How do I build a LAN?
12-Apr-94 22:33:42
Sb: #40314-How do I build a LAN?
Fm: Russ Witt 76625,20
To: jeff brown 75145,1441
Jeff,I have been folowing the Amiga Networking market and all I have seen are 4
scenarios.
Scenarios Problems
1.) RS232 cable via a laplink like utility only a file transfer utility not
a real network
2.) Parnet no PC connection(that
I am aware of)
3.) Novell Amiga Clients (Oxxi?) Must dedicate PC to use as file
server*
4.) John Foust's Dec Net client dont know much about this one
see Syndesis in
Amigavendor
*Re: #3 If you use OS/2 on the Pentium you can run Novell 4.01 for OS/2.
This can be run in "non dedicated" mode as a task under OS/2 but requires
a dedicated disk partition and memory. I would not want to run this scenario
in any less than 20 meg of Ram, 32 would be more like it, 16 for OS/2 and
16 for Novell with at least Half a gig of drive for each. The OS/2 side can be
a client to the Novell side under this scenario. Only one NIC card for the
pentium would be required for external connections.
Does any one know more about this ? Are there Powerlan, lantastic, or
Appletalk(slow) clients available for Peer to Peer networkn=ing of Amigas and
PCs ?
Russ (in Ventura County CA)