Installing Netware client on MAC OS 9.2/10

[valentina]

I am not a MAC person at all, so please answer accordingly. A new MAC has just been purchased for the office. It needs to communicate with a Netware 5.1 server. I tried loading the 5.14 client which is the latest version from Prosoft. The client successfully loaded or so it said, but now what? If you go to Chooser it doesn't see the network. What steps am I a missing? Please help!

 

[johncurtis]

You should have two icons in your chooser: Netware and Netware Queues. Are these missing? If so, try reinstalling the client.

What OS are you using? I believe the prosoft client only works for OS 7/8/9, not X.

John

 

[valentina]

The Netware IPX and Netware Queues appear, but when you click the icons, nothing shows up on the right side. The other problem is that I selected IP and it continues to pop up IPX. What steps might I be missing or is the OS not going to allow this? Prosoft says they are beta testing the client for 10 and it should be available by the end of the summer, but certainly we don't have that much time. When the MAC comes up it shows 9.22 and I have been told it somehow flip flops between the OS depending on the need? Don't know if that makes sense? Any further help or work arounds you can give me to let this user see the server would be greatly appreciated.

 

[johncurtis]

If you can't get the client to work, you could check out the Native File Access Pack. We don't use it, but apparently it lets you access files on Netware without needing a client.
Check

http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/nfap10/index.html

for details.

hth
John