NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  MPRDRV:  NW2000 & SYNCPLUS LAN Drivers
README FOR:  MPRDRV.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
NetWare MultiProtocol Router 3.0
NetWare 4.1
NetWare 3.12
NetWare 4.02

ABSTRACT:

This patch contains new server LAN drivers for NW2000 and
SYNCPLUS.  It is recommended for all sites using NW2000 and
SYNCPLUS network interface cards.



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ISSUE: 

The NW2000 driver has corrections for two problems:

 1.  If a frame is received that is larger than the configured
MTU size, the server hangs in the interrupt handler.  Attempts to
enter the debugger fail.

 2.  If frames larger then 1024 bytes are transmitted, the port
may stop outputting and the monitor statistics MSMTxFreeCount
shows 0.  This problem is very intermittant but occurs more often
if the line is at 100% load.

 The SYNCPLUS driver has a minor table change necessary to load
the driver when NetWare is running in a Symmetrical Multi
Processor (SMP) environment.

Self-Extracting File Name: mprdrv.exe

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

..\
      MPRDRV.TXT     (This file)
      NW2000.LAN           48493         9-18-95      2:43:36 pm
    SYNCPLUS.LAN           54990         9-14-95      3:04:48 pm


Installation Instructions:

1. Make a backup copy of each LAN file.

  2. Copy the new LAN files to the SYS:\SYSTEM directory.




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