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Question about Basic connectivity between 2 novell servers

haseeb_eng

2003-12-28, 6:29 am

I have been given 2 old novell servers which are configured allready, but i don't have any idea about them i.e their ip addressing and connectivity procedures. I don't even know from where to start . Kindly provide me documentation for a Novell network begineer so atleast i can connect both of them and see how it works.

mbroadnax

2004-01-04, 1:39 pm

What versions of Netware are on these servers If both are Netware 5, upgrade one to Netware 6, also if any of them are version 4.11, upgrade it to at least Netware 5. The objective is to have a Novell 5 and a Novell 6 Server, allowing you to use TCP/IP instead of IPX/SPX Also you will need a PC that has the latest Novell client installed, depending on the OS you are using on the PC This will allow you to manage both servers using either the Netware Administrator or Console One. I am assuming you have a hub or switch to connect all devices. There are many books you can buy to familiarize yourself on how the NOS works, but stay with novell Press. These are easy books to read, and are the closest thing to the official study guide that is very costly. Email me if you have other questions

Surly

2004-01-05, 12:03 pm

Just to add a little:

Support for the native IP stack did not become available under NetWare until version 5.0. Before that, your choices were the built-in IPX stack or something called NetWare-IP, which was basically just IPX traffic encapsulated in IP (and was predictably lame).

The point is that if either of your versions of NetWare are older than 5.0, your servers will need to communicate via IPX. If they are both 5.0 or later, they can communicate via either IP or via IPX, your choice. Using IP is a better idea, as it is required for a lot of optional components (e.g., FTP, HTTP, DNS, DHCP, etc.), but it's not required for NetWare itself.

I don't know why mbroadnax suggests that the objective is to have one NetWare 5 server and one NetWare 6 server; as I understand your post, the objective is simply to learn something about NetWare. You can certainly do this with any version (though anything older than 4.1 is really a waste of your time nowadays). Also, be advised that upgrading to version 5 or 6 will come with increased hardware requirements. Your older servers may or may not cut the mustard.

But to answer your question more directly, the basic networking configuration utility in recent versions is called NWCONFIG. You can bring the machines up, and enter LOAD NWCONFIG at the console prompt on each server to load it. This program has a number of submenus you may have to go through, but it will let you configure almost any aspect of the network setup of the machine. (By the way, if it asks you to transfer networking commands from AUTOEXEC when you first launch it, answer yes.) I assume you know enough about networking concepts to match up the subnet on each box.

Hope this is helpful. I second the suggestion about the Novell Press titles. You can also access most of the original documentation via Novell's website.

jroppel

2004-01-05, 12:39 pm

typing config at the command prompt will show the current configuration.
version will give you the license size and the OS version.

also
nwconfig is for netware 5.x and newer
install is for netware 4.x
I dont remember what it is on 3.x and 2.x.

inetcfg is what is used to configure the network on 4.x and newer.

hope this helps

mbroadnax

2004-01-05, 2:11 pm

The only reason I suggested having a novell 5 and 6 server is to get a feel for both versions. I don't think too many are using 4.11, 5 is more commonly used, and 6 is the new kid on the block. Other than that I agree with the rest of your post

sycwong

2004-01-06, 10:30 am

If your 2 servers are of mixed version, one IPX and one IP, you can use the Compatibility Mode Driver (CMD) to let the two servers communication through this drivers. You need to load the SCMD.NLM on both servers and the default network address will be FFFFFFFD. If you want to specify your own address you have to add a switch "/NET=xxxxxxxx" together with the SCMD module. You may also try "load SCMD /?" at server console to list the available switches.

P.S. DS.NLM v6.13 is a pre-requisite for your v4.x server before it can communicate with v5 or 6 server. Hope this can help

peterrobson145

2004-01-06, 11:08 am

1. type VERSION at the system prompt.

that will tell you what version and service pack it is. then go from there.
you might need to know

2, Admin account name and password
3, were server part of the same tree.
4, has one of the server got a replica on.

before you try anything.

GOOD luck

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