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Subject: Re: AW: WIN XP access to PNW server ?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:53:14 +0000
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I ran Win3.11 over PNW and then upgraded to Win95a over PNW.  I found it more awkward to use than Win95 on 'native' Netbui - and much harder to fix networking problems (however, this may also have been a function of my inexperience with both Win95 and networking at that time!)

The PNW FaxBack catalog only lists interaction issues with Win95; apparently no one has asked Novell about connecting PNW to Win2k or WinXP - or no one at Novell cared to establish a position (when did Novel stop first line support for PNW?  maybe 1995?)

I have an article (UK PC magazine circa 1995) somewhere about running a PNW server in an OS2 (version 2, so I'd guess version 3 also) Virtual Machine, which notes that such a box can be used 'to bridge' Netbui and PNW network segments.

Another 'bridge' option might be to run PNW in a Virtual PC on a Win2k or WinXP platform.  Note that the ('new') MS version of Virtual PC is less forgiving of any Netware versions except 5 & 6.

And, of course, there is always the option of using a Netware 4.x (or later?) server to link Windows and PNW network segments (I assume this is the solution which would be suggested by Novell).

Alan S.
7/13/2004



> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:28:36 -0700, shadow AT shadowgard DOT com wrote:
> 
> > As I recall (it's been a long time) not even the Netware client for
> > Windows can access a PNW server.
> 
> > The PNW *client* can access PNW servers and Netware servers. But
> > nothing but a PNW client can access a PNW server.
> 
> Novell NetWare and PNW use different higher-level protocols (although
> both use IPX). In the DOS client, they are handled by separate
> modules: BIND.VLM [NetWare 3], NDS.VLM [NetWare 4] and PNW.VLM [PNW],
> respectively. Windows NetWare client simply does not understand PWN
> protocol.
> 
> You can access PNW server from Windows 3.1, if you install the client
> that comes with DR-DOS. IIRC you can also install Windows 95 over
> Windows 3.1 then and still be able to access PNW. But I never tried
> PNW under any kind of Windows, so I won't tell you more about this.
> 
> Michal
>