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Article #11231Re: Connect Novell with SUN
From: Joe R. Doupnik
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 04:06
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 04:06
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In article <sctchen.677293736@griffin>, sctchen@griffin.itc.gu.edu.au (Jungle Chain) writes: > > In my department, we have a Novell-286 system with the NE-1000 cards, > and also have 3 SUN sparc stations which have been connected each other. > > My problem is how I can connect the Novell-286 system with those suns > by using NE-1000 card only. Need I get extra software? Many thanks > for your help. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > J.CHEN > School of Microelectronic Eng. Telephone: +61-7-8755050 > Griffith University E-Mail: sctchen@griffin.itc.gu.edu.au > Nathan, QLD 4111 > Australia > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- It won't work. The SUNs do not speak NetWare IPX packets and NW/286 understands nothing of IP packets. In addition the SUNs will beat the poor NE1000 board to a pulp in a clock tic. Suggestion is to upgrade the NW server to NW 3.11 with NFS support and stick in a faster Ethernet board. Joe D.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!jrd From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe R. Doupnik) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Connect Novell with SUN Message-ID: <1991Jun18.220657.48149@cc.usu.edu> Date: 18 Jun 91 22:06:57 MDT References: <sctchen.677293736@griffin> Organization: Utah State University Lines: 21