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From: dah@zoot.avgrp.cr.rok.com (Dave Haverkamp)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: BANYAN VINES & NICs
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.151230.16655@zoot.avgrp.cr.rok.com>
Date: 28 Jan 91 15:12:30 GMT
References: <1167600001@ax>
Organization: Rockwell International; Cedar Rapids, IA
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In article <1167600001@ax> idrcmon@ax.UUCP writes:
>
>FROM: Maria noel Irazoqui
>idrcmon
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>REF: LAN & ETHERNET NICs
>
>1) Are Novell Ethernet NICs suitable for a Banyan Vines LAN?
>
>2) Can I do internal bridges in a Banyan vines Server?
>If possible, haw many (maximum) cards can I put?

  We never used Novell Ethernet cards with Banyan.  Chances are pretty
good that Banyan supports them.  Check in the configuration software for
the current supported Network cards.  ( We use 3COM Ethernet, and SMC or
Thomas Conrad ARCNET.)  You should be able to have 4 network connections
in each fileserver.  Each card can be different.  ICA boards don't affect
this limitation unless you are doing WAN connections. ( You should check
the current documentation on ICA boards on this point.)  We also used some
old NESTAR ARCNET boards with Banyan, at least in the old 4.77 MHz PCs. 
Thankfully most of them have been fased out.  To many people would get an 
new faster PC and try running the old network board in it. ( Not with very good 
luck in most cases.) 
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David A. Haverkamp                    Collins Commercial Avionics Division
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