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From: ehaubach@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Edward Haubach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Macintosh with NetWare 386
Keywords: Mac, NetWare 386
Message-ID: <645@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 20 Dec 90 17:24:32 GMT
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tom@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu (Tom Gerace) writes:

>We will soon be installing a nice big server with Novell
>NetWare 386.  We have the need to attach an existing AppleTalk
>network to this server, but are unsure if this is possible
>with NetWare 386.

>Can this be done right now?

Unfortunately NetWare 386 does not yet support AppleTalk directly.  In
order for Macs to access Novell NetWare servers you must have a NetWare
2.15 server or bridge running the Mac VAPs.  The VAPs are necessary to
convert AppleTalk to NetWare.  Once a bridge or server has been set up
to run these VAPs any NetWare server, 286, 386, Portable, can be made
a "target server" and you can access that server from Mac clients.  These
VAPs come with Novell's NetWare For Macintosh product, which I assume you
can find at any Novell dealer.

If you do not have a 286 server or bridge I think you're SOL until
Novell comes out with a Macintosh NLM for its 386 servers.