In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:

> > Abraham Zwygart  wrote:
> >
> > >How do I set up FTP from the HP3000 to a Novell network. I have looked i> n
> > 3k.com faq, but could not >find the answer. I am on a HP3000 OS ver 5.0,
> > Novell OS ver 4.11. Any suggestion(s) would be >appreciated. >
> >
> > I'd be really interested in how this turns out myself.  I never have been>
> > able to get FTP on the HP3000 to "see" our NetWare 3.2 (yes, Virginia, 3.> 2
> > servers...can't ping in either direction.  Bloody thing sees the NT serve> r
> > and all the various TCP/IP workstations, but not NetWare.

FTP is a TCP/IP protocol. That means that any machine involved in an ftp
conversation MUST BE RUNNING TCP/IP.

Novell networks run on IPX; a roughly equivalent protocol, but NOT the same.
(TCP/IP and IPX are at about the same "level" on the OSI layer model)

If you want ftp (or telnet or PING or http) to work on a Novell (IPX) machine,
you're going to have to set it up to run dual protocols or set up some kind
of gateway that can translate to an equivalent IPX service (not that I know
of any). NT servers like TCP/IP, and nowadays it's pretty-much the default
protocol for NT services.

There's also the possibility that you could run an FTP server on a machine
with both TCP/IP and IPX drivers loaded, and have that ftp server also map
drives/directories onto a Novell server, which could then be accessed by
ftp clients talking to that ftp server. (You *might* be able to do this with
the ftp on an NT server, though I don't know for sure).

                   -Chris Bartram