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Number: A3TH072690U206
Subject: Running 3Com 3Stations on NetWare
Date: August 2, 1990
OS Version: All
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GENERAL
INFORMATION: 3Com 3Stations can be successfully integrated on the NetWare
LAN by means of the 3STAT.ARC on NetWire/NOVA/LIB 8. This
includes a DOC file and certain necessary drivers. The
3C505/2012 adapter must be installed in a NetWare 286
server as LAN A or on a NetWare Router station of the same
ethernet segment as the 3Stations (in the LAN A
configuration for the router). The BOOTSTAT.COM file must
be placed in the SYSTEM directory of the NetWare 286 server
and the NET$DOS.SYS file in the LOGIN directory of the
NetWare 286 server.
If a NetWare 386 server is included in this configuration,
it must be isolated from the 3Stations across a router,
making it at least one hop away from any 3Stations.
3Com 3Stations have a configuration mode in ROM. One needs
to embed the name of the NET$DOS.SYS file in the 3Station's
ROM as an 8 character name - no path or extention included.
3Stations send out an XNS broadcast on the network when
they power on. Only the special 3C505/2012 driver for
3Stations, which is included in the 3STAT.ARC file from
NetWire, can respond to the 3Stations' broadcast. The
3Stations requests the BOOTSTAT file. The BOOTSTAT file
tells the 3Stations how to ask for the BOOTCONF or NET$DOS
file.
Finally, having a 3C505/2012 on a router station with the
right driver generated in only a 386 server is not enough
to support the 3Stations with the presently developed
driver. A NetWare 286 server must be present. This is
because these drivers were developed by a third party and
we are fortunate that they work at all.
(X) This information was verified verbally.