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OS X & Netware 4.11compatible?
I work in a school district that runs Novell 4.11. All of our workstations are Win98, mostly Dells. One of the teachers wants to purchase some new iMacs. Since they are new I am guessing they will be running OS X, but I am not 100% sure. Is this compatible with Netware 4.11. I heard somewhere that it was not. Thanks for you help.
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exactly Arioso...
so you would probably reccomend upgrading to Netware 6 then..
sounds good to me, plus he'll get iprint, ifolder, etc and an even better support portal into server via any number of web browsers.
so you would probably reccomend upgrading to Netware 6 then..
sounds good to me, plus he'll get iprint, ifolder, etc and an even better support portal into server via any number of web browsers.
It is possible to connect OS X to a NetWare 4.1 server. The server needs to have the following running:
Appletalk
Long file name support
Macintosh Name Space
The server will then show up as an AFP server in "Connect to server".
I'm currently connected this way with OS X 10.2.6, and did previously with 10.2 and 10.1.5, without problem.
Mark
Appletalk
Long file name support
Macintosh Name Space
The server will then show up as an AFP server in "Connect to server".
I'm currently connected this way with OS X 10.2.6, and did previously with 10.2 and 10.1.5, without problem.
Mark
I am not sure if there is an IPX client for OS X, which means that you wont be able to connect to it.
OS X can use either Samba, AFP or SLP...
However these all work over IP and since support for TCP/IP was only introduced in Netware 5 i dont think it will work this way.
However if you have shared files on your windows pc's then the MAc will still be able to access them, just use the finder to browse via SMB/CIFS, and your shoudl be able to see the Windows boxes, maybe just not the Novell Server.
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pysches