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- NETWARE CLIENT KIT README (10/31/94)
-
-
- To print this file to a local printer, do the following:
-
- 1. Insert the workstation diskette containing this file into
- drive A: (or B:).
- 2. At the DOS prompt, type "A:" (or "B:") and press <Enter>.
- 3. At the DOS prompt, type "COPY README.TXT PRN" and press
- <Enter>.
-
- NOTE: If you have a PostScript printer, import this file into
- a word processing application and print from the application.
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- Contents
-
- This document contains the following topics about the NetWare
- Client for DOS and MS Windows:
-
-
- 1.0 General Information
-
- 1.01 Avoiding Loss of Fake Root Mapping
-
- Do not use the DR DOS MOVE command. The MOVE.EXE file in
- DOS causes the loss of the fake root mapping, because
- MOVE obtains the current path and attempts to perform a
- CD command on that path.
-
-
- 1.02 Resolving the NDIR Error in COMPAQ DOS 5.0 and DR DOS 6.0
-
- In COMPAQ DOS 5.0 and DR DOS 6.0, the following commands
- produce an error:
-
- NDIR servername/volume:
- DIR servername/volume:
- CD servername/volume:
-
- This is because DOS treats a slash (/) as an option
- specifier when it does its preprocessing. You can map a
- drive and use drive letters instead of the
- servername/volume syntax.
-
-
- 1.03 Supporting Current NetWare Client File Versions
-
- To support the Packet Burst ODI functionality, the SFT
- III checksums, and the NetWare management responder, the
- IPXNCP.VLM file requires the IPXODI.COM file version 2.0
- or later to be loaded.
-
- Support for checksums and GNMA must also be enabled (the
- version and the API support level are treated separately
- in IPXODI). 1.04 Logging In to a Personal NetWare Server
-
- The PNW.VLM file needs to be loaded before connecting to
- a Personal NetWare server. Use the "NETWARE PROTOCOL"
- line in your NET.CFG file to load the PNW software. For
- example:
-
- NetWare DOS Requester
- NETWARE PROTOCOL = NDS BIND PNW
-
- --Using MS Windows
-
- Use the NetWare User Tools for Windows to log in to a
- Personal NetWare server.
-
- Ensure that the "Personal" checkbox is marked in the
- "Resource Display Option" box under "NetWare Settings"
- in the NetWare User Tools. If the "Personal" checkbox is
- not marked, Personal NetWare resources are not
- accessible.
-
- Ensure that the PNW.DLL file is copied to the MS Windows
- SYSTEM directory.
-
- --Using DOS
-
- Use the NET.EXE utility provided with Personal NetWare to
- log in and access Personal NetWare resources in DOS.
-
- Ensure that the NET.EXE, NETU.OVL, and NETA.OVL files are
- copied to your NetWare client directory (default is
- C:\NWCLIENT) and the NETC.MSG file is copied to the
- NLS\ENGLISH directory under the NetWare client directory.
-
- NOTE: Currently, support for simultaneous login to a
- Personal NetWare and NetWare Directory Services
- network is not available on 80286-based workstations.
-
-
- 1.05 Using the Receive Monitor Utility (RXMONSTK.COM) with
- Monitor Type Applications (Such as Lanalyzer)
-
- If the monitor type applications you are using seems to
- stop receiving network packets when you install a new LAN
- driver on your workstation, load the RXMONSTK.COM file.
-
- The application you are using probably requires the
- network card to operate in promiscuous mode, and the LAN
- driver you are using was developed to a new specification
- that does not support this mode (Oct. 1994 or later).
-
- Load the RXMONSTK.COM file after the LSL.COM driver but
- before the LAN driver. The RXMONSTK.COM operates as a TSR
- and requires 2684 bytes of memory. You can load only one
- LAN driver when using the RxMonStk. 2.0 Information Specific to Using the NetWare DOS Requester
-
-
- 2.01 Mapping Roots within Paths over 64 Characters in Length
-
- DOS limits the number of characters that the NetWare DOS
- Requester software can support in a path name. To use
- longer paths, map a root within the path at a point where
- fewer than 64 characters remain in the path.
-
- DR DOS 6 and Novell DOS 7 allow paths longer than 64
- characters on local drives only. To use paths longer than
- 64 characters on network drives, follow the root mapping
- instructions in the previous paragraph.
-
-
- 2.02 Search Mode Now Uses the DOS ENVIRONMENT Variable
-
- The "SEARCH MODE" function uses the "PATH" DOS
- ENVIRONMENT variable rather than the public search mode
- table provided in the NETX.VLM file. You should
- experience no change unless users corrupt their
- workstation environment.
-
- If you exceed the PATH limitation, your search drive
- mappings are not included in the PATH.
-
-
- 2.03 Difference in Diagnostic Information Reported in the
- NETX.VLM File Compared to the NETX.COM and Related Files
-
- Some of the current diagnostic information supported
- in the NETX.COM file appear to be invalid in the
- NETX.VLM file. This is because the NetWare DOS Requester
- is responsible for much of the diagnostics information
- previously maintained in the NetWare Shell for DOS.
-
- Some of the information maintained in the diagnostics
- responder is not provided in the current client software.
- Such information includes the following:
-
- Bad reply header (InvalidReplyHeaderCount)
- Bad slot (InvalidSlotCount)
- Bad sequence number
- (InvalidSequenceNumberCount)
- No router found (NoRouterFoundCount)
- Request in process (BeingProcessedCount)
- Bad server slot (InvalidSlotFromServerCount)
- Bad net address (NetworkGoneCount)
- Bad local address (BadLocalAddressCount)
- Allocate slot errors
- (AllocateSlotCannotFindRoute,
- AllocateNoSlotsAvailable, AllocateServerIsDown)
-
- The NetWare Management Responder (NMR.VLM) file now
- provides diagnostic information similar to the
- information provided in the NetWare Shell software.
- 3.0 Information Specific to Using MS Windows
-
-
- 3.01 Using the NETWARE.DRV Version 3.03 with MS Windows
-
- The current version of NETWARE.DRV (version 3.03)
- requires the NWGDI.DLL file to be loaded when running MS
- Windows 3.1 or later.
-
- If you receive the following message when loading MS
- Windows with the NetWare for MS Windows client software,
- you should ensure that a copy of the NWGDI.DLL file
- exists in your MS Windows SYSTEM directory:
-
- Application Error: Call to Undefined Dynalink
-
-
- 3.02 Using the Correct Version of the Dynamic Link Libraries
- (*.DLL) Files the NetWare Administrator Utility in
- NetWare 4
-
- The dynamic link library (*.DLL) files provided with
- the current version of the NetWare Client software do not
- support the NWADMIN.EXE file version 4.05 or earlier
- (NetWare 4.0 and 4.01).
-
- To support the NWADMIN.EXE file version 4.05 or earlier,
- download the WINDR1.EXE from NetWare or FTP.NOVELL.COM.
-
-
- 3.03 Fixing the Situation in which MS Windows Hangs and
- Displays a Blinking Cursor in the Upper-Lefthand Corner
- of the Screen (Black Screen of Death)
-
- If you are experiencing the situation in which MS Windows
- hangs and then displays a blinking underline cursor
- in the upper-lefthand corner of the screen, you should
- perform any or all of the following:
-
- 1.> If you are using a third-party memory manager, do
- not load any IPX interface software (such as LSL.COM
- or IPXODI.COM) into high memory.
-
- 2.> Add the TimerCriticalSection=10000 command line in
- the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file.
-
- 3.> Download and implement the VTDA.386 driver from
- Microsoft.
-
- You can obtain a copy by downloading the appropriate
- file from Microsoft Download Services or
- FTP.MICROSOFT.COM SOFTLIB Area.
-
- 4.> If using the IBM LAN Support system, virtualize the
- network board's IRQ in the [VIPX] section of the
- SYSTEM.INI.
-
- See the documentation if the next section for
- specific information about the available parameters.
-
-
- VIPX Configuration Parameters for VIPX
- --------------------------------------
-
- Under most circumstances, VIPX will work fine under
- the default configuration. However, some
- applications might require custom configuration of
- the driver.
-
- The following sections list and discuss the
- SYSTEM.INI parameters that can be used to configure
- VIPX:
-
- [VIPX] Section Parameters
- -----------------
-
- VipxMappingPages=[number of 4K pages]
- (Default=16)
-
- This is the number of pages that VIPX can use
- to globalize requests to the global IPXODI.COM
- driver.
-
- VIPX is not absolutely guaranteed to have all
- of these pages available at any one point,
- because this is the requested number of pages
- for shared global mapping that VIPX makes to
- the Windows VMM at initialization time.
-
- VipxFailOverSizedPackets=[ON|OFF|TRUE|FALSE]
- (Default=OFF)
-
- This parameter directs VIPX to fail any
- requests that require more than the maximum
- allowed globalization size. The actual maximum
- varies according to the media the user is
- using.
-
- The absolute maximum is 8000 (decimal)
- bytes. With media that have smaller packets
- than 8000 bytes, the maximum allowed size is
- the maximum packet size that can be put onto
- the media.
-
- VirtualizeIrq[0-F]=[ON|OFF|TRUE|FALSE]
- (Default=OFF)
-
- VIPX version 1.15 or later avoids a deadlock
- between the machine and network board by
- virtualizing the network board's IRQ. With ODI
- and dedicated IPX (IPX.OBJ) drivers, VIPX
- automatically reads the configuration
- of the network board from the driver and
- virtualizes the selected IRQs.
-
- However, when using the IBM LAN Support Program
- with SLANSUP.OBJ or LANSUP.COM, the LAN IRQ is
- not readable from the driver. Therefore, you
- must set the IRQ for the network board in the
- [VIPX] section of the SYSTEM.INI.
-
- For example, to virtualize both IRQ 2 and
- IRQ 3, you would add the following lines in
- your SYSTEM.INI file:
-
- [VIPX]
- VirtualizeIrq2=TRUE
- VirtualizeIrq3=TRUE
-
- VIPX can virtualize up to four different LAN
- IRQs.
-
-
- [386h] Section Parameters
- -------------------------
-
- TimerCriticalSection=number
-
- As of version 1.15 of VIPX, the
- TimerCriticalSection must be activated. The
- recommended setting is as follows:
-
- [386Enh]
- TimerCriticalSection=10000
-
- Set this parameter to avoid a deadlock with the
- LAN IRQ Virtualization code. See the
- "VirtualizeIrq[0-F]" parameter in the "[VIPX]
- Section Parameter" documentation.
-
-
- 4.0 Information Specific to Using MS Windows for Workgroup
-
-
- 4.01 Using LSL.COM, 3C5X9.COM, IPXODI.COM, and the NetWare DOS
- Requester with MS Windows for Workgroup NWLINK.386 and
- MSODISUP.386 files
-
- When copying files from a local to a network drive from
- MS Windows for Workgroups 3.11, the file might become
- corrupted or the client workstation might hang or
- lose its network connection.
-
- You should update your version of Microsoft's
- MSODISUP.386 file. You can obtain a copy by downloading
- the WG1004.EXE from Microsoft Download Services or
- FTP.MICROSOFT.COM SOFTLIB Area.
-
-
- 4.02 Supporting DOS Named Pipes
-
- Novell's DOSNP.EXE file is not compatible with MS Windows
- for Workgroup (WFWG) version 3.11. WFWG does not allow
- the use of INT 21 Named Pipes requests used by the
- DOSNP.EXE file.
-
- Currently, there is no fix available.
-
- 5.0 Information Specific to Documentation
-
-
- 5.01 Typographical Error
-
- The following example in the "NetWare Client for DOS and
- MS Windows User Guide" on page 148,
-
- [port]
- lp1:=
- lp2:=
- lp3:=
- lp4:=
- net1:=
- record.prn=
-
- should appear as follows:
-
- [port]
- lpt1:=
- lpt2:=
- lpt3:=
- lpt4:=
- com1:=
- record.prn=
-
-
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- DISCLAIMER
-
- Novell, Inc., makes no representations or warranties with respect
- to any NetWare software, and specifically disclaims any express or
- implied warranties of merchantability, title, or fitness for a
- particular purpose.
-
- Distribution of any NetWare software is forbidden without the
- express written consent of Novell, Inc. Further, Novell reserves
- the right to discontinue distribution of any NetWare software.
-
- Novell is not responsible for lost profits or revenue, loss of use
- of the software, loss of data, costs of recreating lost data, the
- cost of any substitute equipment or program, or claims by any party
- other than you.
-
- Novell strongly recommends a backup be made before any software is
- installed. Technical support for this software may be provided at
- the discretion of Novell.
-
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- TRADEMARKS
-
- Novell, NetWare, and DRDOS are registered trademarks of Novell,
- Inc.
- NetWare Client, NetWare DOS Requester, Novell DOS, Packet Burst,
- Personal NetWare, ODI, and SFT III are trademarks of Novell, Inc.
- Compaq is a registered trademark of Compaq Computer Corporation.
- IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
- Corporation.
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