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I would like to say that Dave my be an easier way to go. Although we do
not have any Netware machines in my environment (they are all in a NT
4.0 domain), I do have many MAC's accessing my Linux box which is shared
using SAMBA. You can either set up the Linux box as the WINS server or
if you have a current NT domain controller you can set SAMBA to use it
for authentication. I know that you can install a program on the domain
controller (the name escapes me at the moment) that will allow the
Netware systems to see the machines on the NT domain. Currently I have
MAC's, windows boxes, and the Linux file server all talking to each
other as peers through file shares with no problems and have been doing
so for years. My MAC's can and do put files directly on PC boxes with
DAVE. I do not consider myself an expert as far as Linux is concerned,
but, I did not think that the setup I did was difficult.
Elizabeth
paulhill20@(protected) wrote:
>Would you instead consider getting DAVE for the MAC which will be able to talk
via CIFS (or NT Share) and simply load IPX on a Windows NT, export the drive to
the Windows NT, and Let the MAC look at a Share of the drive... it might be lot
cheaper and less work than what you are thinking. DAVE isn't cheap (single
copy $150) but it might be a lot less painful than what you've put down here...
>
>Paul
>
>P.S. I have a MAC and am evaluating DAVE (I did a while ago as well). It
works - the only reason I haven't bought it is because it would be my dough.
DAVE is by Thursby Software.
>
>--- "Dave Miller" <mr.dad@(protected)> wrote:
>
>I would like to network a LINUX box to talk to both PCs on a very old
>Netware 3.12 network using the IPX protocol, and a MAC using the TCP/IP
>protocol. I have a few questions.
>
>1. Does LINUX support the IPX protocol, and if so what do I need to do to
>enable a LINUX machine to use the IPX protocol?
>2. Can I run both protocols on the same network interface, or should I use
>two different Ethernet cards and keep every thing separate?
>
>My goal is to have shared disk space on a LINUX PC that is common to both
>the PCs using IPX and a MAC that does not support IPX but can use TCP/IP.
>Currently this mess has about 10 PCs and 1 MAC. I see little future growth.
>I just want to transfer files between the PCs and MAC.
>
>Thanks in advance for any insight.
>
>Dave
>
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