I am trying to set up a basic computer network one computer containing novell server and the other containing windows 2003 server as the client workstation this will have console one and all the other graphical tools. The version of novell i am running is novell 6.5 evaluation off the website. Now im starting from scratch i have no novell products installed do i use the deployment manager first? And if so what steps do i have to complete in the network preparation part? Then once i get to the install 6.5 automate installation part what are the best options to use for configurations if i want to set up a basic communication between client and server so users can login etc? Tell me which protocols too choose and which desired pattern to install should i use the pre configured servers if so which ones? When i fill in the IP address is that for the server? Do i have to worry about SLP and multicasting for a basic network like this with only two computers? Lastly what is a DA server and what address do i put in there? Do i really need multicasting or a SLP scope list or a directory agent? Could you tell me step by step in detail please.. thankyou cheers joe help help!

you don't need to configure slp. run install and choose the management server. skip dns configuration. you need a tree name , organisation name and one static ip address of your enviroment. skip all other questions. install the client 49sp2 on the server and login. (if the doesn't see the tree, enter the ip address of the server ) regards mike pacholke www.hsinet.de www.alte-netware.de www.old-netware.com