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Number: A2TH071790U122V43
Subject: New Token Ring Drivers
Date: July 25, 1990
OS Version: All
Shell Version: All
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GENERAL
INFORMATION: The new trn050 drivers on NetWire are causing quite a stir.
One of the biggest problems is that the old and the new drivers don't exist
nicely together. So customers must change everything over at once. Large
customers are hesitant to do this, and in some cases this is very difficult
if not impossible. They can update one ring at a time if they are
separated by our bridges and the whole ring is the new drivers. If the
rings are connected with IBM bridges, then you would need to not run source
routing or filter out IPX packets.
We will assist customers in the change-over by helping them
gen their 286 software without downing the server and copying the NET$OS
to the system directory and then the next time they boot, the new drivers
will be there. If they mix old and new, they will get problems with
fileservers disappearing and locking up, and workstations locking up, etc.
Another problem is when they have both IBM and Novell
bridges on their network. If they are using any source routing drivers on
any other server or bridge on the network they will have problems. They
will see the same network communication errors as above. You cannot run
both bridges with source routing. You must either run IBM only or Novell
only.
(X) This information was verified verbally.
(X) This information was verified in the lab.