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From: cse0421@desire.wright.edu
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Subject: Re: Multiple Novell Servers on on eEthernet
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Date: 22 Feb 90 01:36:21 GMT
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In article <539@opus.NMSU.EDU>, rocks@nmsu.edu (Dave Rocks) writes:
> 	We have several Novell networks spread about on campus. They
> 	currently use ELS II, ver 2.12, and have 4 to 8 stations. We
> 	recently connected one of these office lans to the campus ethernet,
> 	using NCSA Telnet and Packet Driver support to connect the stations
> 	to our IBM mainframe databases. Everything works fine and now other
> 	offices wish to put their Lans on the campus net. But their are
> 	problems putting multiple Novell servers on the same wire. As soon
> 	as the second system is fired up, both systems get ROUTER errors and
> 	they both hang up. We have been told multiple servers are possible,
> 	but have as yet been unable to get it to work. WE know that there
> 	might be a technique using multiple ethernet adapters in each
> 	server, but we quickly run into shortages of interrupts, etc., and
> 	don't feel this is the preferred solution. We currently have
> 	requests from 4 sparate office lans to be added to the network. If
> 	anyone can give a step-by-step discription of how to add multiple
> 	Novell servers to a campus wide ethernet network, we would be very
> 	appreciative.
> 
> 
> 							Thanx in advance,
> 							Dave Rocks
> 							rocks@nmsu.edu
> 							505-646-2633
> 							Q
> 							:q

If you are getting what I think you are we ran into this problem at work
when we put a second Novell server on our network.  

When you run Netgen to generate the NetWare one of the parameters it asks you
for is Network Address.  All Novell servers on the same cable must have the
same Network Address.  They have different node addresses which are 
determined by the network card but the Network address must be the same. 
If they are different you will get routing errors.  This Network Address 
is used by  Netware to determine which line to send messages out on and when
it receives more than one Network Address from the same card it prints a 
routing error message.

 				John Wolf
		
			CSE0421@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU