Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
Date:         Mon, 7 Sep 1992 14:09:40 EDT
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         "BRETT @ BWARTHEN * Brett Warthen"
              <BRETT@INFINITE.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      RE: Novell ODI problems

FORWARDED MESSAGE from Michael Schaarwaechter (MAIL @ CSERVE
{INTERNET:MISC@ZB.UB.UNI-DORTMUND.DE}) at 9/7/92 7:07a

From: Michael Schaarwaechter <MISC@ZB.UB.UNI-DORTMUND.DE>
Subject:      Novell ODI problems
To: Multiple recipients of list NOVELL <NOVELL@suvm.acs.syr.EDU>

Hello there!

If anyone can help me.......

First our Workstation (AST and Tandon) configuration:

DOS 5.0,
HIMEM, EMM386, SMARTDRV.EXE all newest versions shipped with
Windows 3.1.
LSL,    Ver 1.21,   7662 Bytes, 10.3.92
(special card driver, different network cards)
IPXODI, Ver. 1.2,  20903 Bytes, 10.3.92
NETX,   Ver. 3.26, 52443 Bytes, 10.3.92

Older EMM386, SMARTDRV.SYS, IPXODI, NETX show the same problems.

We have two fileservers running Novell 3.11.

Following the problem(s):

1.) The keyboardrate resets to boot-default when a SEND msg arrives
With this NETXversion the beep while SENDs arrive occurs TWO times (one
high, one low).

2.) Sometimes (not repeatable) the DOS DIR command fails until the next
boot. This happens only on Networkdrives. All other commands are ok,
programs will be executed normally. On local floppydrives sometimes the
first access fails, the second try works.

3.) Clipperapplications return sometimes "Not enough memory" (with about
600 kB free). SET CLIPPER=E000 has no effect.

4.) Some workstations doesn't show the second problem but boot from
time to time (aargh!).

5.) In out network integrated are three CD-servers running Meridian Data
CD-NET Ver. 4.3 (IPX peer to peer). The drivers can be loaded and unloaded
on stations running IPX (linked) and NETX. On stations running ODI drivers
the first try works, loading the drivers a second time will hang the PC
when trying to run MSCDEX.
The Drivers are:
NWDRIVER (Meridian Data IPX Driver for connection to CD-servers)
LOAD_EX (Meridian Data), which starts MSCDEX removable.

All this appears ONLY on workstations with ODI drivers. The same
workstations worked fine with "normal" IPX before.
Why ODI?
First: To use our new IP-Router
Second: To use Windows 3.1 without new-linking the IPX.

I would be *VERY* grateful, if anyone can help me.....

***** NOTES from Brett Warthen (BRETT @ BWARTHEN) at 9/7/92 12:11p
1.) If you received the NETX v3.26 shells through Novell (DOSUP5.ZIP),
then there was a patch file included in the ZIP to correct this problem.
(Why they didn't patch them before releasing them in the first place is a
good question.)  If you got the NETX v3.26 shells from Microsoft with
Windows 3.1, then you can get this patch as the KBD326.ZIP file in
Library 5 on NetWire/CompuServe or the FTP mirror site.

2.) Put the statement "GET LOCAL TARGET STACKS = 5" in your NET.CFG file,
and make sure that it echos to the screen when IPXODI loads.  Novell is
aware of this problem, and it should be corrected in the next release of
NETX.

3-5.) If you're running Windows, try "GET LOCAL TARGET STACKS = 10"
instead.  No guarantees...

- Brett (Infinite Technologies)
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