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- This document attempts to explain how to configure the Netware Requester and
- IBM' TCP/IP product. It uses the ndis drivers as the base drivers.
-
- (This explanation courtesy of Dave Scott at the University of Cambridge)
-
-
- Regarding: RE>[Netware and TCP/IP]
- I grabbed your document and found it good. I have included an alternative way
- to setup which rigs ODI on top of NDIS to give (I think) an easier alternative.
- Feel free to use, edit or discard as you see fit
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- Making TCP/IP and Netware coexist - The Alternative
-
- Most people use the ODINSUP method to get Netware and TCP/IP to work on the same
- network adapter. This method basically gives control of the network card to the
- network driver that is written to the ODI specification that is required for
- Netware (and is championed by Novell). The ODINSUP program is what is commonly
- called a 'shim' in that it provides the glue for programs that write to the NDIS
- spec (like IBM TCP/IP for OS/2).
-
- This approach is fine in the main but there is an alternative that has the
- opposite arrangement. I find this alternative poorly documented (as in not
- mentioned anywhere I know about) but much easier to setup. This method uses a
- file ODI2NDI.OS2 as the 'shim' and allows the NDIS driver to control the card
- with ODI supported on top of that. This is often necessary because some network
- card manufacturers may only support NDIS drivers (like IBM) or the NDIS driver
- may be better written or more up-to-date. It also has to do with how you view
- your network (as a Netware or TCP/IP network primarily).
-
- IBM in their wisdom (?) when they supplied the LAPS (Lan Adapter Protocol
- Support) program disk with the TCP/IP package chose not to include any protocol
- support other than for TCP/IP. This is the main stumbling block for anyone
- trying to install via the ODI2NDI method. There are a couple of ways around
- this.
-
- 1) If you have Lan Server use the LAPS disk from there.
- 2) You can buy something called NTS/2 (This is the way IBM recommends) :-(
- 3) You can ask IBM or your dealer for the WR7020 CSD for LAPS (available
- from ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
- pub/comp/os/os2/lanserver/csds/wr07020.zip)
- 4) You can get a copy of one of the option disk that comes with an
- IBM network card (like the etherstreamer) from the IBM BBS.
-
- Which of these options you use depend very much on what is available on your
- site and whatever licencing restrictions are in force.
-
- Okay, assuming now your LAPS version is at least to the WR7020 level (use
- SYSLEVEL to check) you will have support for the Netware requester. The first
- thing to do is install TCP/IP as per the excellent install procedure.
-
- Reboot the machine and make sure that your setup is working fine. Once you are
- sure everything is okay you are ready to install the Netware Requester.
- Make a backup of your CONFIG.SYS and PROTOCOL.INI and have a boot floppy
- ready just in case. During the installation of Netware you will be prompted to
- name the driver being used DONOT select any of the drivers listed but type
-
- C:\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL\ODI2NDI.OS2
-
- (change C: to point to the correct drive for your system).
-
- After you have completed the installation go ahead and create your NET.CFG file
- using the example I have included. When you quit from the intall procedure you
- are prompted to reboot the system - DONOT do this.
-
- Start up LAPS (OS/2 System - System Setup - LAPS icons) select the Netware
- Requester from the Protocol table and add it so it shows up in the current
- configuration box. Here is the good bit - double click on the Netware Requester
- line in the current configuration box to open the option screen for it (or
- highlight it and press the edit button). Go ahead and enter the various options
- in there. The defaults are for token ring, if you use ethernet change the token
- ring stuff to no and the ethernet stuff to yes. That's it, go ahead and save
- then exit LAPS. Go ahead and reboot your system keeping your fingers crossed.
- Bootup will now take much longer so don't panic.
-
- When I first did this I was presented with a Trap D which turned out to be a
- know problem on ethernet cards. The solution is to get an older copy of
- ODI2NDI.OS2 and install that. You can get this from IBM or some FTP site (I used
- ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de pub/comp/os/os2/lanserver/ntsod2nd.zip). The boot
- floppy I had came into its own here :-)
-
- One final thing - I had to rename the TCP/IP LOGIN.EXE file to avoid confusion
- with the Novell LOGIN.EXE.
-
- That as they say is that. Enjoy !!
-