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- From: gill@eagle (Warren Gill)
- Subject: Re: Lan Manager/Novell modem link?
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 23:33:03 GMT
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- bob@comlab.gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman) writes:
- : With LAN Manager 2.1 Microsoft provides an IPX/SPX interface for your
- : Novell redirector and stack to use along with the LAN Manager stack and
- : redirector. It probably takes up a bit of memory when you get them all
- : loaded but NDIS 2.0 supports dynamic loading and unloading of protocol
- : stacks drivers can be moved in and out of memory as needed. I haven't
- : actually tried it. I generally try to avoid Novell. But it looks pretty
- : simple from the installation documents.
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- I have NETBEUI, TCP/IP, an NDIS<->Packet "shim", and NDIS<->IPX drivers
- running on one PC. They all Work! Netware Connectivity package from Microsoft
- is easy to install, and easy to use (just type 'NWLOAD' and the driver
- loads, and you LOGIN to Novell - type 'NWUNLOAD' to unload the drivers when
- you are done). Also, if the installation detects a copy of MS Windows, it
- loads network drivers which allow you to logon and connect resources from
- within Windows! For example, "Connect Net Drive" in file manager prompts
- you for "NetWare" or "LAN Manager". Neat!
- --wg
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