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From: alawlor@dit.ie (Aengus Lawlor)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Multiple Novell Servers on on eEthernet
Message-ID: <7270.25e3b569@dit.ie>
Date: 22 Feb 90 09:48:25 GMT
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In article <1990Feb20.113920.19222@hellgate.utah.edu>, haas@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas) writes:
> 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... 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.
> 
> We have about 35 Novell servers on our campus wide Ethernet or its broadband
> extension, with no significant problems.  Did you make sure that each server
> has a unique name?  Also I would recommend that you plan for the future and
> insist that all Novell machines use ECONFIG to generate Ethernet packet
> framing, so that you don't run into problems with 802.2 DSAP=FF SSAP=FF
> at some future time.
> 
> Cheers  -- Walt Haas    haas@cs.utah.edu
Two questions.
  1) Can somebody explain to me what ECONFIG is for? ( I have seen it mentioned
     in the dox, but I amn't sure what added functionally it gives me).
  2) I expect to soon have the same problem with multiple 3Com servers on a 
     single LAN. Anybody care to give me the same step by step advice for 3Com
     that Dave Rocks is asking for Novell ?  :-)     
-- 
Aengus Lawlor    Dept of Computer Science.           Time flies like an arrow,
ALAWLOR@DIT.IE   Dublin Institute of Technology.     Fruit-flies like a banana
                 Kevin Street. Dublin 8. Ireland.