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From: freeman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jay Freeman)
Subject: Re: Running TCP/IP on Novell workstations(Netware 3.1)
Message-ID: <1991May17.181235.14139@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Keywords: TCP/IP
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
References: <1991May13.171033.8038@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>
Date: Fri, 17 May 1991 18:12:35 GMT
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jaj@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Jelle A. Jorritsma) writes:

>We are starting a project to network our Novell workstations to
>other hosts(Unisys A-series,IBM AS400, Unix servers,etc) via
>TCP-IP. We've got an evaluation package from FTP and all we want to
>do initially is just to tie in two stations on the Novell network
>thru TCP/IP. We are able to bring up just the TCP/IP on the
>stations or just Netware but not both(which is our goal). The
>ethernet cards we are using are ne2000 and we have ne2000 packet
>driver. We also have gone thru the SHGEN to generate a new IPX
>shell. Listed below is what's in the autoexec.bat:
>REM NE2000 using IRQ=5, I/O=320h 0h320h
>ne2000 -n 0x60 0x05 0x320h 
     add -d here
>ipx
>NET3  

>Everything loaded fine, until net3 which returns File Server not
>found.
>Supposedly, the ne2000 packet driver's -n option would allow it to
>deal with the 802.3/Ethernet II(used by TCP/IP) without
>reconfiguring the server. FTP's suggestion was that I try
>reconfiguring the LAN driver on the server to recognize the two
>protocols. Unfortunately, the cards we are using in our servers do
>not support ETHERNET II. 

>Has anybody out there encountered this problem and found a solution
>without reconfiguring the server???
>All help would be greatly appreciated!!! 


Hi, try adding the -d option to the packet driver. This delays (-d, getit?)
execution of the packet driver until after NET3 has completed its business.
We use this successfully here with wd8003 cards. Good luck, Jay

e-mail: freeman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

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