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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 06:19:00 IST
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From:         Moshe SOlow <CUCMS@HUJIVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Keeping workstations out of a file server

Besides the straight forward batch that
     login fileserver\username

                 try
in your net.cfg
     preferred server =  ?????



Moshe
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Date:         Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:30:00 EST
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From:         Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM
Subject:      Re: Help Required with Windows 3.0 on Novell Network
X-To:         Novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu

>I am trying to install windows on our Novell Network (Netware v2.15).

>Windows seems to run fine for a while but the mouse will eventually "die".

>The workstations are Olivetti 286 based PC's and use a logitech compatible
>mouse. I am currently using XMSNET3.COM but have been told that this can cause
>troubles with windows and have tried running windows with NET3.COM but it
>complains that it has an incompatible network driver.

>Has anyone experienced a similar problem and if so can they offer any
>suggestions ????

>Thanks in advance.
>Christian McGee.

   Why in the world are you still trying to mess around with the error
   plagued Windows 3.0, when a much more stable Windows 3.1 is available.
   For $50 I would update.

   I would also recommend that you update your workstation shells to use
   the more flexible and more easily configurable ODI drivers.  Instead
   of loading:

   IPX
   NETx

   You would load:

   LSL
   specifc board driver.LAN
   IPXODI
   NETX

   The latest LSL and IPXODI can be FTP'd from a number of sources including
   the NOVELL FTP server, NOVELL.FTP.COM in NOVLIB/01 in a ZIPPED file
   called DOSUP5.ZIP.  The standard LAN drivers come with NetWare.  Updates
   can be had by contacting your favorite board vendor.

   Try this and you should have much better luck.

     Glenn Fund                           Internet:   Fund@Relay.proteon.com
     Principal Research Specialist        CompuServe: 75170,1060
     Lockheed Sanders                     cc:Mail     Fund at Proteonwebo
     DW Highway South                     Phone:      (603) 885-6242
     MS NHQ4-0405                         President of The Greater Boston Area
     Nashua, NH  03061                    Novell Users Group.





--
Christian McGee                        AARNET:C.McGee@appcomp.utas.edu.au
Computer Systems Officer               Voice :(003)  260 445
Dept. of Applied Computing & Maths     Intnl :+61 03 260 445
University of Tasmania at Launceston   Australia
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Date:         Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:00:15 -0600
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From:         Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: NFS's Ftpserv - anonymous users

>Using the ftp.novell.com site as an example, I have the following question:
>
>How are you able to get the prompt for the email address to come up for
>anonymous users, and how do you have it echo the default directory to the
>user?
>
>I am assuming that they are using the ftpserv that comes with Netware NFS,
>but I cannot tell for sure.
>
>- Jeff
-----------
        First, use FTP, not Telnet. At the prompt for a username respond
with anonymous. At the prompt for a password enter your network ident,
such as ross@etsuadmn.?.edu. Use LS or DIR to see material, CD to change
directories. Note however, this is for direct Internet ftp connections.
Bitnet does NOT provide that functionality; it's a store and forward system
with high latency. There is/was a Bitnet to Internet helper system at Penn
State University where one sent stylized mail to represent your end of an
Internet conversation; someone else might be able to help with details on
that. The novlib material is now over 60MB and pushing 1000 files, so I think
you want to use real ftp to poke around.
        Ftp.is.sandy.novell.com is indeed a NW 3.11 server with the NFS
addition. You will be seeing the DOS namespace, but to be safe ftp files
after saying TYPE BINARY to your ftp program.
        When sandy is bogged down with lots of traffic you can try my copy
of it on netlab2.usu.edu (this has a far faster Internet line). I update
this about the middle of each month, and the current copy is two days old.
This too is a NW 3.11 system with the NFS material.
        Joe D.
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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 10:42:07 EDT
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From:         "Gerd W. Voss" <SYSGWV@GRANITE.ALBANY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Charon and smc card
X-To:         medici@DORM.RUTGERS.EDU, NOVELL%SUVM.bitnet@UACSC2.ALBANY.EDU,
              NOVELERR@SUVM.SYR.EDU

<stuff deleted>
Marc, do you mean all SMC nics, historicly ?, WD's ? I have charon up
with wd 8bit's, wd16's , using ODI. I thought the SMC boards are WD's.
Is there a Differance ? TIA.
Gerd voss

> Load IPX.COM before 8003PKDR.EXE.  You may also need to ECONFIG your
> IPX.COM for Ethernet_II (8137) packets.
>
> Do NOT attempt to run Charon via ODI with SMC NICs.  After much trial
> and terror troubleshooting, I'm convinced it cannot work.  However,
> Charon hums happily along using 8003PKDR, as long as it it loaded
> AFTER IPX.COM.
> --
> _________________________________________________________________________
> RUCS     | Mark A. Medici, Systems Programmer III, User Services Division
> User     | Rutgers University Computing Services, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
> Services | [medici@gandalf.rutgers.edu]                    [908-932-2412]
>::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  Gerd W. Voss
  sysgwv@albany.edu
  SUNYA  Albany, New York
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Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:41:44 ITA
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From:         Ibrahim Khachab <IBRAHIM@IVRUNIV.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: help: TCP/IP routing problem???

On Fri, 21 Aug 1992 10:13:11 EDT CS06999 said:
>We have just installed a router to route IP packets from two token
>ring segments and two ethernet segments. On one of the ethernet
>segments we have a WANG TCP/IP server. The workstations on the
>ethernet segment with the WANG talk to the WANG via Telnet just fine.
>
>However anything on the otherside of the router, the other ethernet
>segment and the token ring segments always receive a "Host not
>responding" message when pinging or trying to Telnet to the WANG
>TCP/IP server.
>
>Workstations can ping and FTP each other across all segments.
>
>I thought that maybe the WANG TCP/IP server needed to be re-configed
>with a gateway IP number although I couldn't find anyplace to put it
>in the server setup.
>
>any suggestions? I think all subnet masks are 255.255.255
>
>
>    160.253.1.10          160.253.1.1
>PC     WANG               PC
>_________________________            _________________________
>                                        
>        160.253.1.254---------------------160.253.5.254
>                       router             
>        160.253.2.254---------------------160.253.2.254
>                                        
>                  -------             -------
>                  ring               ring
>                                         
>                  -------             -------
>          160.253.2.1                       160.253.3.1


Your WANG Tcp/ip server shall be able to resolve addressing problem. For workst
ations on the same net (ANDing their address with the net mask shall give the s
ame result as ANDing it's own address) it keeps a table of internet address and
 card address that is updated with time (the server make a breadcast for unkown
 addresses). For workstations that are not on the same net (not equal ANDing)
 it keeps an address of a gateway (that shall be on the same net) and will rout
e the packets through the gatway.
The same thing for the router (if the workstation results on one of the nets to
 which it is attached it will forward it directly otherwise it shall have a
"routing table" as the server. I think that you shall look at the routing table
of the server. If workstations can ftp to each other accross the router it
 seems that the router and workstations have good routing tables.

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Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 1992 04:56:00 GMT
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From:         Jim Loya <0004602295@MCIMAIL.COM>
X-To:         Novell Lists <Novell@suvm.syr.edu>

Date:     Fri Aug 14, 1992  4:38 am  GMT
From:     Jim Loya / MCI ID: 460-2295

TO:       Catherine Erdly
          EMS: INTERNET / MCI ID: 376-5414
          MBX: cathy.erdly@umcc.umich.edu
Subject:  Workstation driver updates
Message-Id: 84920814043848/0004602295NA1EM

It's usually a good practice to keep all workstation drivers to the same,
most current revision.  Helps when diagnosing headaches.

In the Netware manuals you'll find instructions on using the workstation
upgrade functions.

Feel free to call for more help.



-Jim Loya, General Manager, Systems Integration Division

-Image Services, Inc., Keene, New Hampshire

-800/827-5478  603/352-7371  603/357-8935 Fax

-MCI Mail: 460-2295  Internet: 4602295@mcimail.com



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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 10:48:58 EDT
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From:         "Owen Munoz Salva,
              Operador I - UPR-Bayamon" <om_salva@CUTB.UPR.CLU.EDU>
Subject:      Adding Serial Ports to NetWare 2.2 File Server

Hello, everybody.

I've got a card with two DB-9 serial ports (from STB Systems, Inc) installed
in my file server ( IBM PS/2 Mod. 80 386).  I also have two IBM Proprinter
with a serial each one.  The idea was to use those additional port for printing
and the problem is that it simply doesn't print (not even a form feed from the
file server console).

I checked the server's configuration with the reference diskette to
verify the address and the IRQ this card was using.  I found in the manuals
that the IRQ of the serial card is 3 and it's the same for the NIC installed
in the file server (NE/2).  I tried changing the interrupt for the NE/2 but
it didn't work.

Is there a way of configuring this or simply there's no way of adding
additional ports to a file sever or NetWare doesn't recognize the card?

Thank you.
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From:         "PETER SUMMERS, CARDIOLOGY,
              RMH" <U5533129@UCSVC.UCS.UNIMELB.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: testing for a file server

>>I'm looking for a way to test for the availablity of a particular file
>>server from a workstation.  I want to run an AUTOEXEC.BAT file which
>>automatically logs on to the server if it is available, but otherwise
>>branches to some other point, tells the (fairly dumb) user that the file
>>server is unavailable and then provides some local software.
>
>If you put a preferred server option in your NET.CFG, and that server
>isn't available, NETX will connect you to any available server. You'd
>then need a LOGIN servername/ line which would return an errorlevel of 1
>if the server wasn't available. This works for me with both NETX and BNETX.

Unfortunately there's only one file server on the wire.

Peter
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From:         Tina Moss <tmoss@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject:      Networked Windows 3.1 on 56SX
X-To:         NOVELL <novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu>

I have installed Windows 3.1 on a Netware 3.11 server.  User's customized
files are in subdirectories of their home directories, also on the
network.  I have been able to go to workstations that are assorted PS 2
models (60, 70, 55SX) and login to the network and run Windows with no
modifications to my Windows files.  On the 56SX after displaying the LOGO
the screen is cleared, the cursor is in the upper left of the screen and
the machine is dead in the water.

Instead of relying on my .ini files from setup on another machine, I did a
setup /n on the 56SX and the same problem exists.  If I install Windows
3.1 on the hard drive, not using the network version at all, it runs.  So
far Microsoft has been unable to come up with a suggestion, so I am hoping
someone running a Novell networked version has seen the same problem and
can suggest a cure.

Thanks for any and all suggestions.
Tina Moss         tmoss@u.washington.edu
From: kristina@PICASSO.OCIS.TEMPLE.EDU (Kristina Victoreen)
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Subject: sbackup with archive DAT & ultrastor
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I have a user who is trying to use an archive python 1.3G dat drive on a
3.11 file server.  since it does not have it's own nlm he wants to use
sbackup.  He has it connected to an ultrastor 24f cxntroller.  the
documentaton that came with the latest sbackup downloaded from novell
lists the archive as a supported drive but seems to imply that only the
aha174x 164x or 154x scsi host adapters are supported.  can anyone tell me
if the archive drive/ultrastor controller combination will work, and if so
is there anything else we shoudl know about how to get it to work.
maynard/archive has not been able to provide any info.  thanks in avance
for your help kristina@picasso.ocis.temple.edu
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Date:         Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:13:07 EST
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From:         Greg Monroe <MONROE@DUKEFSB.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Remote Software

Another good remote control package is ReachOut by Ocean Isle Software.
I bought it for $130 (includes a year's free upgrades) based on several
reviews that rated it high and have not regretted it.

It does Windows and DOS graphics at any speed but 9600 BPS is recommended.
However, 2400 is actually usable for quick in/out sort of applications such
as WordPerfect's page preview.

One item that impressed me is that it was able to connect me from home
to a modem pool connected to our ISN dataswitch to my office PC.  A lot
of the remote control software is so "black boxed" it can not handle a
complicated setup.  They did it quite nicely by having a TTY mode which
lets you act as a dumb terminal until you reach your PC, then enter remote
control mode.

It also supports NASI/NACS connections and INT14 redirectors.  However, I
have not tested these.

The address info is:    Ocean Isle Software
                        80 Royal Palm Blvd.
                        Suite 202
                        Vero Beach, FL  32960
                        (407)770-4777  Fax: (407)770-4779

Just a satisfied customer.

Greg Monroe  <Monroe@DukeFSB.BitNet>
Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Durham, NC  27706
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From:         Gerry Schenk <gschenk@ROGERS.COM>
Subject:      Re: MHS Not Dropping Modem Connections

Brett,
  Thanks for the info.  I am not sure what revision I am running, but I would
not be suprised to find out that it is revision A.  I will try the updates,
and hopefully they will correct my problems.  As for MHS 2.0 not supporting
MHS v1.11, that would not be very good, considering how many sites are out
there that still run v1.11.  I guess it might be alright, if they stopped
using their proprietary protocol (hacked x-modem) and gave some decent
throughput.

->Gerry
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From: tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik)
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Subject: Novell's Mac NLM and appletalk network numbers
Date: 12 Aug 92 18:27:33 GMT
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Organization: University of Pennsylvania

On a Netware File server containing both an Ethernet card and a LocalTalk
card, is it necessary to define a separate appletalk network number for
both the internal and external (localtalk card) networks?

I have the Mac NLM configured as a non-seed router on the ethernet side,
so that's not an issue.

However, I'm not sure if its necessary to define an appletalk network
number for the internal appletalk network and the external (via the
localtalk card) network.

--tony
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From:         kspeicht@KILCOM1.UCIS.DAL.CA
Subject:      Re: 32-bit Ethernet Cards

In article <9208141227.AA03234@uci.agh.edu.pl> you write:
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>>From: Ivor D'Souza <ivor@OCCS.NLM.NIH.GOV>
>>I am looking around for information about good 32-bit Ethernet cards for
>>use in an EISA-bus NetWare Server.  Also, I have heard that 3Com's 3C507
>>(16-bit) adapter outperforms most 32-bit adapters.  Could that be true?

        We purchased the SMC Ethercard PLUS Elite 32bit EISA card for a
Dell 486/50 server.  The card installed fine and passed all provided
diagnostics.  The problem we encountered was with their Novell driver.
Aparently there is a bug with their driver.  I'm not sure if the
problem is on Novells end or Dells.  I would double check with there 1-800
number before installing to make sure the driver works with your system.  At
the present I'm still waiting for an updated driver from SMC.

        While on the subject of SMC,  what are your (the internets) general
impressions/experiences with this company?  I received good initial
support, ie. they told me that the driver wouldn't work, and that an update
was coming.  But, after my initial call, they have been dragging there feet
on when this update will be availible.




Kevin Speichts
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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From:         JAY SISSOM <JSISSOM@INDYCMS.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Netware 3.11, MAC NLM 3.01, and Volumes
              17 Aug 1992 15:51:48 CDT from <rse8135@DEWIE.TAMU. EDU>

We have a couple of servers that have SYS with mac name space.  If you
use Pegasus for Mac, your SYS volume has to have mac name space.  I
agree the volume will mount slower with Mac name space, but Novell even
says you can put Mac name space on SYS.  I think it is personal
preferrence.  Your server won't crash and die with Mac name space on
the SYS volume.

Jay Sissom
Indiana University Department of Medicine
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From:         Greg Monroe <MONROE@DUKEFSB.BITNET>
Subject:      Windows local permanent swapfile tip

Here's a little tid-bit (which may be documented but I found it by accident)
about Windows 3.1 (only!) and permanent swapfiles.

As has been pointed out before, Windows permanent swap files require 2 files
which are hard disk specific.

The first is the actual swapfile, 386SPART.PAR, which generally resides as
a hidden file in the root directory of the drive specified at creation time
(there is a way to make it reside in a subdirectory but I can't remember the
param right now).  I believe that Windows does some optimizing of this files
location on the disk so that it contains only whole tracks.  This speed up
access but make the file unmoveable.

The second is the file SPART.PAR which must reside in the same directory as
WIN.COM.  This tells Windows the location specific of the above file.

With 3.1, MS added a lot of "protection" for the permenant swap file.  For
example, if SPART.PAR has been erased, Windows will rebuild it without
a comment.  Part of this protection which is useful to networking folks
are two SYSTEM.INI [386Enh] parameters, PermSwapDOSDrive and PermSwapSizeK.
If these parameters exist and neither of the above files exist, Windows
will recreate both of them at start time.  Also, if SPart.Par only does
not exist, Windows will recreate just it using the existing swapfile.

This is useful in various ways.  We use it here to install Windows on lab
machines with HDs so that a perm swap files is automatically created.  It
could also be used by folks who have individual network accounts with windows
installed on the network, but lab hard disk PCs with permanent swapfiles
already installed.  Just set up Windows so that it erases the user's SPART.PAR
file each time it is invoked, but have the SYSTEM.INI point to drive C and
it will rebuild SPART.PAR for that machine/HD.  (Of course, you still need
some consistancy with other hardware such as monitors).

The format of these parameters is simple.

     PermSwapDOSDrive=<Single letter for drive>
     PermSwapSizeK=<Size of Swap file in Kb>

The control panel/Enhanced/Virtual memory options inside Windows also set
these parameters.

Just when you thought you knew all the undocumented features in DOS, MS comes
out with a new OS and you've got to start over.....

Greg Monroe  <Monroe@DukeFSB.BitNet>
Duke's Fuqua School of Business
Durham, NC  27706
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