[comp.sys.novell] Novell 3.11/PC Broadband/Ethernet

sdodd@darkstar.cs.orst.edu (Stephen_M_Dodd) (04/07/91)

We have had a long, ongoing problem here at OSU with Novell and
PC Broadband support.  Our configuration is one where each of
over 75 departmental LANs is connected to our University backbone
via a PC Broadband Adapter Card.  The LANs themselves use Ethernet.
This all has worked fine with Novell 2.15xx. 

Last August I decided to update to version 3.  We bought the software
under assurances that it would be a very simple conversion.  However,
we later discoverd a lack of support in the new version for the
PC Broadband Adapters.  I contacted Novell and they asked me to
wait for the new drivers.  This we did.  I week ago I got the new
version 3.11 and discovered that even though there were drivers for
our card the server doesn't recognize the other servers on campus.

Later I discovered comments in the documentation which seem to indicate
that while Novell will support PC Broadband adapters they cannot do so
for servers running various versions of Novell. 

Is there anyone out there who has encountered this problem and has
a reasonable solution?  Are there any other options and if so what
are the relative values of their particular implimentations?

Thanks a lot for help with this sticky problem.


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Steve Dodd
Oregon State University Extension Administration

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Stephen M. Dodd                    sdodd@darkstar.cas.orst.edu
Oregon State University Extension, Corvallis OR.