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- From: richard@grover.clarity.com (Richard Kinoshita)
- Subject: Re: Integrating NeXT and Novell with 3.0.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.040255.2454@grover.clarity.com>
- Organization: Clarity Software, Inc.
- References: <1992Sep10.142055.24373@Princeton.EDU> <1992Sep10.191204.1806@ni.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 04:02:55 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1992Sep10.191204.1806@ni.umd.edu> louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep10.142055.24373@Princeton.EDU> tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU () writes:
- >
- >> The network at our institute uses a so-called Arcnet interface
- >> to connect the server with the workstations, with simple
- >> telephone wires and standard U.S. telephone plugs.
- >>
- >>Can anyone tell me what will be involved in connecting the
- >>NeXTStation to the network, under NeXTStep 3.0?
- >
- >You can't (easily). ARCNET, while using similar wire and connectors
- >is not compatible with 10Base-T ethernet which is available on the
- >NeXT. You would need a MAC-level ARCNET/Ethernet bridge if you wanted
- >to use the NeXT as an Novell client. This is hardly a cheap or cost
- >effective approach.
- >
-
- Actually it's not all that difficult. You can drop an ethernet board
- (one that supports thinnet or 10BaseT) in the Netware server, Regen the
- OS (NW 2.x) or load the appropriate driver (NW 3.x) so the server uses
- both NICs. Now, hook your NeXTstation up to the ethernet network and,
- with NS 3.0, you can be a Netware client. The total cost will be around
- $200 ($150 for a PC ethernet board and another $50 for cables, tees,
- terminators, etc).
-
- Richard Kinoshita
- Clarity Software, Inc.
- Mt. View, CA 94043
- richard@clarity.com
-