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From: chaiklin@shibuya.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Chaiklin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Naive Novell Questions
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Date: 13 Aug 90 08:30:25 GMT
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Reply-To: chaiklin@shibuya.cc.columbia.edu (Seth Chaiklin)
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I am a "mere user" of a Novell LAN and I would like to ask a few
questions to protect myself from the forces of evil (i.e. SA) that
tell me that "it cannot be done."  I apologize if this is the wrong
place to post these questions and would appreciate some direction to
the right place.

We are running Novell Netware 2.12 Rev B with an ethernet,
I think mostly 3Com 3c501 cards.

1.  Is it possible to control access to printers on the LAN so 
that only certain people can get access to certain printers?

2.  Is it possible to have a log made of each use of a printer?

3.  What are the virtues/problems of making a bridge vs.
connecting all the machines into one big LAN?
Doesn't a bridge just make one big LAN with more
performance problems?

4.  If there is a bridge, then it should be possible to get access to any
printer on EITHER network, right?

5.  Is there any problem with mixing different ethernet cards
in a Novell LAN.  The SA claims that we cannot use different
cards on the same LAN.

Many thanks for your help.

Seth Chaiklin

chaiklin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
seth@ny-yn.UUCP