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- From: lam@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken Lam)
- Subject: Re: Appletalk to Ethernet
- References: <1992Dec31.045311.1043179@zeus.calpoly.edu> <GLEN.92Dec31103238@midway.Cayman.COM>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:19:34 GMT
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- glen@Cayman.COM (Glen B. Glater) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec31.045311.1043179@zeus.calpoly.edu> gluna@zeus.calpoly.edu (George Luna) writes:
-
- > >I want to hook a Mac to a Novell network of PCs. The PC network
- > >is using Ethernet. Is there a card I can buy for my Mac that
- > >will allow it to talk to Ethernet, or is there
- > >a box that will convert from Appletalk to Ethernet?
- > >
- > >Do I need special software in addition to hardware? How much
- > >will everything cost?
- > >
- > >Thanks,
- > >gluna@nike.calpoly.edu
-
- > >George:
-
- >You can put an Ethernet card in your Mac, but that will only give you
- >physical connectivity to your Ethernet network.
-
- >You don't convert between AppleTalk and Ethernet. Ethernet only
- >describes cable, and AppleTalk is the protocol that Macs speak. You
- >need to convert between AppleTalk and IPX, which is the protocol that
- >Novell servers speak.
-
- >Novell makes a product called "Netware for Macintosh" that is a NLM
- >that you load on your 3.11 server and some software that you load on
- >your Mac. That will give your Mac connectivity to the server.
-
- >Dayna also makes a similar product, but I don't know much about it.
-
- Dayna's product is called netmounter which allows an individual mac to mount
- a Netware drive. However, the Mac.nlm gives multiple macs connectivity and
- fileserving/printserving capabilities.
-
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