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- From: richb@jti.com (Richard Braun)
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- Subject: Re: Connecting Novell networks of 286 to linux/386bsd
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 16:08:11 GMT
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- In article <hancu.724508876@clouso> hancu@crim.ca (Marius Hancu) writes:
- >most of their PCs are tied up in Novell Netware networks ...
- >
- >They would like to have linux/386bsd on the server and have dumb terminal
- >windows
- >I have to mention there are several (not just one) 286s connected to a 386
- >server. In Romania, there are hundreds of 286 running just dos/windows,
- >and I'd like to change that...
- >
- >I wonder if any of you has any experience in this area? I would
- >appreciate learning first of all about public domain tools ...
-
- Get CUTCP and the Clarkson drivers from omnigate.clarkson.edu (or
- sun.soe.clarkson.edu if it's not there). I successfully ran a Novell
- network of about 60 users with CUTCP at my former employer, and my new
- employer is pretty happy with this solution as well. IMHO, it's better
- than Novell's own pricey TCP/IP product, LAN Workplace. Especially on
- older machines, the nice thing about CUTCP versus Lan Workplace is the
- memory overhead: a packet driver adds about 3K of overhead, whereas most
- commercial TCP/IP products want a full TCP/IP protocol stack left resident
- in memory (on the order of 60K). With CUTCP, you unload the TCP/IP code
- whenever you're not using it.
-
- With this combination of software, you can log into a Novell server,
- then into a UNIX (or Linux) host whenever you like. You can even ftp
- files directly between the UNIX server and the Novell server.
-
- Wonder if Novell will ever port NetWare to Linux? ;-)
-
- -rich
- P.S. Has anyone set up a bootp server under Linux? That'd make it really
- nice in an environment like the one described here: a single CONFIG.TEL
- file on the Novell server could satisfy everyone, making system administration
- easier. Even without it, CUTCP is pretty easy to set up.
-