MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) (07/30/89)
cathy@canisius.UUCP (Cathy Bacon) writes: > We are considering several alternatives for networking 35 Mac IIcx's, 25 of > which will be in a teaching lab. We will also have about 75 IBMs running > on Novell v2.15 on a PS/Model 80 server. Considering - > 1. Putting ethernet cards in the Macs and connecting them to the Novell > server. This works. Costs loads of money, though. You're going to need NetWare for Mac to communicate; with it, your 2.15 server can be made to understand and speak AFP. > 2. Phonenet or localtalk cabling and a gateway to connect to the Novell > server. You can put a LocalTalk card into a NetWare 2.15 server. > 3. Phonenet or localtalk cabling and a MacIIcx server . Gateway to Novell. See comments to 2. > We are concerned about 25 copies of PageMaker or Word starting at once > - how long will this take? 25 copies of PageMaker or Word launching simultaneously from *any* server should cause it to bog down quite a bit. > We are also concerned in general. I don't blame you. SHAMELESS PLUG FOLLOWS: The September issue of MacUser has an article on NetWare for Mac. Anyone interested should read it. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Stephan Somogyi MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com NetWorkShop Coordinator or MacUser ...sun!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs Stay alert, trust no-one, keep your laser handy. Any opinions expressed above are mine.