. Your organization's domain name is the name by which the computers on your network are known to the Domain Name System (DNS) service on your network--for example, "yourdomain. edu. " Your network administrator (or Internet service provider) should provide you with this name. Note: After you've finished setting up AppleShare IP, you can learn more about the Domain Name System in AppleShare IP Help or in the MacDNS Administrator's Guide in the MacDNS folder inside the AppleShare IP 6. 0 folder. 4 Click the right arrow button. 38 Chapter 2 The following window appears. 5 Type your computer's DNS name in the text box. The DNS (or "host") name is the name that your DNS server "maps" to your computer's unique IP (Internet Protocol) address when communication to or from that address is taking place. This allows clients to connect to your server by entering an easy-to-remember name in place of an IP address. A DNS name cannot contain spaces, punctuation, or special characters that appear when you press the Option key in combination with another key. You can use a name that matches or is similar to your computer's "Computer name" (as defined in the File Sharing control panel). Shasta, " its DNS name can be "shasta" or "mtshasta, " but it cannot be "Mt. Shasta" or "mt. shasta. " Note: If you will be enabling Windows file sharing service, make the DNS name 12 characters or fewer with no spaces or special characters. 6 Click the right arrow. Setting Up AppleShare IP 6. 0 39 The following window appears. 7 Type the e-mail address of the person to whom MacDNS or other network administrators should send mail if a problem arises. As the server administrator, you'll probably enter your e-mail address here. The following window appears. 8 This window summarizes the services that will be set up and the network protocols over which the services will be available. 9 Click the Set Up Servers button. 40 Chapter 2 When the server setup is complete, click OK. 10 Click the right arrow. The following window appears. By default, AppleShare IP Easy Setup will start the servers that are installed on your computer. If you don't want the servers to be started now, click the checkbox so that the X disappears. 11 Click the right arrow. If the Start Servers checkbox was checked, AppleShare IP Easy Setup starts the servers and displays a progress bar. Once the startup process is complete (or if you did not start the servers) the following window appears. Setting Up AppleShare IP 6. 0 41 12 Click the Start Manager button. The AppleShare IP Manager provides a convenient central point for administering the AppleShare IP server programs. 13 Complete your MacDNS setup by adding the required information about each server on your network to your MacDNS configuration file. For instructions, see the "MacDNS Administrator's Guide" in the MacDNS folder inside the AppleShare IP 6. 0 folder on your startup disk. Note: You will not be able to use your AppleShare IP services until you configure your DNS file and complete the remaining tasks in this chapter. 14 After you've finished updating your MacDNS configuration file, go to "Using AppleShare IP 6. 0 for the First Time" on page 45. AppleTalk Setup You should choose AppleTalk if you plan to provide AppleShare IP services only over an AppleTalk network. After you choose AppleTalk, AppleShare IP Easy Setup displays the following window. Note: If you're upgrading from a previous version of AppleShare, your previous serial number is listed. 1 Type the AppleShare IP 6. 0 serial number in the text box, then click the right arrow. [. . . ] See the manual that came with your computer for detailed instructions. Make sure that the new hard disk has a name that is different from the startup disk. Install Mac OS 8. 1 (which includes Open Transport 1. 3) and AppleShare IP software on the new hard disk. For instructions, see "Installing AppleShare IP 6. 0 Software" on page 25. [. . . ]