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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5652 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:51:53 EST Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:20708 comp.unix.bsd:9426 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!emory!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!jti.com!richb From: richb@jti.com (Richard Braun) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Connecting Novell networks of 286 to linux/386bsd Message-ID: <Bzz8ts.9HL@jti.com> Date: 28 Dec 92 16:08:11 GMT Article-I.D.: jti.Bzz8ts.9HL References: <hancu.724508876@clouso> Sender: news@jti.com (News Admin) Organization: Jupiter Technology Inc. / Waltham, MA Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: bart.jti.com 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.