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FYI
(Note: The origin of this information may be internal or external
to Novell. Novell makes every effort within its means to verify
this information. However, the information provided in this
document is FOR YOUR INFORMATION only. Novell makes no explicit
or implied claims to the validity of this information.)
TITLE: Undocumented Features of NetWare Lite v1.1
DOCUMENT ID#: FYI.P.6144
DATE: 15JUN93
PRODUCT: NetWare Lite
PRODUCT VERSION: v1.1
SUPERSEDES: NA
LITE FAX DOC #: 2807
SYMPTOM
NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
Three features were not documented due to incomplete
testing. These features are used inside Novell but cannot
be officially supported. If you call asking for assistance,
Technical support cannot support these features
(particularly items 1 and 2) because they are undocumented
and unsupported. These features are the following:
1. Ability to cross Routers
2. Creating Multiple Workgroups on the same segment.
3. Programs that will not run due to the use of the
Compatibility mode that may work under this parameter.
Crossing Routers
----------------
A discussion of the inability to cross routers is in
the NetWare Lite README. With the following feature, a
NetWare Lite station can cross a router as long as both
sides of the router are the same protocol (such as
Ethernet-Ethernet, Arcnet-Arcnet, or Token Ring-Token
Ring).
In the NET.CFG, insert the following command (left
justified against the left margin):
ROUTE=xxxxxxxx:yyyyyyyyyyyy
When ROUTE is used, it will be echoed when
CLIENT.EXE is loaded.
Replace xxxxxxxx with the network address on the
other side of the router from where you are.
Replace yyyyyyyyyyyy with a single station address
or a string of 12 Fs indicating all stations are
desired to be seen.
Machine A Router Machine B / C
--------- ------ --------------
segment 000010000 <--> segment 00002000
NET.CFG NET.CFG
------- -------
Route=00002000:ffffffffffff Route=00001000:ffffffffff
ff (all on one line)
Example:
If your station (machine A) is on network address
segment 00001000 and you wish to see other NetWare Lite
stations (machine B and C) on network address segment
00002000, you would modify the NET.CFG to contain the
following command:
ROUTE=00002000:FFFFFFFFFFFF
(This allows you to see all stations on the 2000
network address segment. However, they will not
recognize your Lite unless they have a route statement
in their NET.CFG file with your segment address. The
12 Fs are similar to a broadcast for NetWare Lite,
meaning every station.)
If you want to see only one NetWare Lite station
(machine B or C) on another LAN segment, modify your
NET.CFG to contain the following command:
ROUTE=00002000:00001B735C00
(The 1b735c00 address is the node address of the
station (machine B/C) on the other side of the router.)
If you are not sure what segment address you are on,
you can find out by typing NET INFO and looking at the
value to the left of the colon. That is the segment
address. The node address is to the right of the
colon.
The only major issue Novell is aware of at this time
with this feature is that occasionally if you attach to
a resource across a router, the following message will
be displayed:
File Server XXX does not recognize your user
account, please login again
Relogging in to the network again will fix the problem.
One other minor issue Novell has seen is some routers
may not be extremely fast when routing packets; and
with NetWare Lite accessing resources across, the
router may return the following error:
General failure reading device NWLITE (Abort,
Retry, Fail).
In most cases, this may be resolved by increasing the
IPX RETRY COUNT parameter in the NET.CFG.
For example: IPX RETRY COUNT=30
(Left justified in the NET.CFG, default is 20.)
Multiple Workgroups
-------------------
NetWare Lite can support multiple independent
Workgroups on a single segment. Each of these
Workgroups may be composed of servers, server/clients,
or client-only machines. Each machine can be a member
of only one Workgroups (domain) at a time. Each
Workgroups will not be able to recognize other
Workgroups on the wire. Therefore, resources cannot be
shared between Workgroups. However, all stations in a
Workgroups may share resources.
Each station must include a DOMAIN statement in the
NET.CFG. The format for the domain line is the
following:
DOMAIN=XXX (XXX is a number less than 255
decimal.)
Example: DOMAIN=10
Each machine that needs to part of domain 10 must
contain the above line in the NET.CFG. This applies to
all stations whether they are server, client, or both.
This statement will be echoed when SERVER.EXE or
CLIENT.EXE is loaded.
The only issue Novell is aware of with domains is that
if a server in one domain chooses to change to another
domain (that is by changing the domain statement in the
NET.CFG), then the user database from the old domain
may be propagated to the new domain and overwrite the
current user database. Therefore, if this feature is
used, Novell recommends not dynamically changing
domains after a server is set up. If a change is
required, then careful planning should be taken to
ensure the above scenario is avoided. If no domain
statement is specified, then domain 0 is assumed.
Compatibility Mode
------------------
NetWare Lite was designed to support applications
intended for a network. DOS applications conforming to
the above normally use the four DENY modes that are
supported when the DOS SHARE program is loaded. Older
applications developed before SHARE may use
COMPATIBILITY mode. If your application is receiving
file violations or file lock violations and you have
tried increasing files in the (CONFIG.SYS), client
tasks (in NET), and SHARE parameters, then the
following procedure may be the last resort before
contacting technical support:
Caution: If this functionality is used, it may break
CD-ROM and Windows. This issue is currently being
investigated by Novell.
In the NET.CFG on the server where the application is
located, insert the following command:
NETWORK SHARING=ON
This will call a different mechanism in DOS (INT 21 sub
function 5D) which may allow the application to work
over the network. When this statement is used, it will
be echoed when SERVER.EXE is loaded.