NWC001.EXE and NWC002.EXE must be used together. They provide the latest "patches" for NetWare Connect 1.0. PLEASE read "Solution" and "Installation Instructions". You do NOT need NWC001 & NWC002 if after loading NetWare Connect "Install" the "Product Options" screen shows version 1.0.34 or higher.
1. Speed limited to 2400 through the server's comm port.
2. Disconnection with modems supporting flow control.
3. MPR switching to a System Console screen if run on a Connect server.
4. Sometimes, Netware Connect would appear to install but the install program could not read the license disk.
5. Sometimes, NetWare Connect and the license disk would appear to install, but an attempt to add new ports would result in the "Port license has been exceeded" error.
6. Divide by zero error.
7. Server locks if a DOWN/EXIT is done while a NWC port is connected.
NCS
1. Until the release of PTF 439/442 and PTF 440, if NetWare Connect was installed in a NetWare 4.x server, the server could abend.
2. NCS Maximum Connect timer not accurate.
3. NCS timer starts at host connection time and not at remote session start time.
4. NINT14 unable to access a port with the same General Name, even with /G option.
5. Characters could be lost in bi-directional file transfers, particularly when using ASCII protocol. (In order to correct this, NASI has been changed to synchronize with NCS before a data transfer.)
6. NASI applications hang when accessing ports with a status of "broken". (NCS ports, with a displayed status of "broken" will no longer be available to choose.)
7. Failure to dial out. (corrected by the AT command ATS0=x being handled differently.)
8. Long delay when dialing out of a modem independent port. (Should now be approximately only 10 seconds.)
9. Before the patch, if a port was left configured as unknown, it was advertised as available, and an attempt to use it would make all ports unavailable. (Ports will now configured as "None" by default.)
NRN/ARAS
1. Retransmit failures. (A retransmit will no longer be unsuccessful when a NAK is received from NRN. This addresses a latent problem relative to Citrix's WINview product.
2. The Macintosh utility, ARAS Set Password, could not change a password.
3. Lines dropping and retransmits at speeds above 9600 bps with Windows on the client.
4. Data loss resulting in termination of connection.
5. Slow performance with Remote Node.
6. Slow performance with X.25.
(NRN/RNS and X.25 performance will now be faster. However, speed will still be restricted by the ability of the modem used.)
SOLUTION:
1. Apply both NWC001.EXE and NWC002.EXE:
- If NetWare Connect will be on a NetWare 4.01 server, follow the instructions in 4X.TXT.
- If NetWare Connect will be on a NetWare 3.x server, follow the instructions in 3X.TXT.
2. Download the latest NWCMOD.EXE:
- If you have an AIOMDMS.MDC dated before 12-14-93
or
- If you have a modem not supported by your current AIOMDMS.MDC.
3. If you have a 9600bps, or faster, modem and a fairly error free link, you can enhance performance by increasing packet size.
To increase packet size, edit NET.CFG by adding the following line under the Link Driver NRN section:
PACKET LENGTH n
n can range from the default of 512 to
a maximum of 1428.
For example, replace n with 1024.
Similarly, decrease the packet size if your connection is prone to errors.
4. Using NRN at speeds above 9,600bps tends to result in line drops and retransmit problems if the remote work station has a 8250 or 16450 UART.
To get dependable, fast performance with Remote Node, we recommend that the remote computer's serial port have a 16550 UART. When you load NRN.COM, it will notify you if a 16550 UART has been detected. NRN.COM will not notify if anything other than a 16550 UART this will changed by a future patch). However, after the installation of this PTF, RNS will support some RNS connections at higher modem rates than it formerly did.
5. NEW FEATURE: Dumb TTY Mode
Dialcon now provides users the ability communicate with intermediate devices (such as challenge/response security units). See TTY.TXT for instructions.
6. NEW FEATURE: MAXRATE, to set higher port speeds
AIOCOMX now supports a load command which allows users to set data rates higher than the default rate for the UART type. See AIOCOMX.TXT for instructions regarding this, and other AIOCOMX load parameters.
7. NEW FEATURE:
AICON defaults changed; AIOCON, defaults to "Any Application" to allow other AIO products to use AIOCON.
8. NEW FEATURE
Dial-in users will now show in the Audit Trail if they go through the complete login sequence and selected a service.
9. NEW FEATURE (carried over from prior PTF)
NRN/RNS Download Notification TSR
NetWare Connect's Remote Node service is designed to transfer data and is reasonably fast for that purpose. However, as with all other asynchronous remote node products, the practicality of program execution across the phone lines is severely limited by available modem speeds. In most cases, it is more effective to use "Remote Control" rather than "Remote Node" for the execution of programs which reside on the central file server. (Through experimentation you may determine that some programs execute across the line acceptably, particularly with 28.8 modems.)
Because it is usually advisable to avoid loading programs across the line, this patch includes the TSR, NETWARN.COM. After it is loaded, NetWarn will notify the Remote Node Service user of the path and size of a "large" file when it is accessed. This gives the remote user the opportunity to stop the access before the asynch connection becomes tied up for an unacceptable period of time.
NOTE: Do not load NetWarn until RNS connection is established.
NetWarn supports the following options:
netwarn [/d | /e | /u | /p | /s ]
/d disables NetWarn
/e enables NetWarn
/u unloads NetWarn
/p displays the path of the executable
/s=n sets the file size in KB which will trigger a warning
(n can range from 0 through 9999)
The default value for n is 5KB.
Self-Extracting File Name: nwc001.exe
Files Included Size Date Time
..\
NWC001.TXT (This file)
3X.TXT 2716 5-2-95 1:49:56 pm
4X.TXT 2565 5-2-95 1:51:10 pm
AIO.NLM 83033 5-4-94 2:11:06 pm
AIOCOMX.NLM 17537 6-1-94 1:35:12 pm
AIOCOMX.TXT 3466 6-17-94 5:52:32 pm
CONNECT.001 936 6-17-94 5:53:40 pm
CONNECT.RMV 2325 6-9-94 11:08:24 am
CSINSTAL.HLP 2336 3-9-93 6:44:30 pm
NASI.EXE 33270 3-25-94 11:42:54 am
NASU.NLM 75304 2-10-94 2:39:10 pm
NCS.NLM 61791 5-5-94 4:25:02 pm
NCSCNVRT.NLM 31971 2-9-94 1:22:46 pm
NCSCON.NLM 31436 2-9-94 1:29:42 pm
NINT14.COM 2944 4-4-94 11:30:22 am
NWCCLEAN.NLM 1694 2-9-94 1:25:52 pm
NWCCNVRT.NLM 52467 2-9-94 1:31:08 pm
NWCLIC.NLM 13703 2-9-94 1:27:42 pm
NWCNCFRM.NLM 63048 2-9-94 1:26:36 pm
NWCSTAT.NLM 15666 2-9-94 1:14:20 pm
PINSTALL.NLM 95522 9-17-93 2:28:52 pm
PRODUCT.DEF 631 5-9-94 5:05:04 pm
README.NWC 18332 6-1-94 11:18:52 am
RNS.LAN 23132 6-8-94 1:20:14 pm
TTY.TXT 417 6-20-94 1:05:44 pm
..\NW3X\
0INDEX.HTM 637 10-10-94 1:21:40 pm
ARAS.LAN 39031 1-18-94 9:41:28 am
ARASCON.NLM 27432 2-9-94 1:30:02 pm
..\NW4X\
0INDEX.HTM 869 10-10-94 1:21:42 pm
AIO.NLM 90350 5-4-94 2:20:52 pm
ARAS.LAN 39101 1-18-94 9:42:22 am
ARASCON.NLM 27485 2-9-94 1:30:08 pm
NASU.NLM 89565 2-10-94 2:23:36 pm
NCSCNVRT.NLM 45279 2-9-94 1:28:32 pm
NWCNCFRM.NLM 76331 2-9-94 1:28:48 pm
PM401.NLM 8113 2-3-94 1:09:26 am
SPXFIX2.NLM 1023 11-23-93 8:52:38 am
Installation Instructions:
First check the "Product Options" screen after loading NetWare Connect's "Install":
--- If it says version 1.0.34 or higher; STOP, do not install this patch.
--- If it says version 1.0.33 or lower; proceed with this patch.
To install on a NetWare 3.X server, read 3X.TXT.
To install on a NetWare 4.01 server, read 4X.TXT.
Patch History:
NWC001 supersedes PTF 442.
NWC002 supersedes PTF 440.
PTF 442 superseded PTF 439.
PTF 439 and PTF 440 together superseded PTF 436 which was the first maintenance PTF for NetWare Connect.
Nothing supersedes NWCMOD.EXE which provides the latest modem scripts (AIOMDMS.MDC).
"Patches" for NetWare Connect will be in three separate series:
- Maintenance
- Third party AIO drivers for multiport adapter boards.
- Updates of NetWare Connect's modem support. To access the most current modem scripts available, go to NOVLIB Library 9 and download NWCMOD.EXE. NWCMOD.EXE is periodically updated with additional and improved modem scripts.
All registered owners of NetWare Connect 1.0 (8 port or 32 port) either received RunTime NetWare 4.01 on a CDROM in the NetWare Connect box, or have been sent a CDROM with RunTime NetWare 4.01. Everyone who has the NetWare 4.01 CDROM has the SAME NetWare Connect files that were in PTF 442 and PTF 440. If you have 8 or 32 port NetWare Connect and have not received the NetWare 4.01 CDROM, please send in the registration form.
