any1 know of a any way to connect two netware 3.12 servers via a dialup hotline there are two sites with 2 independent 3.12 servers a hotline is the only connectivity possible between these two sites can i connect hese two servers and if so how plz help not a netware expert but know my basics well ...........

LOL, you would need 2 router 3.12->router(IPX)----router(IPX)->3.12 One router is the Dialup server and the other is doing the dailing.. you have to route IPX

could it be possible to use two 98/2kp clients to do this as in there are windows clients in the network is it possible to establish connectivity via these terminals the two servers run a customized FOXPRO based inventory software and need a stable OS and 3.12 seems to work fine. without incident since the day it was installed 6 yrs ago.... the need is to now establish a backup solution across these sites using Norton Ghost for netware and a dialup hotline regular file transfers are not needed i.e. only a ghost image has to b transmitted ............

You would not need routers to route ipx between dialup. You could do server modem to server modem. NWconnect was the product, if I can recall back that far, that could do this for you. This would only be viable if it was a local call. But expecting dialup to xfer Norton Ghost images... I don't think a proper bandwidth analysis of what is proposed has been done. You should seriously consider a Point to Point or Frame Relay link between these two offices. Talk to your local phone company. A point to point is better.

norton ghost uses TCP/IP think i could use that to rout traffic off a 98/2kp machine the hotline is a CDMA based hotline which the company claims will support transfers upto 112kbps speed is not an issue if it took all nite thats fine time fram 4 bakup is 10 - 12 hrs alternative like isdn etc ar not even remotel feasible financially backup need not be a complete one but incremental the overall change at the end of the day is not more than 5-10 mb anyways the software uses new database files for each days transaction and if we incrementaly back up only those file that would be great so the need is to rout traffic TCP or IPX off a windows client to establis connectivity beetween two novell 3.12 networks possible ????