[comp.dcom.lans] LANSMART, and Novells/3Coms NetBIOS

alawlor@dit.ie (Aengus Lawlor) (02/09/90)

I'm currently running 3Com 3+ and NetWare on the same piece of cable (ie two
servers, and a station can boot to either one OR the other, by using the
right boot disk)
One of my students is doing a project using NetBios, and is having some
problems with the NetBios support under both of these NOSs, (different problems
in each one.)
I am considering acquiring LANSMART, from DATEX, as it is supposed to be a
fully NetBios compatible NOS, and I need to know some things first.

Will I have to set up a sperate network, or can I just give the student
invloved a LANSMART boot disk, and let him play on the current network, without
effecting 3Com or Novell?

Has anybody ever heard of LANSMART? Is it likely to solve these NetBios
problems? 

Are the NetBios problems my student is reporting likely to be his fault or
3Com/Novells? (ie, what's the reputation of Novells and 3Coms NetBios
implementations?

Is anyone else out there using DATEXs D-LINK  DE-001 EtherNet card (NE-1000
clone)?

Thanks
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