Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Path: utzoo!telly!problem!skypod!scott
From: scott@skypod.uucp (Scott Campbell)
Subject: connecting distant Novell LANs
Message-ID: <1991Mar3.124359.20310@skypod.uucp>
Organization: Skypod Communications Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 91 12:43:59 GMT

I have recently been put in charge of a small Novell net (having no
previous experience with them but this is the best way to learn, right?)

Our head office has a similar LAN (Netware 2.15 I think) in Ottawa.  Right
now we have a low-speed X.25 link connecting the two servers.  Is it
possible to connect the LANs with high speed modems that would dial-up
on an as-needed basis (the amount of traffic between the two systems is
relatively low, but when it needs to go, it needs to go.)

Also, could I use the same modem at my end to dial up a unix site to
receive uucp mail?  (I have a unix site at home that I would like to use to
feed news/mail in the novell system).

I was thinking of getting a couple of V32 modems (and maybe one for the 
Montreal office as well) and using them as I mentioned above.  Could the
modems be used for dial-in usage when not being used for any of the above?

There are some ps/2's lying around that could be used as dedicated modem
servers if necessary... (they are running the x25 link right now)


scott
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Scott J.M. Campbell                                        scott@skypod.uucp
Skypod Communications Inc.                      ..!uunet!scocan!skypod!scott 
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