Connecting to Hospital Novell Network: help me help IS

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argeliusargelius
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I work in a hospital that is on a Novell network. My MacBook (running OSX 10.4.7) is connected via an Ethernet cable through which I have internet access.



(Here's where my knowledge of the network's specifics falls apart.) Our department has access to a shared drive (commonly referred to as "The N-Drive" which I would like to have access to. Before calling on the IS people for assistance, I wanted to get some more information here since they do not officially support users with Macs. (Fortunately, I'm on good terms with several of the network guys, so they are willing to bend the rules for me).



While realizing I may have provided insufficient information for a specific answer, can you tell me:

[1] Do I need Novell software installed to get access to this network drive?



[2] If so, does Novell provide a Mac-version (and if so, does it cost a gazillion dollars)?



Alternatively, I also have Parallels and WINXP on my system. Is there any reason installing the Novell software in Windows (on my Mac) wouldn't work?



I'd prefer to not have to use Parallels/Windows to do this, since, after switching to Mac about a year ago, I get hives when interacting with Windows...



Thanks!

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    I can't help you with your questions but.. Why would a hospital allow an employee to connect their personal laptop to their network? Talk about a path for data leakage..
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  • Reply 2 of 6
    argeliusargelius Posts: 309member
    Probably a good observation. But the meat and potatoes of the hospital operations reside in a separate application to which many other physicians (I'm not actually an employee) have access to via a VPN setup. So there's plenty of security built in there; the "shared drive" has little valuable or sensitive information.
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    mydomydo Posts: 1,888member
    You're basically SOL. As far as I know the only Novell software you can get for Mac OS is the email client. Your best bet is to use the web based file access if they have it turned on.
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    trailmaster308trailmaster308 Posts: 699member
    1) No. Novel doesn't use IPX and have moved to TCP/IP. I would assume the hosptial is at least out of the 90's

    2) No. TCP/IP



    How do you access the drive from work when not on your Mac? Do you have a work PC?

    *Does this PC require you to log in with Domain user/pass?

    If so, do you have the drive connect automatically? What is its name?



    Try pinging the name of the server that mapped N: drive is on from you Mac in terminal.



    This an HCA facility?



    * This will depend on how we move forward on getting your drive mapped.
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  • Reply 5 of 6
    maxcom29maxcom29 Posts: 44member
    Netware client from prosoft allows you to mount Novell sharepoints. Check it out: http://www.prosofteng.com/products/n...ent_x_info.php

    Some faculty members used it at the college I used to work at. It's definitely more difficult to setup than the windows version, so you may still require the assistance of those IS guys.



    goodluck



    MP
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    mdriftmeyermdriftmeyer Posts: 7,503member
    You haven't listed what Novell product your system is running. Assuming it is Netware, what version?



    What add-ons are they running?
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