Win NT4.0 with Netware 3.12 Network move question

Paul

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Jul 15, 2002, 9:37:25 PM7/15/02

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At the moment I am moving a network which is based on Coax cable and BNC
connectors over to Cat5e cable,
The cards in the NT4 boxes have both BNc and ethernet ports, Will I be
able to just rip out the old cable and install the
new cable and switches without any problems???
Will the workstations still be able to see the server and the mapped
drives??
Or will I have to reconfigure the PC's because of the new cabling???
Can anyone give me some tips or advice on this move..
I have one Dell poweredge server running netware and eight Workstations...

This is all new to me..
Thanks for your time..
Paul...

Felton Green (SysOp)

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Jul 15, 2002, 9:58:57 PM7/15/02

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Hi

Pulling out the coax and using cat5 is no problem. The protocols used will
remain the same...so that's not a problem.

The only thought is HOW you're going to setup the loading and switches...

topology of the new setup does NOT need to be the same most of the time.

Given proper thought a new setup will increase the throughput and the
effeciency of the system.

and make sure the cable installers TEST and certify each cable and patch
panel from one end to the other.

I've seen installations where the cables went into a cable room and tested
good, but the setup changed over to cat3 inside the cable room and back to
cat5. Defeated the entire purpose of the cat5 installation.

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Felton Green (SysOp)
Novell Support Connection

Paul

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Jul 16, 2002, 3:43:27 AM7/16/02

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Thanks for the reply,

At the moment the server room is bare, No phones or Cat5 has been
installed,
This is a complete new move from one building to another..
I am going to be installing all the Cat5 and switches for the network,
The Cat3 is being kept seperate for security reasons.
I am new to novell, never had any dealings with it before,
I was just worried about the actual cable difference causing problems and
decided to do a little research before I made the move...

Thanks again for your help..
Paul.

Dave Lunn

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Jul 16, 2002, 6:55:35 AM7/16/02

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Paul,

Since you're new to Novell and obviously new to network topology too, do
yourself a favor.

Open each computer (WS) if it has PCI slots and you have a combo NIC in it
pull the combo NIC and replace it with a PCI NIC. The Combos ISA NIC may or
may not be able to autodetect which port (BNC or RJ45) is connected to the
network, and for the price of a few NICs you can't be screwing around with
old NICs.

When you buy NICs get the Intel pro100s if you can and get a switch
guaranteed to run Nway. If you don't have PCI slots in some WS then a pro10
is next best.. I use 3c905s too, and they are also OK.
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Dave Lunn
NSCV Sysop
http://support.novell.com

Paul

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Jul 16, 2002, 12:19:53 PM7/16/02

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Thanks Dave,
I will do that, That was one of the worries I had,
I really think they need new Nic's anyway, bring them
up to 100mbs...

Paul...

Felton Green (SysOp)

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Jul 16, 2002, 8:54:39 PM7/16/02

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Hi

Then you should not any problems