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- NetWare Workstation for OS/2 v2.01
- Readme file
-
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- Remote Workstations Not Supported
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-
- The files needed to install and use remote workstations are
- not included in this release. The RIPL files will be available
- at a later date.
-
-
- Frame Type Default Is Different
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-
- The default frame type for Ethernet ODI drivers (such as
- NE2000.SYS) has changed. In NetWare v3.x and NetWare v2.x,
- Ethernet drivers defaulted to Ethernet_802.3. In NetWare v4.0,
- they default to Ethernet_802.2.
-
- NetWare v4.0 server drivers for Ethernet also default to
- Ethernet_802.2. Servers and workstations use the same frame
- type to communicate with each other.
-
- Routers on the network also have to support the frame type or
- your workstation often will not be able to get a connection.
- Some routers currently in use on your network may not support
- the new Ethernet_802.2 default.
-
- Your workstation may not be able to connect to a network
- expecting Ethernet_802.3 if you use the Ethernet_802.2 default.
-
- To eliminate a potential conflict, you can define both frame
- types (Ethernet_802.2 and Ethernet_802.3) on your network. For
- the workstation, define frame types in the NET.CFG file.
- Include a line similar to the following, replacing NE2000 with
- the name of your ODI driver:
-
- link driver ne2000
- frame ethernet_802.2
- frame ethernet_802.3
-
- The first frame defined is the only one used for the initial
- Get Nearest Server request. Therefore, if you have some
- servers that are using only one frame type, such as
- Ethernet_802.3, put that frame type first. That way your
- workstation will be able to make a default connection to those
- servers.
-
- See Chapter 5, "Network Boards and Drivers" of NetWare
- Workstation for OS/2 for more information about frame type.
-
-
- Logging In From Global DOS Not Supported
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-
- Do not log in from a global DOS session. Instead, log in from
- an OS/2 session and then switch to the DOS session.
-
- Except for this login difference, you can still set up drive
- mappings for global sessions as instructed in Chapter 3,
- "Network Access From Virtual DOS and MS Windows" of NetWare
- Workstation for OS/2.
-
-
- Editing Login Scripts for DOS Sessions
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-
- If a user logs in from a private DOS session running NETX.EXE,
- a NetWare v3.11 user login script will execute if it exists.
- This login script is called LOGIN and is located in the
- SYS:MAIL\userID directory. You can edit it with a text editor
- or a bindery utility from previous versions of NetWare such as
- SYSCON.
-
- If the server is a new NetWare v4.0 installation rather than
- an upgrade, login scripts and the \MAIL\userID directory will
- not exist. Login scripts in NetWare 4.0 are properties of the
- user object.
-
- You can create the login script on a local drive and use the
- /S option when you login. For example, create the LOGIN.DOS
- login script on the C:\ drive and type the following to log in:
-
- LOGIN /S C:\LOGIN.DOS
-
-
- Running NetWare v4.0 Utilities in DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE Sessions
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- In a private DOS session booted from a real DOS kernel
- (i.e., a session with DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE set) running NetWare
- v4.0 DOS Requester, you may receive errors running some of the
- utilities.
-
- Solve the problem by being logged in from an OS/2 session
- whenever you use a utility from the DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE session.
- You must be logged in to the same server from the OS/2 session
- as you are logged in to from the DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE session.
-
- For example, suppose you logged into server SALES from the
- DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE session. For some utilities to function, you
- would also need to log in to server SALES from an OS/2
- session. As long as your OS/2 session is logged in, your
- utilities will function properly.
-
- This condition particularly applies to the PCONSOLE, NETUSER,
- FILER, NDIR, and NPRINT utilities.
-
-
- Request Retries Default Incorrect
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- The Workstation for OS/2 manual and online help incorrectly
- document the default for the "NetWare Requester request
- retries" NET.CFG setting. The correct default is 10, not 20.
- This lower default helps minimize transmission errors with
- slower ODI drivers.
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