Before installing the SMB File Transfer Utility, you must install the
TokenTalk NB card and its associated software. Refer to the TokenTalk NB
User's Guide for information on installation.
The Installer is used to set up the SMB File Transfer Utility. System
resource version 6.0.3 is required and is included. Follow normal
procedures to install the software. AFE is also needed to run the SMB File
Transfer Utility. If AFE is not already present, install it, along with
any translators that you may want, all in the same folder (the proper
version of AFE is also included).
The SMB File Transfer Utility runs under AFE, supplying a desk accessory,
called SMB Servers, to connect to an SMB server. To use the SMB File
Transfer Utility, open AFE. This makes the SMB Servers DA available. The
next step is to open the DA, which supplies a dialog box. This dialog box
features four buttons:
- Connect--connects to an SMB volume that has already been added.
- Add--adds an SMB volume name to the volume list.
- Remove--removes an SMB volume name from the volume list.
- Disconnect--disconnects from an SMB volume that is already connected.
The dialog box also contains three windows:
- Workstation Name displays the name of your workstation.
- Select an SMB Volume displays a listing of the SMB volumes you have already
added.
- Connected SMB Volumes displays a listing of the volumes already connected.
You must first choose a Workstation Name, which identifies your Macintosh II to
the network administrator. The Workstation Name does not have to be set up on
the server side. It is an optional security feature. Using the Add and Remove
buttons, you can maintain a list of volumes available on the network. Unlike
AppleShare, the SMB File Transfer Utility requires you to know the names of any
servers that are going to be accessed. To access a volume, you must first
mount it using the Connect button (Disconnect will sever a volume connection,
as will leaving AFE). Once a volume is connected, you can use AFE to transfer
files between a local volume and the connected server, or between two different
connected server volumes. Up to six volumes on any combination of servers can
be open at one time.
The SMB File Transfer Utility and the following documentation are bundled with
the TokenTalk NB card.
- Apple SMB File Transfer Utility User's Guide. This guide includes an AFE
usage section and the Appendix contains a list of translators available for
AFE. (AFE is documented in the Macintosh Utilities User's Guide.)
- TokenTalk NB User's Guide.