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K. Marshall (hmslaw@polaristel.net) wrote:
: In article <4sll4f$h9e@clarknet.clark.net>, tsr@clark.net says...
: >
: >We're looking to replace an old Novell NACS/NASI comm. server with a
: >present day solution, one that's preferably Windows-based (ie. no DOS
: >TSR's required, drivers are all Windows .DLL based) and works over NetWare
: >3.12. 

: FWIW - We've installed within the last 3-4 months a NetWare Connect 2 server 
: and have had quite satisfactory dial out performance.  We use it mostly for 
: dialing out to online services (Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, Compuserve) as well as 
: to our ISP for net access.  Installed NWC2 on a clone pc (P75) running NW4.1 
: runtime.  I'd like to tell you more but was installed mostly by consultants 
: and has run nearly transparently since then.  Only SNAFUs in dial-in processes 
:  which are mostly due to old remote control software and hardware.  Also can't 
: comment on costs because I was more interested in smooth integration with the 
: rest of my NW environment.  General experience - very positive.

NWC2 works quite well under 3.12. The win2ncs drivers are all windows
based and there is an upgrade available that even works with windows
95's mapi drivers. Dialing in through ppp is a no-brainer with 95
also (and I presume, though haven't tested, any win31 ppp software.)

Joe