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Mapping drives and using the \\servername suggestions all assume NetServer.

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> Did I miss something here? 
> 
> Everyone is talking about accessing the AS/400 IFS but no one mentions 
> Netserver. Netserver makes the AS/400 look like an a Windows drive and has 
> Windows like security. The whole purpose of Netserver is to exactly what you 
> are 
> looking to do. 
> 
> Once you start Netserver(Operations Navigator, Networks, Server, TCPIP, 
> ISeries 
> Netserver). You need to give it a different network name than the AS/400 it 
> is 
> running on, you need to create shares just like in Windows. You just say what 
> IFS folders will be seen on the outside and what security. Netserver has none 
> of 
> the security issues that PC Support has. 
> 
> That's about it. From the outside, the AS/400 just looks like a Windows 
> drive. 
> Users will never know the difference. One of the best things on the AS/400. I 
> love Netserver. Good performance, too. 
> 
> If someone mentioned this, my apologies. I didn't see it. 
> 
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