Re: I-Net help needed over Novell 3.11 to Online on AIX

Tony Tyrwhitt-Drake (tonytd@ttyrwhit.demon.co.uk) wrote: : >The problem is that in order to run any client/server query tool, I : >must have I-Star on the server and I-Net on the client. I have not : >been able to get these communications components to talk to each other : >(I'm simply using "ilogin.exe"). : You will need to have a TCP/IP stack on each client PC if you are going : to use I-Net over TCP/IP and the stack will provide the winsock.dll. : I think that this is probably going to be easier than getting your : RS box to speak ipx/spx. : We use the FTP product PCTCP to provide the TCP/IP stack on each client : and this seems to work fine. I agree with Tony's suggestion to install a TCP/IP protocol stack on the PCs if IPX communication to the RS6k cannot be successfully configured. I don't, however, agree with his suggestion of using PC/TCP. Since Novell is already installed, there are two easier, less memory-hungry and CHEAPER solutions. I assume that ODI-drivers are in use on the PCs and that Informix- connectivity is needed under Windows. So there are two possibilities: 1) You are running plain Windows 3.1, (NOT Windows for Workgroups): Buy Novell's LAN Workplace for DOS. It runs over ODI drivers, comes with a WINSOCK.DLL and a site licence for the protocol stack only (which is all you really need) is only about 100$. Try matching that with PC/TCP! With this solution, you are using the already installed ODI drivers, saving on precious DOS memory. 2) You are running Windows for Workgroups 3.11: Get Microsoft's FREE 32-bit TCP/IP protocol stack and install it using the ODI/NDIS3-support of WfWG. Hope this helps, Richard -- +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3421 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+