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Thanks for the feedback. However, I did use network cable testers when rewiring. Everything checked out fine. There seems to be some connection with MAS90 and Symantec Antivirus that we're investigating. I'm not sure why this problem would only manifest itself with the gigabit switch, but...

We are a small business with 22 client machines, running Mas90 version 4.0 on a Windows server. For years we have been using a DLink unmanaged switch with 24 100mbit ports, and 2 gigabit ports. We decided to upgrade our entire office to gigabit, so we've run all new cabling, swapped out all...

Thanks for your input... sounds like I was on the right track. Sorry Novell!

I imagine this will be a controversial topic in this forum, but I still wanted to ask. We're a small operation running a single OES-NetWare server and about 25 clients. The server is used for file sharing and for our accounting database (MAS90). We use it for nothing else-- the printers are...

Hello, I'm the IT person for a medium sized organization running a single server with Open Enterprise Server (Netware version). We use it for file sharing and for our MAS90 accounting database. Recently, we installed Kaspersky antivirus on the workstations, and we started getting some...

Hello, I'm the IT person for a medium sized organization running a single server with Open Enterprise Server (Netware version). Recently, we installed Kaspersky antivirus as well, and we started getting some machines with random blue screen errors. I discovered the problem was related to a...

OES = Novell Open Enterprise Server . At the moment we only have 1 server running NetWare 6.5. I want to ditch NetWare and use OES in its place. We would also buy an additional machine as the Windows server. So, both machines would be set up from scratch. Since I would be setting up both...

Thanks for all the great feedback. I'm still on the fence about the issue. For the moment, we're probably going to stick with 2 physical servers. Also, we do not anticipate any real growth in the near future, so probably no more than our 25 clients for a while. In addition to the OES and...

Thanks for the quick response. I had gotten my hopes up, because the supported platform matrix listed the Novell products like this: Novell Open Enterprise Server Service Pack 1 Service Pack 2 Novell NetWare 6.5 Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 Support Pack 4 (SP4) or Support Pack 6 (SP6) or...

Hello All, I have been reading up on vmware and I'm considering utilizing ESXi in our office. We are a small operation (25 users) currently using a single NetWare 6.5 server for file sharing and our MAS 90 accounting database. I would like to move away from NetWare, and possibly use Novell...

Hello, We are a medium-sized company (about 25 users) currently running off a single OES (NetWare 6.5) server. Since NetWare is on its way out, and we have been having some issues with this server, I would really like to shift to a better (and more future-proof) platform. The major limiting...

I am the IT person for a medium-sized warehouse. MS Office is used extensively around here and we've been recently having obscure compatibility problems between office XP and 2003. I would just like to bring everyone up to 2003 (there are only 3 people that are still at 2000/XP). However, I am...

My motivation for upgrading is mostly for our accounting database, MAS90, which is used heavily in the office and very bandwidth intensive. I have already upgraded a few computers to 1Gbps and it instantly made the program run much more smoothly. Managed switched would really add a degree of...

Hello, We have been using our Canon ImageRunner 2870 as a standalone copier for a while now, and it has been great. However, I wanted to take advantage of the other features it has, specifically the printing and scanning functions. I hooked it up to the network, gave it a static IP, and...

Hello, I am the IT person for a small/medium-sized warehouse. We have about 25 computers connecting to a netware server and sharing the internet. Currently we have a D-Link 24 port 10/100 switch with 2 gigabit ports, with about 5 computers running at 1Gbps. We have 7 more small switches...