Sams Teach Yourself MCSE Windows NT Server 4 in 14 Days
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author(s): David Schaer, et al
ISBN: 0672311283
Publication Date: 12/15/97

One use for GSNW is in situations in which you migrate a NetWare server to a Windows NT server but want a slower transition to the Windows NT server. It also works well for occasional access to NetWare servers or in situations in which people need the same type of access to the NetWare server (for printing, as an example). If numerous people need access to the NetWare server, or if different levels of security are needed, install the proper client services on the client computer to access the NetWare server.

In previously published writings, you might have read that GSNW does not support NetWare’s Directory Services. This is not true. Now the GSNW supports the NDS and enables users to navigate NDS trees, print from NDS, and authenticate with an NDS-aware server and also permits the use of NetWare 4.x login scripts.

12.2.2. Installing the Gateway Service for NetWare

Installing the Gateway Service for NetWare is a relatively easy task. The GSNW provides client services as well as the Gateway Service for NetWare. The client side is what makes the connectivity happen from the Windows NT server. The Gateway Service for NetWare is what allows other Windows NT clients to access the NetWare server.

The NetWare server must have a user that matches a user on the Windows NT server. This user is the account used to establish the connection for the gateway and must be a member of the NTGATEWAY group. To make administration of the NetWare easier, set up a separate account on the NetWare server that matches an administrator account on the Windows NT server.

If you specify an account that is a supervisor equivalent on the NetWare server as the account to use for the gateway, then anyone connecting could have administrative rights to the NetWare server.

Here is what you must have on the NetWare server for GSNW to work properly and smoothly:

•  A gateway user account.

•  A group for all gateway accounts. If you must set up more than one gateway for access to the NetWare server, you can use more than one user account. Give the user accounts the appropriate access by placing them all in this group.

•  An administrative user account that you will use to access the NetWare server from the Windows NT server to administrate the gateway is not necessary but is helpful.

After you have those three items in place, you’re ready to set up the GSNW on the Windows NT server. To install the GSNW, follow these steps:

1.  Access the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon.

2.  Under the Services tab, click Add.

3.  You should be able to locate the Gateway (and Client) Services for NetWare (see Figure 12.2). When you do, select it and click OK.

4.  Enter the path to the CD-ROM.

5.  Restart the computer when prompted.

Figure 12.2.  You add the GSNW through the Network applet of the Control Panel.

If you do not already have the NWLink IPX/SPX protocol installed when you install the GSNW, it is installed automatically for you.

When the server restarts and you log on, you are prompted for the NetWare account information to establish a connection to the NetWare server, as shown in Figure 12.3. You should use the administrator account that you set up on the NetWare server. This does not establish the gateway; it only establishes local connectivity to the server.

If you are logging onto a 3.x server or a 4.x server running bindery emulation, you should use the preferred server option (see Figure 12.4). Enter the name of the NetWare server.

If you are logging onto a NetWare 4.x server that is not running bindery emulation, you must specify the tree and context information (see Figure 12.5). Writing the parameters such as cn= or o= in the tree and context blocks is not necessary.

Figure 12.3.  Logging onto a NetWare server from Windows NT server.

Figure 12.4.  Logging onto a bindery-based NetWare server from Windows NT server.

Figure 12.5.  Logging onto a NetWare Directory Service tree from Windows NT server.

Verify that the client service portion of the gateway is working before proceeding to the next step of setting up the gateway. After you log on to the Windows NT server, you can browse the Network Neighborhood or the Explorer to verify that you can access the NetWare server. Just look under the Entire Network option and you should find NetWare Compatible Network. Double-clicking it should reveal your NetWare server or NDS tree.

You now have a new icon in the Control Panel titled GSNW. When you open the GSNW applet in the Control Panel, you see a dialog box similar to that in Figure 12.5. Here you find the same type of information that you specified at logon along with some printing options and an option to run the NetWare logon scripts.

In the GSNW dialog box, click the Gateware button to reach the Configure Gateway dialog box in Figure 12.6. Here is where you set up the gateway using the user account that you set up previously on the NetWare server.

Figure 12.6.  Specifying the gateway user account.

After you enter the username and password, click the Add button to create the gateway. A New Share dialog box appears (see Figure 12.7). This dialog box is where you specify the necessary information to create a gateway.

The following information defines what you should place in the New Share dialog box:

•  Share Name: The name as it will appear to the client.

•  Network Path: The UNC name to the resource on the NetWare server.

•  Comment: A description that will appear when browsing for the resource.

•  Use Drive: The drive letter to which the resource will be mapped on the Windows NT server.

•  User Limit: Where you can specify a maximum amount of users who can connect to the resource simultaneously.

Figure 12.7.  Specifying the server share name for a NetWare gateway.