🚀 go-pugleaf

Well, last Friday afternoon, we got past the last hurdle and got the
Macs online with our netware 3.12 server.

It's appears that we did the netware server end correctly from the
instructions in the QUE book. (maybe the net range of 555-555 might
have been a problem, but I changed it to 50-55 early in this process,
so I'll never really know).

The FIRST PROBLEM what was pointed out to us was that we incorrectly
wired our cross-over wire.  Alan Strassberg, alan@wj.com, was the
first person to point this out to us.  The result was that we
immediately got the netware server recognized.

And then the second problem was that we could not get the Macs to see
both their own mac file server and our netware server at THE SAME
TIME.  The solution was explained to us by Lane Hirning, we forgot
that the 'peer to peer' lan is defined by the macs at boot up.  We
simply needed to have our now corectly wired drop cable plugged into
the mac-hub when the macs get re-booted.

These seem pretty simple problems NOW and one might wonder what all
the fuss was about.  But that's hind sight.  The truth is we were new
to getting MACS into a client/server LAN and there were many steps in
getting there.  Since there was no blinking red neon sign saying 'THIS
STEP IS THE PROBLEM', we needed assurance at each step and guidance at
every fork in the road.

And THAT IS WHERE THE REST OF YOU came in.  You confirmed that we did
do some of the steps right.  And you gave us help in using diagnostics
to check for other 'leaks'.

And now we got what we came for: Macs able to use their CC:MAIL with
our PC's and their CC:MAIL. 

And we once again thank each and every one of you for your time and
assistance.

Sincerely,
Harry Abramowski
and 
Ray Hileman
Futuredontics, Inc.