andrew@megadata.mega.oz (Andrew McRae) (06/28/90)
We have a number of PC's running Novell, which have Novell supplied Ethernet cards. We wish to keep the cards, and move the PC's over to a TCP/IP network running PC-NFS. I have been told that the Novell cards can't run under PC-NFS, due to the lack of a driver. Is a driver available that would allow the cards to work under PC-NFS? The card board number (BD #) is 738-160-001 Rev C. Thanks for the help, Andrew McRae inet: andrew@megadata.mega.oz.au Megadata Pty Ltd, uucp: ..!uunet!megadata.mega.oz.au!andrew North Ryde 2113 Phone: +61 2 805 0899 NSW AUSTRALIA Fax: +61 2 887 4847
geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) (06/28/90)
Quoth andrew@megadata.mega.oz (Andrew McRae) (in <308@megadata.mega.oz>): #We have a number of PC's running Novell, which have Novell #supplied Ethernet cards. We wish to keep the cards, and #move the PC's over to a TCP/IP network running PC-NFS. # #I have been told that the Novell cards can't run under #PC-NFS, due to the lack of a driver. Is a driver available #that would allow the cards to work under PC-NFS? # #The card board number (BD #) is 738-160-001 Rev C. Does anyone know of a packet driver or an NDIS driver for this beast? That would seem like the obvious solution. Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM) <<<< PC-NFS (*not* PC/NFS)is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems >>>> "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy" - and every one of them requires an IP address...
Ken_C_Neubauer@cup.portal.com (06/28/90)
>We have a number of PC's running Novell, which have Novell >supplied Ethernet cards. We wish to keep the cards, and >move the PC's over to a TCP/IP network running PC-NFS. > >I have been told that the Novell cards can't run under >PC-NFS, due to the lack of a driver. Is a driver available >that would allow the cards to work under PC-NFS? > >The card board number (BD #) is 738-160-001 Rev C. > >Thanks for the help, > >Andrew McRae You do not have a very good Novell salesman. Unless you are hung- up on Sun's PC-NFS, a better solution may be Novell's TCP/IP product, and along with that you can add the NFS software ontop of Novell's TCP/IP. If you are interested here are the details; Wyle Laboratories (408)727-2500 (They are a distributor for Novell products) Lan Workplace for DOS 9870094-00 $263.00 TCP/IP 9870093-00 $ 94.00 Beame & Whiteside Software (416)648-6556 {Note that this is in Canada) BWNFS-Excelan $200.00 I think you will find this combination a suitable replacement for Sun's PC-NFS. The Novell products are also available for OS/2, but Beame & Whiteside have no present plans of porting their NFS to OS/2, but then I doubt that Sun has any plans of porting PC-NFS to OS/2 either! It is a little more expensive then Sun's PS-NFS $395 compared to $557, but it is less memory entensive and MUCH easier to install Ken Neubauer Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with either Novell/Wyle or Beame & Whiteside, I am only passing on my experiences with the above products and also 3 years of experience with Sun's PC-NFS.
keith@excelan.COM (Keith Brown) (06/29/90)
># >#I have been told that the Novell cards can't run under >#PC-NFS, due to the lack of a driver. Is a driver available >#that would allow the cards to work under PC-NFS? ># >#The card board number (BD #) is 738-160-001 Rev C. > >Does anyone know of a packet driver or an NDIS driver for this beast? >That would seem like the obvious solution. > >Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM) Indeed it would, and indeed there are! From the part number you quote I would guess you have an NE1000. There are pkt drivers for both the NE1000 and NE2000. I use the NE2000 one from time to time myself and it works fine. I haven't yet seen one for the NE2 though. I get my PD's from "sun.soe.clarkson.edu". I understand this to be the central repository outside of NetWire. They have an archive server if you don't have FTP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Brown Phone: (408) 473 8308 Novell San Jose Development Centre Fax: (408) 433 0775 San Jose, California 95131 Net: keith@novell.COM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (06/29/90)
In article <2111@east.East.Sun.COM> geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:
Quoth andrew@megadata.mega.oz (Andrew McRae) (in <308@megadata.mega.oz>):
#We have a number of PC's running Novell, which have Novell
#supplied Ethernet cards. We wish to keep the cards, and
#move the PC's over to a TCP/IP network running PC-NFS.
#
#I have been told that the Novell cards can't run under
#PC-NFS, due to the lack of a driver. Is a driver available
#that would allow the cards to work under PC-NFS?
#
#The card board number (BD #) is 738-160-001 Rev C.
Does anyone know of a packet driver or an NDIS driver for this beast?
It's probably a NE1000. Try the ne1000 packet driver.
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