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From: backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: In Novell 2.15, How do I Set the Default Server?
Message-ID: <652@interlan.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 90 10:55:18 GMT
References: <6895@pdn.paradyne.com> <277@ccop1.ocpt.ccur.com>
Reply-To: backman@interlan.UUCP (Larry Backman)
Organization: Racal InterLan, Inc., Boxborough, MA (1-800-LAN-TALK)
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>> On my Network, we have multiple servers.  When a client is at "F:\login"
>> it always defaults to one particular server.  After looking through the
>> docs and calling a couple of vendors, we have received no answers, but
>> I thought I would try here for help.  Is there a way to set the default
>> server so that users can preselect which server they default to?
>> 
>
>With multiple servers on one NetWare LAN, we've found that the "default"
>a user sees is the least busy one at the time.  The simple way to get
>the right one is to have them login with login fs1/username, etc.
>
The solution is correct; the analysis is wrong.  A workstation broadcasts
a Netware Core protocol "GET_NEAREST_SERVER" packet when the NET3 shell
is loaded.  All servers that see that broadcast and are on the same
logical Netware network respond; the workstation takes the first  
response that it sees (i.e. the fastest serrver).
  login server\user
is the correct solution.


						Larry Backman
						Interlan
.