NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/dcom/lans/misc/1073

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From: [e-mail] (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc,comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: INFO NEEDED: Mutual file server for NFS *AND* Novell networks?
Followup-To: comp.sys.novell
Date: 31 Dec 1992 21:31:40 -0500
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael T. Horne) writes:
>Basically I'm looking for a file server that can serve both Novell clients
>and NFS clients that are on separate nets, possibly linked via a SLIP
>telephone link.  Visually, it looks like this:

What you want is Novell Netware 3.11 with Netware NFS.  It will
probably run you somewhere between $6,000 and $15,000, depending on
how many users your Netware license is for.  Plus, of course, the cost
of the PC hardware.  It will do everything you need, except for
SLIP -- I don't think Novell has any SLIP support.  You will probably
have to get a router with SLIP or PPP capabilities, attach it to your
net, and have your remote stations dial into the router in order to
talk to the server.

--
Marc Unangst, N8VRH         | "Of course, in order to understand this you
[e-mail]   |  have to remember that the nucleus of the atom
                            |  is squishy."
                            |    -W. Scheider, from a Physics lecture