Connecting Mac's to Exchange 5.5

[McSys]

We have a Win 2000 network with Exchange 5.5. Our G4 Mac users are on their own network (same physical cable, but different IP network) and currently have no access to the Win2K servers. Mac's are running OS 9.x.
How can I get Outlook or Office for Macintosh to see our Exchange server?
Sorry for the Mac newbie question, but I cannot find any resources on this.
We want to use Outlook just like on the PC's for just e-mail. Don't have POP3 access and really don't want it yet.
I saw some mention of using a Hosts file in other posts but I would assume I still need some sort of gateway (???) to bridge the different IP networks (192.168.102.xxx to 192.9.100.xxx).
Thanks for your help!

 

[1665]

I would stick a router between the networks or a PC with 2 network cards, so the routing table allows the 2 networks to talk then add a simple host file to the Mac's, done it at my work at works a treat.

Can't remember what goes it the host file so will post back.

Andy

 

[1665]

Hello again, create a file called hosts (no file extension) and put this in it, replacing certain fields with your details: (where servername appears put the name of your exchange server)

servername CNAME servername.domain.co.uk.
servername.domain.co.uk. A 192.168.1.1

Add this file to the Mac's system folder, then goto the TCP settings on the mac and add and search for thehost file there.

Any probs with anything, give me a shout.

Andy

 

[McSys]

Thanks Andy. I will give that a try.