AppleShare IP 6: Server and Client Requirements

Server Requirements:

• Any Power Macintosh or Apple Macintosh Servers based on PowerPC 601, 604, 604e, or G3 processors. The Power Macintosh 6500 series (603e processor), has also been tested and qualified as an ASIP server.
• Mac OS 8.1 or later with Open Transport 1.3 or later, and OpenDoc 1.2.1.
• 48 MB of RAM with virtual memory turned on (64MB with VM turned off.)

All AppleShare IP services do not need to run on the same computer. In fact, it is recommended that certain services be divided amongst different computers for optimum performance.

Web, File, FTP and SMB services are all provided by the Web & File Server application and must run on the same system.

ASIP Print Server can run independently of other services. (Personal File Sharing cannot be enabled on the Print Server, since the Users & Groups Data File is modified for use with the Print Server.)

ASIP Mail Server can run independently of other services.

MacDNS can run independently of all ASIP services. System requirements are a 68020 processor or Power PC processor, 1500K of free memory, a TCP/IP connection with static IP address, System 7 or later (7.5.3 recommended), MacTCP 2.0.6 or OT 1.1 or later.

Client Requirements:

For logging onto the file server via Appletalk:

• Macintosh Clients

  Recommended: Mac OS 8.1, Open Transport 1.3, AppleShare client 3.8. The AppleShare client 3.8 has minimum system requirements of System Software version 7.6 and OT 1.1.2.

  Older versions of AppleShare client software will provide basic functionality, but may not support new features, such as the ability to cancel a connection that is taking too long (3.8 required), to connect via AFP over TCP/IP (3.7 required), or to receive messages from the server (3.0 required).

• Windows Clients

  Windows 3.x and 95 clients need an AppleTalk file sharing client (such as CopsTalk or MacLAN Connect).

For logging onto the file server via TCP/IP

• Macintosh Clients

  Recommended: Mac OS 8.1, Open Transport 1.3, AppleShare client 3.8.

  Minimum: System Software 7.5.3, Open Transport 1.1.2, AppleShare Client 3.7.

For logging onto the file server via SMB:

• Windows Clients

  Windows 95/98
  Windows NT 3.5.1/4.0/5.0
  Windows for Workgroups 3.1.1

• Unix clients

  Samba

  AppleShare IP only supports SMB via TCP/IP.

For accessing Web or FTP services:

• All Clients:

  Your favorite Web browser or FTP client. There are no special requirements for accessing ASIP servers.

For printing using AppleTalk:

• Macintosh clients:

  LaserWriter driver 7.x or 8.x for Macintosh clients.

• Windows Clients

  An AppleTalk LW driver. (As of this writing, Windows NT printer drivers do not support printing to a secure queue. See the Related Topic on Print Server security for a more detailed explanation.)

For printing using TCP/IP:

• Macintosh Clients:

  Desktop Printer Utility version 1.0 or greater (installed with Mac OS 8.1, and with LW Driver 8.5.1.)

• Non-Mac Clients:

  Most LPR clients are compatible.

For accessing mail:

• All clients

  Third-party mail clients that support either POP3 or IMAP.