World wide web and internet ftp, Bulletin board system – HP Netserver E Server series User Manual

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Appendix D

Service and Support

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complex or controversial, an electronic discussion may start among several
people—providing you with a group consensus.

HP products are covered on CompuServe in forums operated by independent
consultants. The NetServer section of the HPPC forum is visited regularly by HP
employees and a group of knowledgeable and friendly NetServer users. Libraries
are maintained that contain newsletters, technical articles, drivers, and other
software modules. Enter “GO HPPC” to reach the HP Systems Forum.

There are CompuServe forums covering most hardware and software
manufacturers. In addition to the HPPC forum, some other forums of interest
to HP NetServer owners include those for Banyan

®

, IBM

®

OS/2, Intel,

HP Peripherals, Lotus

®

, Microsoft Windows NT

®

, Novell

®

, Oracle

®

, SCO,

and Sybase

®

.

See “Joining CompuServe,” at the end of this appendix, to open a CompuServe
account (with a free introductory membership and free usage credit).

World Wide Web and Internet FTP

HP has a home page on the Internet World Wide Web specifically for the HP
NetServer

http: //www.hp.com:
80/netserver/support/news_main.html

You can also download NetServer files from HP via Internet FTP by entering the
following:

address:

ftp: //ftp.hp.com/pub/servers

logon:

anonymous

password: <your e-mail address>

Bulletin Board System

The HP NetServer Support BBS is for downloading only. Messages containing
support questions may be left in the HPPC forum on CompuServe.

The HP NetServer Support BBS has eight lines. The telecommunications
specifications are:

300/1200/2400/9600/14400 baud

103/212/V22bis/HST/V32/V32bis/V42 bis/MNP standards

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