Re: Going ADSL?
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Guest repliedRe: Going ADSL?
Rob
I would stick this in a new topic - people interested in adsl but not Novell might never see it
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Guest repliedGoing ADSL?
I can supply: -
Internal PCI ADSL Conexant modem for £56.87 Inc VAT In stock today.
External ADSL Single Port USB modem for £116.33 Inc VAT. Soon.
Also have a couple of Ethernet solutions available - a single port hub (in effect) and a 4 port switch - both with built in ADSL modems:
You can connect the single port version directly to an ethernet card in your PC, or to a hub/switch to extend its capabilities:
Single Port Ethernet (think its 10/100mbps) & ADSL Router - £87.89 inc VAT (sorry not before 28 April earliest)
Four Port 10/100mbs Switch/Ethernet & ADSL Router £99.50 inc VAT (sorry, not before 28 April earliest)
Incidentally, both of these Ethernet solutions connect directly to the RJ11 socket on your microfilter, and do not require a separate ADSL modem! They are fabulous bargains.
Microfilters also available at decent prices.
Delivery + VAT may be chargeable
I can use direct credit via internet banking, Nochex or Paypal (for debit/credit cards)! Details on request.
RobAnt
www.ramms.co.uk
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
I'm afraid my knowledge of LDAP is the equivalent of my knowledge of market gardening - i.e. none at all (although I'm beginning to think I might have more success in gardening ventures than in IT!)
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
I am probably out of date with what nds is up to these days, but I thought the interfaces to LDAP and the various certificate systems were sorted, and that you could administer an open LDAP system from NDS.
It would give a very useful mechanism to implement proper enterprise wide security.
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
Mark,
Re Unix etc.
While I have had a look at Linux, and did a little Unix way back in 1996, I don't feel I have enough experience with it to be able to work with Unix comfortably in a professional environment.
Also, NDS for Linux (& MS) costs money, and I dont have any right now.
If anyone has copies to loan for training & my further education, then would be only too glad to investigate further!
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
Fortunately, that situation (uninstallable client) only lasted a few months. if that. Although you do still need to know where to look to find the application that uninstalls the Novell client (although why anyone would want to defeats me )
I think you were working really cutting edge then - Novell 5 & 6 are much better than 4.11 in most respects. And the on-line Novell support site is excellent.
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
Rob,
have you looked at xfring your directory knowledge to linux/unix and ldap ?
last time i worked on novell (4.11) the nds was great but the client software was a pig - it was the version that couldnt be uninstalled, and all the web services was sh*t. we wrote a knowledge management system in C, had to write our own database cos Oracle was expensive and not expected to last. and the api novell provided to interfacewith their web server changed all the time without warning, and much of it didnt workanyway.
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
Just to put my point about MS operating systems. My PC has received THREE critical security updates in the past 12 hours.
How are even small busineses (never mind large international corporations) supposed to be able keep up with that level of change?
Or am I missing something?
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
I'm aware of the Cambridge merger - not sure how it applies to the UK market though!
I personally consider XP/2000/NT desktop operating systems, rather than professional network o/s's though - and NDS is the directory service of choice even on 2000 servers, so not sure that Novell can be considered "legacy" just yet!
NetWare 6 recently released and I would prefer to be in a niche, offering a quality service, rather than one in 100,000 offering a humdrum service. The problem with all MS O/S's is that they are a target for hackers - so I'm seeing critical updates to my desktop every flippin' day.
If Novell offered a free Linux client - I would be offering that as a real alternative to MS desktops, with MS relegated to application servers, for which some misguided companies are still developing specialist databases & the like.
Novell so stable now, that even my regular customers don't need to call me I have to make up excuses (like ADSL over ISDN) to drum up business!
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Guest repliedRe: Novell
RobAnt, are you finding it difficult to market Novell services? The market share is moving to XP/2000/NT...I suppose this can be a last man standing type of game, where you can become one of few left on the British Isles to support legacy Novell networks at high rates.
Novell just merged last year with Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP), a professional services group. I think they are going to focus on higher margin services rather than software in the future. (The CTP merger made me a Novell shareholder for a while. Dread the thought...)
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Guest repliedYes, I am aware of the problem with Page Views - but it can still be a useful indicator on this particular topic.
Overall, I would agree with you, though.
Again, might I suggest Sigs in this topic only.
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Guest repliedWe turned off Page Views, since EZBoard doesn't count them properly - they get reset to 0 quite often (as they did 2 years ago funnily enough). We're still looking at sigs and will make a decision on that soon.
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Guest repliedJust a note to the EzOP - allowing custom signatures in this forum/topic would be nice.
Also, displaying the No. of Views!
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