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- From: aiko@opium.cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes)
- Subject: Need advice on accessing Oracle on a Sun LAN from a Novell LAN
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.180228.16213@cs.odu.edu>
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- Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:02:28 GMT
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- A friend of mine is trying to figure out how to make an Oracle database
- located on a Sun sparc (running SunOS with windows) accessible from nodes on a
- Novell PC LAN. I don't think he's bought anything yet; he just wants the
- configuration needed. He wants to be able to run forms, etc from the PCs
- while the database resides on the Suns using TCP/IP. He's got some sort of
- box called a xyplex that things plug into (not sure what that is) - he thinks
- that DECNET is somehow involved with the xyplex (but again - I'm not sure).
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- The main problem is: how does he connect the Sun LAN to the Novell LAN
- for Oracle communication. I think Novell talks with IPX packets - would
- he need some sort of IPX adapter? I'm sure Oracle will run in both the
- Sun and Novell environments - what packages does he need to connect them?
- He said something about SQL*Net with SQL*Star for connecting - I don't
- know what SQL*Star is....
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- Any ideas on the hardware needed and software needed? Thanks.
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- ---{john hayes} OLDOMINISITY; Norfolk, Virginia USA
- internet: aiko@cs.odu.edu
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