Re: Connecting to Novell network

1997-05-29 Thread Kevin Traas
> How can I have both ipx and ethernet on the same system? Uh, that's like asking why you can't talk French on the phone. You can! You just have to know French. Ethernet is the communications medium. (i.e. telephone system) IPX is the communications protocol. (i.e. the language spoken on th

Re: Connecting to Novell network

1997-05-29 Thread David B. Teague
> Subj: RE: Connecting to Novell network > On Sun, 25 May 1997, Michael Hill wrote: >[. . .] > > Did you configure /etc/ipx.conf? > Kendall > How can I have both ipx and ethernet on the same system? I have difficulty having ipx configured and enabled without conflict

Re: Connecting to Novell network

1997-05-26 Thread Kendall P. Bullen
On Sun, 25 May 1997, Michael Hill wrote: [IPX woes] > debian# ipx_configure --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on > debian# slist > slist: No primary IPX interface found in ncp_initialize > debian# ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.2 > ipx_interface: Requested device (eth0) is dow

Connecting to Novell network

1997-05-26 Thread Michael Hill
I tried to follow this through the HOWTOs but I must have gotten lost. I've installed Debian on the computer at the office (the second place I installed it), connected to a Novell network with an SMC EtherPower card. The kernel is 2.0.27 with support compiled in for... Networking PCI bios TCP/IP