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What are your problems using NetWare 6.5, & the nwclient? Have you made sure
everything was working with that first of all, because if that isnt working,
im betting you have LOTS of other issues also....

START with this checklist, make sure you do EVERYTHING on it, then report
back

what kind of packet sniffing/troubleshooting/etc have you done so far?
Ethereal and Novell's Packetscan are a couple freebies you'll want to take a
look at...
Guidelines to Take a Packet Trace
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10011012.htm
Packetscan - NetWare packet capture tool
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...gi?/2967287.htm
How to use Ethereal to capture a packet trace.
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10070788.htm
How to configure a capture filter for Ethereal
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10084702.htm

make sure you are using the latest nwclient & patches
http://support.novell.com/filefinder, http://download.novell.com
Make sure you have rolled it out via ACU & disabled NMAS if you do not need
it.

run through everything at http://www.ithowto.com/novell/clientspeed.htm

make sure DS is clean & healthy
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10060600.htm

make sure you have the server updated to the latest patches & oplocks level1
& 2 are set correct -
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10085899.htm youll
want to make sure server & workstation are configured.

SLP is setup properly on the server, & distributed properly to workstations
via dhcp (yes, you do want to set this up) - service location protocol,
useful even in a small 5 person office all the way up to the largest
companies around. (how many users do you have anyways?)
http://www.srvloc.org/,
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10014570.htm,
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10024591.htm. You
set this up, then push the options out via dhcp. If using DHCP to deliver
the information, please disable 'Active Discovery'

Internal DNS s

What are your problems using NetWare 6.5, & the nwclient? Have you made sure
everything was working with that first of all, because if that isnt working,
im betting you have LOTS of other issues also....

START with this checklist, make sure you do EVERYTHING on it, then report
back

what kind of packet sniffing/troubleshooting/etc have you done so far?
Ethereal and Novell's Packetscan are a couple freebies you'll want to take a
look at...
Guidelines to Take a Packet Trace
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10011012.htm
Packetscan - NetWare packet capture tool
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...gi?/2967287.htm
How to use Ethereal to capture a packet trace.
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10070788.htm
How to configure a capture filter for Ethereal
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10084702.htm

make sure you are using the latest nwclient & patches
http://support.novell.com/filefinder, http://download.novell.com
Make sure you have rolled it out via ACU & disabled NMAS if you do not need
it.

run through everything at http://www.ithowto.com/novell/clientspeed.htm

make sure DS is clean & healthy
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10060600.htm

make sure you have the server updated to the latest patches & oplocks level1
& 2 are set correct -
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10085899.htm youll
want to make sure server & workstation are configured.

SLP is setup properly on the server, & distributed properly to workstations
via dhcp (yes, you do want to set this up) - service location protocol,
useful even in a small 5 person office all the way up to the largest
companies around. (how many users do you have anyways?)
http://www.srvloc.org/,
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10014570.htm,
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/s...i?/10024591.htm. You
set this up, then push the options out via dhcp. If using DHCP to deliver
the information, please disable 'Active Discovery'

Internal DNS s