[RBASE-L] - Re: OT: Novell remote

[Ted Lienhard]

Hi Karen and Bernie, More food for thought... Remember that even if they are off Novell, the licenses for Windows server / Terminal server are not insignificant.  Also, Win XP will only do peer to peer networking for 10 workstations.  My experience is that the practical limit is more like 5, due to the need for authentication on each workstation-this requires the EXACT user name and password on EVERY PC.  What usually happens is the peer to peer system is set up and then a user/users change their password...and everything breaks!    Best regards, Ted       Ted Lienhard CNE NCT Golden Valley Consulting >>> Bernard Lis<ber...@comcast.net> 5/4/2010 1:24 PM >>> Hi Karen, If they don't want to spend money, here is a way to ween them off of Novell: Set up a peer to peer windows network.  Make one of their workstations a server and copy the database to that station. Then eventually you can reformat their server and make it a Windows server.  But if it is as old as Novell, then it probably doesn't have enough memory.   Well anyways -- food for thought.   Bernie Lis ----- Original Message ----- From: karentel...@cs.com To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:08 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: Novell remote Larry:  You see, you brought up something I didn't think of because this isn't my forte.  Yes this probably is a "really old" Novell OS.   But you're saying that I can use Terminal Services on a windows workstation that is on the network? I wasn't sure sure if TS needed to be on a server or whether the server-side could actually be on a workstation.  If that's the case, would the TS server-side already be available on an XP workstation?  Thanks for the help, and please excuse the probable misuse of terminology.... Karen << Can I use Terminal Services on a server with Novell?  Or is there any other option?  Even something like logmein or gotomypc would allow only one person to enter into one computer, right? >> If this is really an old Novell network, running the Novell OS, no "normal" remote connection software could be run on the server.  You would have to seek an old Novell-specific solution, and I can't remember such a thing existing. If you want to use Windows based remote connection of any kind you'd need to provide access to a Windows workstation on the same network and "remotely" administer the server from that machine. -- Larry