Re: Oracle SQL*Net <==> TCP/IP over Novell IPX/SPX !!??

In article <141_at_motown.allied.com> jmr_at_motown.allied.com (John M. Ritter) writes:
>
>We have Novell networks using Token Ring cards and UNIX machines on an
>Ethernet network. One Novell server has both a Token Ring and Ethernet
>card. Using the LAN support packet driver, a DOS workstation on the
>Novell network can telnet to the UNIX hosts.
>
>Now the problem:
>
>We must set up a machine running Oracle, and the DOS workstations must
>use SQL*Net. We prefer a UNIX machine with Oracle, but were told the
>only way the connection can be made is to either add an ethernet card
>to each DOS workstation or run LAN Workplace for DOS on each
>workstation.
>
>Anyone know if this is true? I have a hunch that perhaps Oracle on
>UNIX may not be the right decision since this could turn in to a
>connection nightmare for the anticipated 200+ machines.

I'm a bit confused. Does this mean you need client-server between your Unix system and DOS systems? What are your objectives? What do you gain from this set up? (curious, not critesising - however you spell it)

>
>Any thoughts, comments, nightmares or anecdotes would be appreciated!
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"I enjoy working with human beings, and John M. Ritter
>have stimulating relationships with them." Allied-Signal Inc.
> - HAL 9000 Corporate Information Systems & Services
> (201) 455-6930
>jmr_at_motown.allied.com {att,bellcore,princeton,rutgers}!motown!jmr
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  John Navitsky                        e-mail   johnn_at_eskimo.celestial.com
                                               johnn_at_locke.hs.washington.ed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------