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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:24:04 GMT
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         NOVELL@DARWIN.NTU.EDU.AU
Subject:      NETWARE 3.11 AS MULTI-PROTOCOL ROUTER

Dear Networkers,

The following is a scenario that I would like some advice on,
ie will it work or will it not ?

We are currently planning our campus network strategy. We have a campus
ethernet with directly connected hosts, VAXen, SUNS, MACs, PCs etc a
scenario which we are trying to move away from, with Novell LANs bridged
to the ethernet and APPLETALK networks bridged to the ethernet.

A possible scenario is to go for an in-building LAN or LANs with all
PCs connected to the LAN or one of the LANs, and bridge the server to
the campus ethernet. As I understand it we could employ TCP/IP and
make the server a router as well. We could also install DAYNA DL2000
cards in the server and connect the APPLETALK networks to it as well,
and this would mean running NETWARE for MAC.

The whole aim of this concept is to provide local ie in-building
capability for such things as MAIL, shared printers, shared software
etc with the capability for an individual user, PC or MAC being able
to get out onto the internet via the campus network using TCP/IP. We
have tried running the servers as TCP/IP routers for the PCs in
conjunction with LWP4DOS and a few other things, and we are fairly
sure we can accomplish this without any problems.

When it come to MACs, that is another matter. We currently use Kinetics
FastPath Bridges and Webster Multigates, and this can make things expensive
especially in the future as user demand increases.

My query is, could anyone give me the benefit of their knowledge and/or
experience in any of the above. In particular, has anyone employed a
Netware 3.11 server with a DL2000 card as a router/bridge as described
above, such that a MAC user running TCP/IP and say NCSA TELNET, connected
to an APPLETALK network and thence to a DL2000 card can access TCP/IP
capable hosts via the ethernet ?

If this is possible and more to the point workable, based on experience,
a very real option for us is to locate Novell Servers in every building
and then drive the building LAN from it. Eventually APPLETALK will give
way to ETHERTALK and that may be another problem but for the present, the
economics of it, dictate that APPLETALK will be used for the immediate
future.




Regards,



Tery Anstey
Computer Services
Northern Territory University
Darwin, NT

INTERNET: T_ANSTEY@DARWIN.NTU.EDU.AU

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