Determining What Kind of Network You Have

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This section explains how to determine the network protocol that you should use with the database engine. If you already know what protocol or protocols are supported on your network, you can skip this section.

Server Engine on NetWare

If you have a NetWare network, you must determine whether it is running SPX, TCP/IP, or both. You can find out whether TCP/IP is supported by checking to see if TCPIP.NLM is loaded on the server.

Mixed NetWare and Microsoft Network

It is possible to run Btrieve applications over SPX on Microsoft networks, but ODBC applications over SPX require a NetWare server for name resolution. If you do not have a NetWare server on your network, you may not use SPX for ODBC applications.