TokenTalk Support For Novell Token Ring



I understand that there is still no driver available that lets Netware for
the Macintosh support Apple's TokenTalk NB Card in Novell's Token Ring
environment. Is there a workaround to this problem?

I am running Novell Netware (version 2.15, revision C) on a Token
Ring with a PS/2 as server. They have both the compact and modular
Macintoshes.

An article mentioned a workaround using an Macintosh IIcx, running as a
router between the Macintoshes on TokenTalk and the PS/2 server.

"The router will consist of a TokenTalk NB Card and an EtherTalk Card
running to the PS/2 Model 80 running whatever Ethernet card they choose
that will work with EtherTalk (that is, 3COM, and so on)."

What I'm not clear about is whether the PS/2 server running Netware
automatically supports routing between Ethernet packets and Token Ring packets
(on the Novell Token Ring side). Is there additional software required on the
PS/2 server?

Will this configuration support transparent file and print services for the
Macintoshes as well as electronic mail between the Macintoshes and Novell Token

Ring machines?

Novell has stated that TokenTalk support can be ordered. This will be a new
version of VAP (Value-Added Process), which supports AFP (Apple Filing
Protocol) 2.0 and TokenTalk.

All Netware operating systems provide an internal router that lets a Netware
server connect to four different networks. No additional software is
required. Note that the routing service can also be moved out of the server
and into a non-dedicated workstation.

Macintosh, DOS, and OS/2 workstations can share data and resources. Macintosh
users should see information stored on the network server as icons. Other
workstations on the network (PCs running DOS, OS/2, or Windows 386) should see
the folders and file icons from the Macintosh listed as directories and
subdirectories in their workstation formats. DOS, OS/2, and Macintosh users
can share Apple LaserWriters and other Apple printers. Using an E-mail package
that supports Netware Message Handling Service (MHS), the back-end
store-and-forward messaging server, you should be able to send E-mail messages
and text, data, binary files between different LANs, and wide area networks.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012