John Galea's Windows95 Access to OS/2 Lan Server Page

Try this:

1.   On the Configuration tab of the Network window, make sure Client for
     Microsoft Networks, NetBEUI, and your adapter are all installed.

2.   In the properties of Client for Microsoft Networks, select "Logon to
     Windows NT domain" and fill in the LAN Server domain.  This will put
     the domain on the logon panel you'll see later.

3.   On the Configuration tab, select Client for Microsoft Networks as
     the primary network logon.

4.   On the Identification tab, fill in your computer name.  If you were
     previously using OS/2 and LAN Requester, use the same computer name
     (which you can find in your IBMLAN.INI file).  If you weren't, make
     up a name (eight characters or less, I assume) that's unique on the
     network.

5.   On the Identification tab, fill in your LAN Server domain again for
     the workgroup.  This field controls which workgroup is displayed
     initially when you open the Network Neighborhood window.  (I have
     something different here because I need to get to some files in a
     native Windows 95 workgroup, but you probably don't have this
     situation.)

6.   On the Identification tab, fill in your LAN Server logon ID for the
     computer description.  This will put it on the logon panel you'll
     see later.

7.   Click "OK" on the Network window and reboot.

8.   Fill in your LAN Server password on the Client for Microsoft
     Networks logon screen.  You'll see this every time you boot up; from
     my understanding, you can do a network logon only at boot time.

9.   Fill in the same password on the Windows 95 logon screen.  You won't
     see this one on any successive reboots because the passwords match
     and there's some sort of single-logon feature in effect.  (I won't
     guarantee I'm remembering this step correctly.)

10.  Use the NET USE command to get your resources.  Unfortunately, LAN
     Server aliases don't work, so you'll have to use the
     "\\computername\resource" syntax.  I don't know much about the GUI
     ways to get to your resources, but I think you can get to them
     either by opening Network Neighborhood (but there's something tricky
     about having a "browsemaster" machine somewhere for that to work) or
     by using some of the options you see after a right mouse click on
     the Network Neighborhood icon.

There's some additional information in \ADMIN\RESKIT\HELPFILE\Win95rk.hlp
on the Windows 95 CD.  (Use "Start" and "Run" from the task bar to see
it.)

A few Windows95.com pages on networking:
Peer
Lan
Trouble
Homepage

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