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From: ljm@OBELIX.TWG.COM
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: IPX and TCP/IP concurrently
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Date: 30 Jun 90 01:28:21 GMT
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>We resently acquired a new office and have been told to make them 
>technically compatible with our systems.  They currently have a
>server (Samsung) with Novell Netware 2.1.2 running over Arcnet; and
>they have 16 Z-248 pcs connected via Arcnet to this Novell Server.  
>We are to convert them to TCP/IP running on Ethernet.              
>
>We'd like to put the TCP/IP down to the pc level to give the pcs the 
>total protocol suite (such as telnet, ftp, nfs, etc ...), so we'd 
>like to avoid just putting a gateway or bridging board in the Novell
>Server if possible....

You need not throw away your Arcnet boards to get a full TCP/IP stack
on each of your workstations.  Software is available from Wollongong
and clarkson which encapsulates IP within IPX allowing any Novell
workstation to support 'telnet, ftp, nfs, etc ...'.

>We believe this will work; however, since we don't have it currently 
>running anywhere we'd like someone who has seen it work (or who knows
>beyond a shadow of a doubt that it will work) to PLEASE let us know 
>if we can do this...

If you do convert to dual TCP/IP and IPX stacks over Ethernet cards,
I am happy to report that real live people have gotten Novell to work
with NFS/TCP/IP software products from FTP software, SUN, Beame and
Whiteside, and The Wollongong Group.

enjoy,
leo j mclaughlin iii
The Wollongong Group
ljm@twg.com