On 1 Feb 99, at 11:31, Charles T. Rauscher wrote:

> We're currently running on an Institute-wide Banyan Vines network.
> What we would like to do is support a completely separate physical
> network, using MS Network on a department level(approx. 10 pcs), but
> still retain        continued access to Banyan. The office cabling
> (RJj45) & patch panels are in place to support another physical
> connection.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Can I add another nic card to each of these pcs, and define the
>         protocol to support pc file sharing, etc. among these pcs?
>         Then, choose which network to logon to.

  That should be workable.

> 2. I assume these networks would be mutually exclusive; other options I
>         need/could consider??

  There is probably a product out there that would act as a gateway to
connect your group LAN to the Vines network at a single point, instead
of at every PC.  It might be expensive, especially since you already
have NICS and installed cabling, but it might be a bit easier to
troubleshoot.

> Is this approach realistic/practical? The rationale for the separate
> network relates to ongoing network problems in the current
> environment. We're migrating to NT (hopefully more stable), but it
> won't happen for another 6-9 mos. This seems to be a low cost interim
> solution. I have an inventory of 3Comm nic cards..

David G

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