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- From: bm29@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Bob Matsuoka)
- Subject: Re: Windows For Workgroups + NetWare = ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.231520.11859@news.columbia.edu>
- Keywords: W4W NetWare Lantastic
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- References: <chris.206.728167640@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu> <sholmste.8.0@novell.com> <C1KuoF.Mu2@world.std.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:15:20 GMT
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- In article <C1KuoF.Mu2@world.std.com> nectar@world.std.com (Jacques A Vidrine) writes:
- >sholmste@novell.com (Shawn Holmstead) writes:
- >
- >>In article <chris.206.728167640@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu> chris@marvin.ag.uidaho.edu (Chris Magagna) writes:
- >>>I have a faculty with a CD-ROM drive in his machine about to connect to our
- >>>3.11 network. He wants to make this drive available to a few of his
- >>>research associates.
- >>>
- >>>Our original plan was to install Windows for Workgroups on the three
- >>>machines, but our local software dealer informs me that W4W and NetWare
- >>>cannot coexist (presumably because of the falling out between Novell and
- >>>Microsoft), and he recommends Lantastic.
- >
- >Windows for Workgroups and Netware coexist without any problems. Your
- >software dealer is terribly uninformed.
- >
- >Windows for Workgroups works much better than Lantastic+Windows. One catch
- >you want to look out for, however, is that in order for a workstation to
- >share its resources (like your faculty member's machine), it must be able to
- >run in Windows enhanced mode. This means you need a 386sx or better with
- >2 Mb RAM or (hopefully) more.
- >
- >>>
- >>>Lantastic will be a more expensive solution (Microsoft gives great
- >>>educational discounts), plus it's an unknown quantity because we've never
- >>>used it here before.
- >>>
- >>>So, faithful net, will W4W work with NetWare, or should I go with Lantastic,
- >>>or is there something behind door #3? Thanks for any help.
- >
- >>You might want to consider NetWare Lite 1.1. NetWare Lite co-exists fine
- >>with NetWare 3.11 and will allow you to share the CD drive. Just load the
- >>NetWare Lite server program on the machine with the CD, and the client
- >>program on the 2 other machines who want to access the CD. You will have to
- >>have 3 copies of NetWare Lite though because each copy is serialized.
- >
- >NetWare Lite 1.1 is a bigger pain in the neck to integrate with Netware 3.11
- >than Windows for Workgroups or Lantastic. Its features, performance, and
- >Windows support are all below average.
- >
- >I've used all three of the products in various configurations. I would
- >GUESS (all I can do, without knowing specifics of your situation) that
- >WfWG would be your best bet.
- >
- >Oh, yeah, I forgot the obvious: if you don't expect to use Windows primarily,
- >then WfWG is probably the wrong choice. Go with Lantastic.
- >--
- >Jacques A. Vidrine... |
- >nectar@world.std.com | What man has made,
- > | man can destroy.
- > |
-
- One caveat: if you use a netware server to route segements of your network, WFW workstations will not be able to share data between them. --B
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- Bob Matsuoka
- New Lab for Teaching and Learning
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