Installation and New Features Guide (Mac OS)

A-4 FileMaker Pro Installation & New Features Guide
Using an AppleTalk interface for MacIPX
If your Macintosh is connected to an Apple LocalTalk
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network, you must
specify an AppleTalk interface to use MacIPX networking. When you use
AppleTalk, you must also select an IPX gateway.
Important Novell supplies MACIPXGW.LAN, a LAN driver (IPX gateway)
that can be run on Novell NetWare v3.11 or later servers, which lets you use
AppleTalk to share information with other computers on the IPX network.
Contact your Novell dealer or use an online service to get this driver. To
install the LAN driver on your Novell server, see your Novell system
administrator or the documentation that came with the driver.
To select an AppleTalk network interface:
1. Open the MacIPX control panel.
The MacIPX control panel is installed in the Control Panels folder inside
the System Folder.
2. If necessary, click the AppleTalk icon to select it and then click the close
box.
Your Macintosh then sends IPX packets encapsulated in AppleTalk,
which are delivered on the LocalTalk network to an IPX gateway. The
gateway decapsulates these packets and routes them over an IPX network.
See the following steps for information on selecting a gateway.
To have MacIPX select an available IPX gateway:
1. In the MacIPX control panel, click the selected AppleTalk icon.
You see the AppleTalk Access Configuration dialog box.