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Installing Novell Clients

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by mmbarreca

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We are currently running two Novell networks in our facility. We are adding new PCs to both networks and I have been told to add the clients to these machines. Since we are running Novell 4.1, I started to check the machines to see which client wewere running and it looks like there are multiple clients on both networks. I cannot locate a good article on the Novell site on how to add the client and what the default client should be so that these machines are recognized by their appropriate network. Any ideas? Thanks!

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by tbragsda

Any version of the client will allow the workstations to connect to the servers.

What you want when installing the client on the new PC, is to insure IPX is selected during the install. The newer client selects IP only.

If you want to update all clients to the same version, there are ways, but if they arent broke, dont bother fixing.

by mmbarreca

then how do I actually install a client on these machines? Can I randomly download a client from the Novell site for loading onto these networks since there is no client listed for 4.11?

Thanks!

by rvoight

download client 3.32 from novell's website. unzip the file to a folder on your local hard disk. install it from the folder on your local hard disk. it works better that way. copy the folder with the unzipped files onto each machine you are going toinstall the client on, then install it

by madmark

Assumign these are Microsoft Win9x or greater, just use the Novell client that ships with the OS or download the Novell client. Bear in mind that the Novell clients can be tricky to install, and I have often seen them cause traffic issues in large environments. Uninstalling the Novell clients can also be problematic.

Open network properties and select IPX protocol for installation. You may need to reboot and then doubleclick the protocol to set NDS properties, such as authentication server, bindery access, etc, depending on the client used.

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