ShareWay IP Professional Edition
User's Guide

Introduction

ShareWay IP Professional Edition, from Open Door Networks Inc., brings TCP/IP accessibility to any AppleShare-compatible (AFP) server. With ShareWay IP, regardless of whether you're running Apple's personal file sharing, AppleShare, or an AFP server on a non-Macintosh OS, you can make those servers available over your organization's intranet, or over the Internet itself.

The Professional Edition is the most advanced of three editions:

• ShareWay IP Personal Edition is for use with the Mac OS's built-in personal file sharing.
  
  
• ShareWay IP Standard Edition can target any single AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) server.
  
  
• ShareWay IP Professional Edition can target multiple servers from a single Macintosh, providing efficient resource utilization and allowing centralized administration of IP access to AFP servers. It is also useful on a single server whenever advanced management features are desired.

By enabling TCP/IP access to AFP servers, ShareWay IP Gateway makes it possible to:

• Make AppleShare servers or Apple's personal file sharing on any Macintosh accessible from anywhere on your intranet -- even from sections not running AppleTalk -- or over the Internet.
  
  
• Make non-Macintosh AFP services, such as those on Windows NT, Novell Netware or Unix accessible from anywhere on your intranet, or over the Internet.
  
  
• Begin to turn off the AppleTalk protocol on your intranet without losing the benefits of traditional AppleTalk services.

ShareWay IP Professional provides the above functionality, for multiple AFP servers, from a single Macintosh, while additionally including a number of advanced management features which aid in the administration and monitoring of those servers.

Which Edition?

• If you want to provide centralized IP accessibility for a number of AFP servers from a single Macintosh and you have AppleTalk connectivity to those AFP servers, you should use the Professional Edition.
  
  
• Advanced management features are also only available in the Professional Edition. If you want features like real-time statistics, graphing and logging of server access, you need the Professional Edition.
  
  
• If you only use the Mac OS's built-in personal file sharing on your network, you probably want to use the Personal Edition, although in some situations the Professional Edition may be more appropriate.
  
  
• If you are going to be supporting AFP servers on non-Macintosh platforms such as Windows NT or Unix, you should probably use the Professional Edition.
  

The choice of which edition to use for your specific situation is discussed in depth at Open Door's Web site.

Getting Started	System Requirements Preinstallation Installation Quick Start Accessing Targeted Servers
Basics	The ShareWay IP Model Limitations IP Addresses Gateway & Server Activity Displays Log Files Exporting to Text
Using ShareWay IP	The Gateway Window Adding Target Servers Changing Parameters of a Target Server Changing a Target Server for an IP Address Monitoring Connected Users Monitoring Gateway & Server Activity Log Files Exporting to Text Security Methods of Accessing Targeted Servers Serial Numbers Starting ShareWay IP at Boot Time
How ShareWay IP Works	Technical Details
Troubleshooting	Troubleshooting Tips
Appendix	Multiple IP Addresses

This entire User's Guide is copyright (C) 1997-1998 Open Door Networks, Inc. ShareWay IP is a trademark of Open Door Networks, Inc.