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From: haas@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: novell with tcpip
Message-ID: <1990Jan15.210520.16989@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 90 04:05:20 GMT
References: <854@gator.usl.edu> <966@excelan.COM>
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <966@excelan.COM> manoj@excelan.COM (manoj @ Prod Mktg) writes:
>In article <854@gator.usl.edu>, pcb@gator.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) writes:
>> I have netware 286 on IBM PS/2s 70 and 80s.  
>> Does anyone know > of some tcp/ip software that will run under netware 286?

>Peter..
>
>Novell offers a TCP/IP product for PC's (both DOS and OS/2) and MAcintosh
>that allow concurrent TCP/IP and Netware connectivity transparently.
>
>The product family is called LAN WorkPlace and it includes all standard
>TCP/IP suite of protocols, RFC complinat NetBIOS, and telnet (vt100/220,
> tn3270 etc.)

We seem to be having some difficulty with getting a product that will
support Appleshare on a Novell file server, and still do proper Ethernet
framing.  I flatly refuse to permit any non-standard framing on the
University computer network, and the major issue in this area is the Novell
packet framing which uses the 802.3 header format but does not include an
802.2 header.  I anticipate that if this becomes established here it will
lead to major problems when we start implementing the ISO protocols, probably
this year sometime.  The Novell ECONFIG option, where available, does give
Ethernet standard framing, but there seems to be some conflict between
Appleshare support and ECONFIG.

Walt Haas    haas@cs.utah.edu    utah-cs!haas