🚀 go-pugleaf

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On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Chris Owen wrote:

> Barbara,
>
> There are quite a few options depending on your setup.
>
> If you can run IPX on the backbone, you can do this fairly easily.  Just load
> IPX on the PCs and bind IPX to the backbone NIC in your server.  You can use
> NETX and the IPX and real mode NDIS drivers that comes with WFW or use VLMs.
> If you use VLMs, you will need to use ODI based drivers and load ODIHLP to
> provide an NDIS layer on top of these for WFW's TCP/IP stack.  This should
> all be covered in the WFW Resource Kit from Microsoft.
>
> If the backbone does not let IPX through and you need TCP/IP for WFW's file
> and print services then you are stuck.  The only reasonable way to run
> NetWare over TCP/IP is to use NetWare/IP.  To do this you need NetWare/IP on
> the server and Novell's TCP/IP stack (included) on the client. Unfortunately
> this stack doesn't support WFW's file and print services.  If you need
> Windows and NetWare file and print services then you need to upgrade the
> backbone to IPX; run a local NetWare/IP server (single user runtime is OK)
> for the WFW machines to act as an IP/IPX gateway; or wait and upgrade the
> WFW PCs to Windows 95 and Novell's Client32 NetWare client which will allow
> Windows and NetWare to share the one TCP/IP stack.
>
> In our case, we use the first option with VLMs and run IPX (routed) on the
> backbone.
>
Thanks for the reply. I know I can't run IPX on our backbone. I know that
would make my life easier, but ... Another perosn suggested that I look
into IPTunnel and using LAN Workplace on the workstations. I'm going to
give that a try.

--Barbara
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