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.

ShareWay IP Pro also greatly simplifies finding and accessing IP-based AFP servers by registering those servers with the Mac OS implementation (OS 8.5 and later) of the Internet-standard Service Location Protocol (SLP). With SLP, AFP servers supported by ShareWay IP can be located through a dynamic Chooser-like interface, such as that included with Open Door's AFP Engage! (2.0 and later) or Mac OS 9's Network Browser.

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. This edition is also the most obvious choice for upgrading Mac OS 9's File Sharing over IP.
• 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 ease-of-use and management features which aid in the location, 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 centralized logging of server access, you need the Professional Edition.
• If you want to provide advanced ease-of-use features for a number of servers through SLP, including IP-based servers which don't support SLP directly (such as AppleShare IP), you need the Professional Edition's SLP proxy feature.
• 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 want to add features to the version of ShareWay IP used by Mac OS 9 to implement File Sharing over IP, the Personal Edition is the most obvious choice.
• If you want to support servers on other machines while also running Mac OS 9's File Sharing over IP on the same machine, you need the Professional Edition.
• 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.
  

Note that any of the three editions can run on Mac OS 9, replacing OS 9's built-in File Sharing over IP. The choice of which edition to use for your specific situation is discussed in depth at Open Door's Web site.

What's New In ShareWay IP Professional 2.0

• Support for AppleTalk-like point-and-click access - ShareWay IP Pro 2.0 registers with the Mac OS implementation (OS 8.5 and later) of the Internet-standard Service Location Protocol (SLP). Registered servers can be located through a dynamic Chooser-like point-and-click interface, such as that in Open Door's AFP Engage! 2.0 or Mac OS 9's Network Browser. ShareWay IP Pro does SLP registration for two types of servers:
  • AppleTalk servers targeted by ShareWay IP
  • servers which support IP directly, such as AppleShare IP
• SLP Proxying - Make any IP-based server, even those not directly targeted by ShareWay IP, accessible through SLP, using AFP Engage's Chooser-like interface. ShareWay can proxy for servers that are located on your intranet or even on the Internet itself.
• Real-time connection logging - ShareWay IP Pro 2.0 uses an enhanced, WebSTAR-compatible log file format, making its logs readable by Open Door's LogDoor Real-time Server Monitor. In real time, LogDoor can analyze and summarize data for server and user connections, providing key management information and greater security for ShareWay-targeted servers.
• AFP Engage! included - a 50-user license for AFP Engage! 2.0 is included with each license for ShareWay IP Pro 2.0. On OS 8.5 and later, AFP Engage! allows access to supported servers through a Chooser-like point-and-click interface.
• Full support of newer Mac OS features, including Apple Help for online help and use of Navigation Services for exporting configuration information.

Table of Contents

Getting Started	Terminology System Requirements Preinstallation Installation Quick Start Accessing Targeted Servers
Basics	The ShareWay IP Model SLP & Proxy Limitations IP Addresses Gateway & Server Activity Displays Logging Exporting to Text
ShareWay IP Windows	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 SLP Proxy
Other Features	Logging Exporting to Text Security Starting ShareWay IP at Boot Time Serial Numbers Online Help
Connecting to ShareWay IP	Service Location Protocol Using SLP SLP-based Methods of Access Non-SLP Methods of Access
How ShareWay IP Works	File Sharing SLP Registration
Troubleshooting	Troubleshooting Tips
Appendixes	Multiple IP Addresses Log File Format

This entire User's Guide is copyright (C) 1997-1999 Open Door Networks, Inc. ShareWay IP is a trademark of Open Door Networks, Inc.