Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!linus!alliant!rosenkra From: rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: doing IPC on existing novell network Message-ID: <1728@alliant.Alliant.COM> Date: 6 May 88 22:31:50 GMT Reply-To: rosenkra@alliant.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz) Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Littleton, MA Lines: 13 Summary: is it possible? --- does anyone know if it is possible to run two incompatible protocols on any novell network? i think novel has both token and contention schemes (don't they?) which say to me that as long as i have the network, it is mine for that packet. the question then is do/will file servers ignore/pass on strange messages to the proper handler? i would like to impliment an IPC (interprocess communication) mechanism without tcp/ip if possible. it must exist in an existing novell/banyan network used for file serving. thanx -bill