Subj : Novell 4.11 to 5.1 migration
To   : Darren Gibbs
From : Bonno Bloksma
Date : Wed Nov 01 2000 02:33 pm

Reply-To: bonno.bloksma@bighole.iaf.nl

Hello Darren!

Wednesday November 01 2000 07:46, Darren Gibbs wrote to Bonno Bloksma:

 DG>>> It's not really the servers which are a problem - it's upgrading
 DG>>> the client which is a pain in the arse.
 DG>
 BB>> And when people think client they very easily forget all those
 BB>> printers and other stuff that is connected to the network which
 BB>> is not as easily to upgrade as a PC. Think of those objects as
 BB>> well before pulling the plug on IPX.
 DG>
 DG> Oh, you betcha. If you're going pure IP, then leaving legacy printing
 DG> is a bad move. Gateways here we come.


I've simple declared IPX "for internal use only". So all routers no longer
support IPX, only IP. This works remarcably well. The whole Novell net still 
can
see each other over IP. If ever a printjob needs to be printed on another site
it simple goes via IP, most printers support it allready.

Within the site, on the LAN, IPX still works so all the benefits which made it
such an easy protocol are still available, as well as IP with all *it's*
benefits in a WAN environment.

See ya on/off-line
|]      |]
|_]onno |_]loksma

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