Very interesting - I am doing the same thing this very day, with the
same equipment (947 to Novell LAN).
 
I have done this before on a 960, connecting the LAN to the same
thinnet segment used for the DTC's.  I have made it all the way
through the config here, right up to where I run the NSCONTROL START
command to start network services.  I get a message "software versions
do not match" and NS fails to load.  I checked the HP knowledge base
on this, and they say just stream the JCONFJOB.NET.SYS file.  Did it.
Ran fine.  Still doesn't work.
 
Everything else seems to be OK (I guess - it validates, can ping
itself, etc.) but this one last step doesn't work.
 
Any info (for myself or Mike, I'm sure) would be appreciated greatly.
 
Thanks.
 
Kelly Bakst
Director, MIS
UCLA Extension
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"Mike E. Farrell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>We have recently upgraded our operating system to 5.0 very successfully I
>might add. One of the reasons for doing so was so that we could start using
>our PC's as Virtual Terminal connections to the 3000. We are planning on
>using the Thinlan Link (Coax) connection from the back of the 3000 and
>connecting it to a hub on our network. Originally we were going to purchase a
>fiber card and install it into the 3000, but our CE told us we could just use
>the ThinLan connection coming out of the back of the 3000. This was a
>pleasant surprise to me. While ThinLan doesn't aford the bandwidth of fiber
>it is a cheaper alternative. And we really don't have any "fiber" type
>applications (ie video or voice). What I want to know is who out there has
>done this? How well does it work? What are the "gotcha's" to look out for?
>How do you keep track of sessions since the sessions are virtual rather than
>hardwired to a physical DTC port? These are just some of the questions that
>have crossed my mind. Any comments or suggestion would be greatly
>appreciated. Thanks to all in advance (TIA)
 
>Mike Farrell
>Data Center Operations Manager
>Intermountain Gas Company
>Boise, Idaho