Date: 12/FEB/87
Number 174

Title:  Advanced NetWare 68 V2.01a Update

This bulletin is to inform you of an update to Advanced NetWare 68 V2.01.
The update provides enhancements only relevant to users of Novell's
Asynchronous Communication Server and/or Novell's RX-Net interface for 68B
and S-Net file servers.  Other users of Advanced NetWare 68 have no need to
update their systems.

Running the Asynchronous Communication Server software

68B and S-Net file servers running Advanced NetWare 68 V2.01 have reported
"Vector 2" error messages when connected to an Asynchronous Communication
Server.  This abnormal termination was caused by a "rounding" algorithm
introduced in V2.01.  This rounding process allowed the S-Net driver to move
four bytes more than the maximum allowed by the NetWare operating system.
The problem only occurs when an Asynchronous Communication Server is on the
network.  Advanced NetWare 68 V2.01a fixes the problem.
.Running the RX-Net interface under a heavy load

RX-Net networks running off of Novell's RX-Net LAN board for 68B and S-Net
file servers has been reported to "slow down" under a heavy load.  Testing
has proven that the RX-Net driver for the file server board broadcasts file
server replies to all nodes on the network instead of just a specific
workstation, thus overloading the network.  Advanced NetWare 68 V2.01a fixes
the problem.


Are there any other differences between V2.01 and V2.01a?

No, there are no other differences.  The only users who will benefit from an
update to V2.01a are 68B and S-Net file server users who have an
Asynchronous Communication Server, and/or users who have a RX-Net LAN board
in the server.

Is V2.01a available now?

Yes.  Novell is shipping updates from 2.01 to 2.01a.  Novell is also
shipping all 68B servers with SFT Level I V2.02 which also solves both
situations listed above.  The update is free and available through regular
Novell distribution channels.

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9/NOF Number 175 Title File Handle Change in "ANET2.OBJ" and "ANET3.OBJ"
Files

The default number of file handles for the NetWare workstation shells is
forty. However, because of a different default setting in the shell only 20
handles were being made available. A few adjustments will enable the NetWare
shell to support up to 250 file handles. These changes only need to be made
by those needing a large amount of file handles and should be made when a
"no available file handles" or a similar message is indicated. There are two
changes that will need to be made.

The first change MUST be made BEFORE the shell is linked. The first change
is made to the "ANET2.OBJ" and "ANET3.OBJ" files which are located on your
working copy of the "GENSH-2" diskette. This change is only effective on the
shell objects listed below:

ANET2.OBJ 50500 bytes 11-20-86 ("2.0a++")

ANET3.OBJ 54284 bytes 11-20-86 ("2.0a++")

These shell objects are supplied with SFT NetWare Level II, ND286 and are
available on NetWire. The first change is made as follows: (All underscored
items are entered by the user)

debug anet2.obj <CR>

-e7bd7 <CR>

xxxx:7bd7 72.77 <CR>

-w <CR>

-q <CR>

Do the same with the "anet3.obj" file using offset 89e3 in place of 7bd7.
The irst patch is now complete. Generate your shells in the ordinary manner
according to the manual. After your shells have been generated, you will
have the following files:

ANET2.COM

ANET3.COM

Many software applications require more file handles than the default allows
and these applications will instruct users to change the "FILES =" parameter
in their DOS CONFIG.SYS file. This only changes the number of local file
handles that DOS allocates. A similar change needs to be made to the number
of network file handles allocated by the workstation shell (ANET2.COM &
ANET3.COM). The number of file handles can be adjusted by patching offset
167h. This offset is valid for both shells. Make this adjustment in the
following way: (The underscored characters are entered by the user)

debug anet?.com (Where "?" is 2 or 3, depending on shell)

-e167 <CR>

xxxx:0167 28.XX <CR> (Where "XX" is the number of file handles in hex)

-w <CR>

-q <CR>