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mac on novell network
Name: bruce Date: October 23, 2002 at 07:58:46 Pacific OS: novell vs. 5 CPU/Ram: Imac
Comment:
is it possible to have one mac on a Novell network ( otherwise full of PC's running windows 2k) using novell vs.5. The problem seems to be that Novell uses SPX/IPX instead of TCP/IP. Does anyone know if there is an official solution to this problem (or do we have to dump Novell!!)
Name: the pickle Date: October 23, 2002 at 18:48:22 Pacific
Reply:
Check with Novell. IIRC, they have clients for both OS X and OS 9.
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Response Number 2
Name: Chad Date: October 24, 2002 at 06:14:30 Pacific
Reply:
Novell 5, AFAIK, has native TCP/IP. Whether your network is using IPX or TCP/IP is another story. They may have reason to use IPX (maybe because of some archaic, IPX-based software), but it is possible to run both simultaneously.
If they're not or can't run TCP/IP for some reason, then you'd need a Novell client. Novell, about 4 years ago or so, sold off all of their Mac-related stuff to ProSoft engineering. I think a single Mac client will run you about $100-150, but don't quote me on that. Go to http://www.prosoft.com.
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