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From:	Bob Jonkman <bjonkman AT sobac DOT com>
Organization:	SOBAC Microcomputer Services
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Tue, 5 Jan 1999 02:24:19 -0500
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Subject:	Novell Client32 v3.02 and DR-DOS with PNW
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Hi all:  I'm trying to use the new Novell Client32 v2.6 on a computer running DR-DOS with WFW3.11.  This 
computer is both a Personal NetWare client and server, and accesses a second PNW server.  There are currently 
no Netware servers on the network (but that's bound to change).

C32 does support PNW, but not straight from the distribution files.  The PNW component of the client seems to be 
missing, and, of course, so's the PNW server component.

So far I've managed to get the SERVER.EXE loaded by editing the STARTNET.BAT file from C32, adding the 
SERVER.EXE line just before the LOAD CLIENT32.NLM line.  This allows all the other workstations to see this 
computer as a PNW server, but doesn't allow the computer to see itself! Because there is no PNW.NLM to load 
I'm now loading all the VLMs from the DR-DOS distribution, instead of the CLIENT32.NLM from the C32 
distribution.  This has made this computer terribly unstable.

Is anyone else using Client32 with Personal NetWare?  How'd you do it?  Is it stable? Room for  improvement?

Is there a Personal NetWare module for Client32 planned by Caldera?  Novell has dropped support for PNW, and 
will not be releasing any further upgrades to Client32 for the DOS/Win platform (C32 for DOS/Win3x is frozen at 
v2.6, but C32 for Win9x is now at v3.02).

One of the main reasons for switching to Client32 is the support for TCP/IP and a dial-up connection.  Is there a 
TCP/IP protocol driver available for PNW?  A PPP link driver?

Thanx in advance!



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