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from: Michal H. Tyc
date: 2004-07-13 08:12:44
subject: Re: AW: WIN XP access to PNW server ?

From: "Michal H. Tyc" 

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:28:36 -0700, shadow{at}shadowgard.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



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