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  4. From: mikeh@qualis.com (Michael T. Horne)
  5. Subject: INFO NEEDED: Mutual file server for NFS *AND* Novell networks?
  6. Message-ID: <C0538L.DB@qualis.com>
  7. Followup-To: poster
  8. Organization: Qualis Design Corporation, Beaverton, OR
  9. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:53:09 GMT
  10. Lines: 33
  11.  
  12.  
  13. I'm looking for a commercial (or other) networking product that does the
  14. following:
  15.  
  16.     - Runs on an IBM PC clone
  17.     - SIMULTANEOUSLY acts as a file server for:
  18.         -- a Novell network (for PCs on a local net)
  19.           -- an ethernet network or SLIP p-p link (for Sun workstation
  20.            access via NFS)
  21.  
  22. Basically I'm looking for a file server that can serve both Novell clients
  23. and NFS clients that are on separate nets, possibly linked via a SLIP
  24. telephone link.  Visually, it looks like this:
  25.  
  26.                                                            +-----+   +-----+
  27.                                                            | P C |   | P C |
  28.                                                            +-----+   +-----+
  29.                                                               |         |
  30.    +-------------+                       +-------------+      |         |
  31.    |     Sun     |    SLIP phone link    |      PC     |      |         |
  32.    |             |<--------------------->|             |<---------------------
  33.    | Workstation |   <-- NFS access -->  | File Server |  <-- Novel access -->
  34.    +-------------+                       +-------------+
  35.  
  36.  
  37. Alternatively, is there an SBus card and kernel driver software for
  38. Sparcstations that allows Novell network file access from PCs?
  39.  
  40. Please reply via e-mail.  Thanks in advance!
  41.  
  42. Mike Horne
  43. mikeh@qualis.com
  44.  
  45.