Question : Novell DOS client to Windows 2000 Server!

I have a strange situation where I need to connect several ancient DOS based machines running Novell Client v2.16 to a Windows 2000 server which is already running IPX.  I have searched the Internet, but only found lots of solutions for the other way round!

I cant install any DOS/Windows client on these DOS machines as they will only run the Novelle client.

Any Ideas, or is it hopeless!

Cheers

Steve

Answer : Novell DOS client to Windows 2000 Server!

It never ceases to amaze me when people want to connect Part A, that's a good 15 years old, with Part B, which is modern and new.

The fact that the W2K box has IPX bound to its NIC doesn't mean anything. It needs to have a service running that is listening to the IPX netwprk and which understand NetWare Core Protocol (NCP). Just binding IPX to the NIC doesn't help W2K understand what is being sent via IPX.

Redmond made some half-a$$ed piece of garbage called Client Services for NetWare or something like that to make a Windoze box sorta, kinda emulate a NetWare v2.x server. If you could get ahold of that, and if it works on W2K (as I recall, it was designed for NT v4), you might be able to do what you want.

Have you instead considered getting a NetWare server for these ancient boxes to talk to? Hell, if you download the NetWare demo, you can install it without a license and it defaults to 2-user mode. What EXACTLY is your goal here? To have something that stays up long enuf for you to get the info off of the ancient DOS boxes? Or do you want to set up something they can talk to over time? The "best" solution is going to depend on EXACTLY what you are trying to accomplish, and you need to tell us that.