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From: saddison@ca.excelan.com (Skip Addison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: com server for novell
Message-ID: <1991Mar12.155851.4789@novell.com>
Date: 13 Mar 91 07:47:56 GMT
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References: <1991Mar11.202025.1@max.u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 15:58:51 GMT

> kung@max.u.washington.edu is looking for a "com port server" for NetWare.
> He wants to make a modem publicly sharable.

If you're looking for a single-modem solution, there are several third-party 
products which do this.  Modem-Assist from Fresh Technologies (602-497-4210) 
is one.  NMP from Network Products (818-441-6504) is another.  There are 
others (Sparkle comes to mind), but I don't have company names and/or phone 
numbers for them handy.

For multiple modems, Novell sells the NetWare Async Communication Server
(NACS) software and WNIM+ hardware (they go together).  Again, third-parties
have other solutions.  All multi-port solutions require special hardware
to handle the multiple ports.

-- Skip