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From: dixon@gumby.paradyne.com (0000-Tom Dixon(0000))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Novell and TN3270
Message-ID: <6491@pdn.paradyne.com>
Date: 11 Aug 89 01:19:40 GMT
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In article <9256@pucc.Princeton.EDU> LISAS@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:
>I am interested in hearing about any/all ways of doing TN3270 emulation
>on a Novell network.
>
>Anybody out there doing this?

Assuming that you are running Novell over ethernet:
No problem.  Use the BYU packet driver and BYU's version of
NCSA Telnet.  We do this all the time.

The Packet driver is the driver for the ethernet card, and it allows
multiple applications (in this case novell's IPX genned for the packet
driver and NCSA Telnet) to share the interface.  You can even leave 
the PC in Telnet (which allows FTP host) and logged into the Novell
server, FTP into the PC from somewhere else and put and get from
network drives.

If however you are on a Token Ring, then I have pity for you if you
need tn3270.  The most cost effective solution we found for that problem 
was to more anyone who wanted telnet or tn3270 to the ethernet.  You
can get token ring to ethernet bridges for telnet traffic, but it 
isn't cheaper then 10-20 ethernet boards and doesn't offer nearly
the performance of really being on the ethernet.  Also if your 
Novell Server goes down, you lose the TCP/IP bridge as well.


Tom Dixon
AT&T Paradyne
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