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From: marmoset@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Dave Walker)
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Subject: Re: Netware 3.1 Woes!
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Date: 20 Dec 90 21:21:01 GMT
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In article <2770E73E.660@orion.oac.uci.edu> ajauch@orion.oac.uci.edu (Alex Jauch) writes:
>As per a request from the net here are the gritty details of my setup.
>
>We have a 4Mb Token-Ring serving 39 stations.  The server is a PS/2 80
>with a 200Mb SCSI drive.  I have tried this on a couple of work stations,
>a PS/2 55sx, 60 and 65sx.  All are running the exact same software.  We have
>IPX v3.01 Rev B; NET4 V3.01 Rev B; IBM LAN Support Program V1.02.  IPX is
>using IBM Token-Ring v2.50.  All the other stations in the office are
>running IPX v2.15 Rev B.
>
>My question remains:  Are the different versions of IPX on my network causing
>my new stations to loose their connection with the server?
>

In my experience, yes.  We had tons of problems when we changed network
cards on our server and in some of teh workstations because we didn't 
upgrade all of the IPX drivers at the same time.  These problems were
reduced drastically when we completed the upgrade.

>Thanks in advance for any info.
>
>
>-- 
>Alex Jauch
>*ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu       |"If all you have is a hammer, then the whole*
>*ajauch@orion.oac.uci.edu        |world looks like a nail" -- Stolen          *

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