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In article <Jan.27.09.01.17.1993.24454@gandalf.rutgers.edu> abhagwat@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Anand Bhagwat) writes:

>  We have six Novell 3.11 servers at Facilities at Rutgers University.
>We need remote users to dial-in into our system for entering data into
>database systems. Based on a LAN times review, I bought Shiva Corp. 
>Lanrover /E for a 10 Base-T ethernet and we got burned. The thing
>doesn't work for a file server-PC environment. It is very very slow
>(using 9600 V.42 modems). It takes literally 5 minutes to go from one
>screen to the other.

Are you perhaps expecting too much? 9600 bps is less than 1/1000th of
Ethernets' data rate. It's going to take much longer, particulalry
if you're trying to run any kind of graphics, over such a link.

>                     We need remote dial-in to access two DBMS :
>1) An Xbase product writteen in DBXL Quicksilver.
>2) An Advanced Revelation product.

Do these have a text-mode front end? If so, you may need to try it.
(Look for something you can configure for a terminal or something of
the sort, or at least try a monochrome setup.)

>Does anyone have experience with products which work well in file
>server environments ? We need around 4 to 8 remote users to dial in 
>simultaneously on each server.

I suspect the problem is too much data trying to be stuffed through
too small a pipe. (I hate Windows, menus, pop-up-pull-down-exploding
screens, and all that. Incredible waste of resources. :-) )

There are async servers, that will function basically the same as
your Shiva. Novell has one (something like NACS comes to mind), and
there're some others. I really doubt, though, that they'll solve your
problem.


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