Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!dmshq!com50!craig From: craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Novell support on Sun workstations Message-ID: <1991Jan4.144639.20138@com50.c2s.mn.org> Date: 4 Jan 91 14:46:39 GMT References: <1991Jan3.082322.23410@hellgate.utah.edu> Organization: Com Squared Systems, Inc. Lines: 50 In article <1991Jan3.082322.23410@hellgate.utah.edu> haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes: >Does anybody have any idea what it takes to get Novell support on >a Sun workstation? I asked Grover Righter at Novell this question a few >months ago and he laughed and said "It's not even on the list". This >is a pretty serious shortcoming as far as we are concerned. > >Thanks -- Walt This is my primary concern, also. When it comes to Novell, I consider myself pretty ignurnt. I have to try to get a Novell network connected to my Sun Sparcstation and then try to get my program to work, though. My program uses Berkeley sockets to establish communications from IBM PC's to the Sparcstation, with the PC's running Sun's PC-NFS and 3Com ethernet cards. I have been monitoring this group for awhile to see if this specific issue was being addressed. I have been trying to make sense of the IPX encapsulation in TCP/IP packets. To date, I haven't seen much that I can directly relate to my problem. I guess my request for information boils down to this: Novell 3.1 Network |===================================================| I I I I I I +---------+ +---+ +---+ | | | | | | | Sun | +---+ +---+ | Sparc 2 | +---------+ +---------+ | | |IBM PS/2 | |IBM PS/2 | +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ What hardware is required? What software is required? What about network driver interference in the PC? Will I have to run two networks? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated and I will summarize any response that I receive. I have got to believe that in the global quest to tie everything to everything, this problem has come up and been resolved. /craig ---- Craig S. Wilson | Democracy |uucp path under construction. Com Squared Systems, Inc | is not a |craig@c2s.mn.org 2520 Pilot Knob Road | spectator |(612) 452-9522 voice Mendota Heights MN 55120 | sport. |(612) 452-3607 fax