Class C subnetting and Novell TCP/IP

  > keith at pipex.net (Keith Mitchell) writes:
  > 
  > The justification offered for this is that the routing sotware for
  > Novell servers and/or Novell Lan Workplace (their PC TCP/IP software)
  > does not support subnetting of Class Cs. My initial reaction was
  > disbelief that this sort of Dinosaur DNA is still so prevalent, but
  > more than one offer of this sort of justification seems to suggest
  > it is.

First of all we need to find out if this is really the case in the
current software releases.  My suspicion is that it is not.  Then the
case is closed. 

  > So, the question is, what approach do we take. Do we make life easy
  > for the applicants, and give them one Class C per subnet, or do we
  > say no, this is a problem for the vendor, in order to put concerted
  > pressure on Novell to do somehing about their "gas guzzlers" ?

Should this really be true we have a channel to Novell as they fund the
NCC.  Before generally accepting this as a good reason I would like to
hear their response. 

Daniel