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Simon Cheng <syccheng@hk.super.net> wrote:

>Hi everybody,

>Our library has an CD-ROM network using a Netware compatitble CD-ROM
>networking application called "Optinet" and it works fine in our 
>workstations using WFW 3.1.  The startup process first loads Netware IPX
>and then call a batch file to load Optinet.

>Recently, we try to upgarde our workstations to Win95 and use its
>built-in "Clent for Netware" but Optinet stops working.  Until now,
>Optinet doesn't produce its Win95 version.  Does anyone can suggest me a
>way to solve this problem?  Is Nwclient32 for Win95 useful?

We've run into similar problems;  our decision was to phase out the
optinet server - it's pretty old anyway - and just use peer-peer drive
sharing.  ie:  pick a CDRom equipped workstation and "share" its CDRom
drive;  then use file mgr/explorre on the other WSs and "connect" to
that CDRom.  It's not the greatest solution - often on boot-up, the
connection doesn't get reestablished;  the user then has to double
click the drive to reconnect.  We're buying all new systems with
CDRoms now, so haven't pursued the issue further.

BTW, this drive sharing won't work over a bridge or router - the
clients have to be on the same token ring...