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From: anderer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (David G Anderer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: NCSA Telnet / Packet Drivers / RARP
Message-ID: <4172@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 15 Aug 89 23:37:03 GMT
Reply-To: anderer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (David G Anderer)
Organization: University of Delaware
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I've got an ethernet with a number of PCs connected to a Novell file
server.  There are also Sun workstations (Sun OS 4.0) on the ethernet.
It doesn't matter, but the ethernet is also connected to a ProNet-80
backbone.

I want the PCs to simultaneously access the Novell server and our
IP hosts.  In the past we bought Excelan ethernet cards specifically
beacuse they had this ability.  However, the combination of packet
drivers, a Novell configuration that supports packet drivers, and
NCSA telnet which supports packet drivers is a good (and less expensive!)
solution.

Except for one thing:  NCSA telnet support getting the IP address for the
PC via RARP.  That works fine if you use an NCSA direct-hardware definition.
However, if you tell NCSA to use a packet driver, the RARP attempt fails.

Before I dive into this (and it will be a dive - this is a new corner of
things for me), let me ask a few questions:

1. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?

2. If there isn't a solution, is a solution even possible, or is there
some complex reason for the status quo that can't be overcome?

Thanks for any help.
-- 
Dave Anderer
Academic Computing and Instructional Technology
University of Delaware