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dencamp
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Jun 3, 2004, 09:44 AM
 
OK, I'm hoping someone can help out. I have no experience setting up mixed networks so I am at a loss. Here is the deal: My girlfriend has convinced her organization to get her a new G5 for video editing but the network guy keeps telling her that the Mac can't be on the network. Below is the information that she has provided me.
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We have a Microsoft Exchange server (the equipment is APC 1500). We want to connect to the network on the Mac for file sharing and internet, though not necessarily email�. The router is a Linksys 2.4 Ghz broadband router
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So, can anyone either point me to a resource that can give a step-by-step setup guide or give advice that I can pass back to the network guy.

Thanks in advance.

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Jun 3, 2004, 12:39 PM
 
She'll need a Airport Extreme card to get access to the Linksys wireless router. If they have some sort of encryption like 128 bit with a hex password the first character in the password will need to be a dollar sign ($) for Macs with Airport cards. File sharing works just fine for the most part. On the Mac she'll have to go under the Apple icon to System Preferences and then sharing. Then turn Windows Sharing on.

As for the email. She can use Apple's Mail program that comes with every mac running Mac OS X. When they go to set it up just make sure the account type is set to Exchange and the tech can plugin the rest of the info.
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Jun 3, 2004, 01:32 PM
 
Thanks Much.

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