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`MA Main Help for LANtastic (tm) NET connect manager |Network Disk Drives and Printers Use to make a connection between your computer system's disks or printers and a network server's disks or printers. ~01 |Printer Queue Management Use to look for print jobs that have been placed on the server's queue. Users with the "Q" privilege can control any items in the queue. ~02 |Mail Services Use to send or receive mail (Including voice mail, if you have a LANtastic (tm) Voice card installed). Users with the "M" privilege can control any item in the mail queue. ~03 |Chat With Another User Use this option to establish a text dialogue with another user on the network. If you have a LANtastic (tm) Voice card installed, you can also hold a real-time voice dialogue with another user. ~04 |Login and Logout Use to log in and out of several servers at one time. You can also log in to a server as you make connections to resources. ~05 |User Account Management Use to change your password on a server, disable your account or check the access rights and privileges of your account. ~06 |Display System Activity on Server Use to see which users are logged in to a server and monitor their activity. `AC User Account Management Help The options provided in this menu allow you to manipulate the account you used to log in to a server. |Change Password When this option is selected, you will be asked for the old password (to prevent unauthorized changing of your password) then you will be asked for a new password. Once a password is entered there is no way to find out what was typed. ~01 |Disable Account Disables your account from all future log ins, regardless of the password used. Access to your account can be restored only by the system manager using NET_MGR. (Note: Your account cannot be disabled in this way unless the maximum concurrent log ins for your username have been set to 1.) ~02 |Show Account Status Displays the status of your account including the date your account expires, date last logged in, maximum concurrent log ins allowed and time of day log in restrictions. `LI Selecting a Server Help Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the desired server and press Enter. If the server that you want to access is not in the list of available servers, press the Ins key, type in the name of the server and press Enter. The names of servers you are logged in to begin with "\\" and the servers you are not logged in to are surrounded by parentheses. Only those servers with "Send Server ID" enabled will be on this list. An "A#" in the title block of the window and numbers appearing on the right side of the list, indicate you have multiple adapters in your computer. You will receive server ID's from each network you are connected to. It is possible to have servers with the same name, but with different adapter numbers, appear on the list. |Logging In You must log in to a server before you are able to use its disks and devices. To do this, you must have a valid username and password on the server. To log in, select a server from the list and press Enter, or press the Ins key and enter the information requested. You will be asked if you want to set the clock on your computer to the server's clock. This is convenient for those systems that do not have a clock with a battery backup. |Logging Out Logging out breaks all connections with a server. To log out, use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the appropriate server, then press the Del key. `DR Redirecting Disk Drives or Printers Help You can use this window to redirect local disk drives or printers on your computer. This window can also be used to cancel redirections. You may redirect a physical disk drive (such as A:). This allows programs that only work on a set drive, such as A: or C: to work across the network. When you break the network connection, by pressing Del, your drive will function as a physical drive again. The printer devices, physical disk drives (usually A:, B: And C:) and the logical disk drives (usually D: through Z:) are shown in this window. To attach your disk drive or printer to a network resource, use the arrow keys to select the device or drive you want to use and press Enter. You will then be asked to select the server to which your drive will be attached. When you have logged in to a server, the available printer or disk resources will be displayed in a window. Select the appropriate resource by highlighting it and pressing Enter. `SD Disk Redirection Help This window allows you to select a resource on the server to complete the redirection of your local disk. Each line contains three fields: 1. Shared directory name. 2. The access you have to the resource. Each letter corresponds to an access control list (ACL) privilege. 3. A description of the resource. If you select the "." entry, the disk redirection will be made to the server's root directory. To use files on that server you can then use the DOS Change Directory command (CD) to move into subdirectories on the server as you would on your own computer. `SP Device Redirection Help This window allows you to select a resource on the server to connect to your local device. Each line contains three fields: 1. Shared resource name. 2. The access you have to the resource. Each letter corresponds to an access control list (ACL) privilege. 3. A description of the resource. When you select an @DEVICE such as @PRINTER or @MAIL, then all output from your printer will be sent to the server's queue and be printed on that output device. When you copy a file to the server's @DEVICE it will automatically be spooled to disk, placed in the queue and then sent to the printer. For example: COPY PFILE \\MAIN-AT\@PRINTER COPY PFILE LPT1 If LPT1 had been redirected to \\MAIN-AT\@PRINTER, both of the commands above would perform the same function. The commands would send the file called PFILE to the remote printer on the server named MAIN-AT. `QM Printer Queue Management Help The printer queue is an area on the server where print jobs are stored prior to being printed by the server. When you send output data to a printer device that has been redirected to the network, LANtastic stores the information in a file on the server's disk. This file is added to the servers list of pending print jobs. LANtastic then prints the data, one job at a time, until the queue is empty or it has been paused or halted by a network manager. To control a queue entry, use the arrow keys to select the item and press Enter. If you have the "Q" privilege, you can control any entry in queue, otherwise you can only control your own print jobs. A queue entry shows you the sequence number, destination, status, the user that created the entry, and the comment the user may have placed on the job. Queue status can be one of the following: DESPOOLING Data from the entry is currently being sent to the printer. WAITING Entry is waiting to be despooled. Entries remain waiting until the printer is available. HELD Entry has been held. A held entry won't be despooled until it is released. UPDATING Entry is currently being placed on the queue. DELETED Entry is in the process of being deleted. An entry is marked as deleted only if it was in the process of being printed. It will remain in deleted status, until a (*CANCELED*) message is printed. *RUSH* Entry has been rushed by a user with the "Q" privilege. Rushed entries are printed before any other entries. To change the status of a queue entry, select the queue entry on the screen by highlighting it then press Enter. You will see a list of options for changing the status of the queue entry. If you have the "Q" privilege and want to control which printer devices are active use the tab key to go to the "Logical Streams" window. To control specific printers (LPT1, COM1, etc.), use the tab key to move the cursor to the "Device Status" window. `QD Detailed Queue Entry Help A detailed queue entry shows you the information that a specific queue entry contains, such as: Sequence Number - A unique number for each queue entry. Printer entries with the lowest sequence number are printed first. Status - The current status of the entry. DESPOOLING Entry is currently being despooled. WAITING Entry is waiting to be despooled. HELD Entry has been held, and cannot be despooled. UPDATING Entry is being placed on the queue. DELETING Entry is in the process of being deleted. *RUSH* This entry is a priority job and will be printed next. User - The username of the person that created the entry. File's Origin - Machine name that the user was logged in to when the file was created. Destination - The output device. Date/Time - When the entry was created. Size in Bytes - The size of the entry in bytes. Copies - The number of copies of the file that will be printed. `LS Logical Streams Help Logical streams are a way of controlling which @devices the server is allowed to despool. Before a print job is despooled, the server checks this list to see if the intended printer resource is enabled or disabled. It scans the list starting with entry 0. As soon as the server finds a match on the list it either despools the job (if the printer resource is enabled) or goes to the next job in the queue. For example, if the logical stream list is as follows: 1: @NORMAL?.??? Enabled 2: @LABELS?.??? Disabled All jobs sent to @NORMAL?.??? (such as @NORMAL1, @NORMAL2, etc.) would be printed. All jobs sent to @LABELS?.??? would not be printed. If @NORMAL?.??? jobs used 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper and @LABELS?.??? jobs used label paper, you could use streams to simplify switching paper in the printer. To make the paper switch, you would disable the @NORMAL?.??? stream using the F5 key, switch the paper, then enable the @LABELS?.??? stream. Enabling and disabling a stream has NO effect on the job currently being despooled. Before you disable a stream, make sure that all current print jobs are finished. `DS Device Status Help You are currently viewing the status for the server's physical printers. If you want to control any of the printers, select it and press Enter. Printers may be in one of the following states: DISABLED Despooling is disabled for the printer. MULTIPLE JOBS The printer has been enabled to despool more than one job. HALT AT EOJ The printer will print one job and then stop. PAUSED The printer has been paused. The CPS column displays the rate of printing in characters per second. If the CPS rate is 0 then the printer is not accepting any characters or is off-line. If the text "(NOT DESPOOLING)" is displayed then no queue entries are available for despooling. `QC Queue Control Help You can manipulate any entry you see in the printer queue by performing one of the following commands: Show Will display additional information about a queue entry. Delete Removes the selected entry from the queue. If the selected entry is currently despooling it will remain in the queue with a "DELETED" status until a "*CANCELED*" message is displayed. Hold Suspends despooling of selected entry. The entry is held in the queue until you issue a "RELEASE" command. Release Releases a 'held' entry for despooling. Read Displays the first line of a queue entry. You can use this function to determine the contents of a print file. Rush Despools an entry before others in the queue. You must have "Q" privilege to use this function. `ML Mail Services Help LANtastic stores the mail in an area of the server's disk. The sender or the recipient can delete the mail item at any time. If you have "M" privilege you will see all the mail stored in the mail queue, otherwise you will only see the items you have sent, or received. `VW Selecting Voice or Text Mail Help A LANtastic (tm) voice card has been detected. You may send a DOS file or create a text message with the mail editor, or you may record a voice message. `VV Recording a Voice Mail Message This window allows you to record a voice mail message to be sent to another user. You must have a LANtastic (tm) voice card to record a message. The display shows the length of the message (in bytes, minutes and seconds) and a visual scale. The current record mode and whether or not compression is enabled are also displayed. These function keys are available to help you record your message: Space Toggles between PAUSED and RECORD modes. Since the mode is initially PAUSED, you must press this key to begin recording. Del Clears any message recorded so far, so you may start over. Esc Deletes any message recorded so far, and returns to the previous window. No mail entry is created. Enter Terminates recording, saves the new mail entry, sends the message, and returns you to the previous window. F2 Allows you to toggle between uncompressed and compressed voice data storage, You can only enable compression at the beginning of a recording, since it applies to the whole message. Uncompressed voice data is stored at 8000 bytes per second. Compressed voice data is stored at 4000 bytes per second with a slight reduction in sound quality. `VR Playing a Voice Mail Message Help This window allows you to listen to voice messages which have previously been recorded with a LANtastic (tm) voice card. The display shows the length of the message (in minutes, seconds, and bytes) and indicates the current position within the message, both in numerical form and with a visual scale. The current play mode and whether or not the voice file was recorded with compression is also displayed. Several commands are available to allow you to control playing back the message: Space Toggles between PAUSED and PLAY modes. Since the mode is initially PAUSED, you must press this key to hear the message. Esc Terminates playback and returns you to the previous window. Home Rewinds the message to the beginning. Advances the message by two seconds. Backs up (rewinds) the message by two seconds. Advances the message by one small increment on the pointer scale. Backs up the message by one small increment on the pointer scale. PgDn Advances the message by one large increment on the pointer scale. PgUp Backs up the message by one large increment on the pointer scale. `RD Reading a Queue Entry Help When viewing a queue entry you are only allowed to see the first 4096 bytes of the file on the screen. If you need to see more of the file, you must send it to a file and then look at it with a word processor or a file viewer. `PI System Activity Help This window shows you who is logged in to the server and their current activity. The information displayed is: ID# Every logged in user has a unique identification number. Username The name the user logged in to the server with. If the username is '?' then someone is in the process of logging in. Machine The machine the user logged in from. Command The last command the user performed. The commands are: AUDIT ENTRY A user audit entry was created. CHANGE PASSWORD A user changed his or her password. CLOSE FILE A file has been closed. COMMIT FILE File data has been committed to disk. CONTROL QUEUE A queue entry was modified or the despooler was controlled. COPY FILE A file copy was requested on the server. CREATE DIR A directory has been created. CREATE FILE A file has been created. An existing file with the same name may have been overwritten. CREATE INDIRECT An indirect file was created. CREATE NEW FILE A new file has been created. DELETE DIR A directory has been deleted. DELETE FILE A file has been deleted. DISABLE ACCOUNT An account was disabled. FILE READ Data has been read. FILE WRITE Data has been written. FIND DISK SPACE A user requested information as to the amount of free disk space. FIND FIRST A find first operation was performed. FIND NEXT A find next operation was performed. GET ACCOUNT Account information was requested. GET INDIRECT The contents of an indirect file were retrieved. GET LINK INFO A user requested information about a directory/device Access Control List. GET QUEUE ENTRY Queue entry information was obtained. GET SERVER TIME The current server time was obtained. GET STREAM A user requested information about a logical printer stream. GET USERNAME A username was retrieved from the account file. LOCK RANGE A file region has been locked. LOGIN The user is in the process of logging in. MULTI-MODE OPEN A multi-mode file open was performed. OPEN FILE A file has been opened. PRINTER STATUS Current printer status was requested. RENAME FILE A file has been renamed. SEEK POSITION A file seek was performed. SET ATTRIBUTE A file's attributes have been changed. SET QUEUE ENTRY Detailed queue entry information was modified. SET STREAM Stream information was modified. TERMINATE The user exited a program. TRANSLATE PATH A network pathname was translated. UNIQUE FILE A new file has been created with a unique name. UNLOCK RANGE A file region has been unlocked. USER STATUS User status information was obtained. IO bytes The amount of data input and output that the server has performed for the user. Number may be followed by a K, M or G. K means this is the IO bytes in Kilobytes (1024 bytes), M (Megabytes) or G (Gigabytes). For example, if 23M is shown, this user has performed 23 megabytes of I/O. Requests The number of server commands performed since the user logged in. Privs The privileges the user has. The meaning of the privilege letters is: A ACL. All server file requests that the user does bypass ACL checking. Q Queue. The user is allowed to manipulate the despooler and all printer queue entries. M Mail. The user can manipulate everyone's mail. U User Audit. The user may place an entry in the audit trail with NET AUDIT. S System manager. The user is a system manager. L Logged in. The user is fully logged in to the server. If "L" is not displayed then the user is in the process of logging in. R Remote boot login. Logged in through a remote boot. `CE Critical Error Help |Retry the Network, Disk or Device operation Will attempt the operation again. First, check if a floppy disk drive door is open or if some other minor problem caused the error. If so, correct the problem and retry the operation. ~01 |Fail the Network, Disk or Device operation Will cancel the operation in progress and return to the last window. You should then correct any problems or type ESC to exit the window. ~02 |Ignore the error, continue with program The program will continue as though nothing happened. NOTE: The operation will NOT be properly completed and may lead to future errors. It is suggested that you not select this option. ~03 |Abort NET and return to DOS immediately Will exit the program immediately. `CH Using CHAT Help The CHAT feature allows users from two Network stations to communicate with each other by typing messages and, if they both have LANtastic Voice cards in full-duplex mode, by voice. The top window is your local display and will echo the characters you are typing (and sending). The lower window displays the characters being received. "Unconnected" will be displayed in the lower window until you call someone and they answer, or someone calls you. When a connection is made, a message will be displayed showing the name of the machine you are talking to. Anything you type will be shown on the remote machine, and vice-versa. The following command keys are defined in CHAT mode: |F2| Toggles voice-chat mode. When you are connected to a remote machine, and both of you have full-duplex voice cards installed, this key will toggle between voice-enabled and voice-disabled mode. When voice is enabled, you will be able to communicate directly with the remote user through the handset. There will be a one second delay between the time you speak and when your voice is heard at the remote computer. |F3| When in voice-chat mode this function key allows you to specify a voice-activated threshold value. This value is used to control how loud you must speak before voice data is transferred. |Ins| Calls a remote workstation. Pressing this key when you are unconnected will attempt to establish a CHAT session with the network node you specify. An audible tone and a pop-up message will inform the user at the remote station that you want to CHAT. This user should then run the Chat program, by typing NET CHAT or selecting the "Chat With Another User" option from the NET Main Functions menu. Once this is done, the connection is established and you can start "chatting." |Del| Hangs up the current CHAT session, but does not exit the CHAT program. This allows you to call someone else. |Esc| Hangs up the current CHAT session, if there is one, and returns you to the NET Main Functions menu. |Home| Clears your local typing window (the top window). The corresponding window on the remote machine will also be cleared. || Backs up and clears one character on the current line. An identical action will be performed on the remote machine. `CD Enter Machine Name to Call Help Enter the network name of the machine you are calling. This will be the name given to the machine when the REDIR program was run. Press the ESC key to cancel the call. `VT Voice-Activated Threshold Help The Voice Chat feature sends a considerable amount of data through the network. This could cause a degradation of network performance. The voice-activated threshold specifies how loud you must speak in order for voice data to be transmitted. This reduces the amount of background noise that is sent through the network. Setting the value to zero (0) will transmit all sounds. Setting the value to 127 would transmit only the loudest sounds. You should choose a value which allows your speech to be transmitted, but not the background noise when you're not talking. The default setting (32) should be suitable for most applications. `US Input Destination Help Enter the username you wish to send mail to. You can press F10 and select from a list of mail users. You can also enter a "*" at the end of a partial username to send mail to a group of users. For example, if you enter "$*" the mail item will be sent to all the users whose usernames begin with a "$." `UL User List Help You are currently viewing all available mail users on the server. Select the user you wish to send mail to and press Enter. If you wish to send to a group of users, press Esc and enter a group prefix followed by "*." For example, entering "$*" would send the mail item to all users whose usernames begin with "$." `MV Voice Mail Options Help You can control a specific voice mail entry with one of the following options: |Listen to Mail Select this option to listen to the voice mail item. You must have a Voice card installed to be able to listen to voice mail. ~01 |Forward Copy of Mail Select this option to forward mail to another user. ~02 |Copy Mail to File Select this option to copy your mail to a file. ~03 |Delete Mail Select this option to delete the mail entry. `MT Text Mail Options Help You can control a specific mail entry with one of the following options: |Read Mail You can read the contents of the mail. ~01 |Forward Copy of Mail Select this option to forward mail to another user. ~02 |Copy Mail to File Select this option to copy your mail to a file. ~03 |Delete Mail Select this option to delete the mail entry. `SO Send Options Help You can send mail in several forms. |Use Mail Editor This option allows you to create a mail entry with LANtastic's built-in text editor and send it to another user. |Send Text File This option allows you to send text that has already been created. |Send Voice File This option allows you to send pre-recorded voice files |Record Voice Mail This option allows you to record a voice mail message and send it. `GM Incoming Mail Help All your incoming mail is displayed here. If you want to manipulate any of the incoming mail, select the mail item and press Enter. If you want to manipulate outgoing mail, press the Tab key to switch to the outgoing mail window. You can also press Ins to send mail or Del to delete a mail entry. `SM Outgoing Mail Help All your outgoing mail is displayed here. If you want to manipulate any of the outgoing mail, select the mail item and press Enter. If you want to manipulate incoming mail, press the Tab key to switch to the incoming mail window. You can also press Ins to send mail or Del to delete a mail entry. `NV View File Help You are currently viewing the contents of a file. You can use the arrow keys to move the cursor around in the file. `NE Line Editor Help In addition to the standard NET line editing commands you can use the following function keys: |F2| Sends the text you have written. |F7| Inserts a blank line before your current line. |F8| Deletes the current line the cursor is on. |Esc| Terminates the editing session and does not send anything. `PC Printer Control Help You can control individual or all of a server's printers from this menu. You can select one of the following functions: |Start| Starts despooling (printing) on the selected printer. |Halt| Halt despooling immediately. Any entry currently printing on the selected printer is stopped. |Stop| Suspends printing after the next job. Despooling will stop after the current entry has finished printing. If no entry is printing then despooling is stopped immediately. |Pause| Temporarily stops the despooler. Despooling of the current entry is stopped. To continue despooling issue a Start command. |One-Job| Allows one job to be printed and then despooling stops. This is useful when you want to perform an action on the printer between print jobs. |Restart| The currently printing job is started over again from the beginning. `AS Account Status Help This is the current state of your account on the server. |Description 32 character description of the account. ~01 |Date Last Logged In The last date you logged in to the server. ~02 |Account Expiration Date The last date you will be able to log in to this server. ~03 |Password Expiration Date The last date that your password will be valid on this server. ~04 |Renew Password Every ... The number of days before you must change your password again. ~05 |Privileges The privileges are defined as follows: A - SuperACL Privilege If this privilege is enabled, the Access Control Lists (ACLs) protecting printers, subdirectories and sending mail will not be checked. You will have access to every shared resource on the server. If the "A" privilege is disabled, ACL protection is enforced. Q - SuperQueue Privilege If this privilege is enabled, you will be allowed to view and manipulate all jobs in the print queue. You will also be able to control despooling on the server's printers. When this privilege is disabled, you will only be able to see and control only your own print jobs. M - SuperMail Privilege If this privilege is enabled, you will be allowed to manipulate all mail items in the queue. If the "M" privilege is disabled, you can only manipulate mail items sent by or to you. S - System Manager Privilege If this privilege is enabled, you will be able to perform system management functions on the server. NOTE: This privilege is not implemented at this time. In order to prevent potential security problems in future versions of LANtastic, you should NOT enable the "S" privilege. U - User Auditing Privilege When this privilege is enabled, you may issue NET AUDIT commands and create entries in the server audit log. If the "U" privilege is disabled, you will not be allowed to create user audit entries. ~06 |Number of Concurrent logins The number of times your username can be used to log in to the server at any given time. If this number is zero (0), your account is disabled and you will not be able to log in again. ~07 |Time of Day Allowed Logins The times and days of the week that you are allowed to access the server. `ES Enter Servername Help Enter the name of the server you wish to log in to. You can specify up to 15 characters. `EU Enter Username Help Enter the username that you wish to use to log in to the server. You can specify up to 16 characters. `EP Enter Password Help Enter the password that corresponds to your username. You can enter up to 16 characters. Your password will not echo for security reasons. `ED Set Time and Date Help If you want to set your computer's clock to the date and time from the server's clock type YES. `NP Enter New Password Help Enter your new password. What you type will not echo for security reasons. `PA Enter Password Again Help Enter your new password again to confirm that it was keyed in properly. `MP Enter Pathname for Mail Copy Help Enter the name of the file you wish your mail to be copied to. `PM Enter Pathname of File to Mail Help Enter the pathname of a pre-created file to be sent as mail. `CT Enter Comment Help Enter a line of comment text to be associated with the mail or print entry. `SA Enter Stream Mask Help Enter the name of the logical printer that you wish to enable or disable. You can enter wild-characters such as "*" or "?" to specify a group of printers. Once you enter the "*" wildcard character it will be converted to the corresponding number of question marks (?). `ST Refresh Rate Help The window you are using contains data that is constantly changing. Normally, typing the Space bar will cause NET to request new data from the server. This window allows you to automate the updating of this screen by setting a refresh interval in seconds. For example, if the refresh rate is set to 10, NET will make request new data every 10 seconds. If the server is busy, the data request may take more time than the length of refresh rate. If this happens, NET will make new requests as soon as the old one is completed. `ZZ Start of NET command line help `ATTACH NET ATTACH{/VERBOSE} \\server-name Redirects all available drives to every shared resource on a server. This command is the equivalent of issuing a NET USE command for each of the server's shared resources. /VERBOSE Displays drives and their redirections. server-name Name of server to redirect drives to. `AUDIT NET AUDIT \\server-name reason "audit-text" Creates an audit entry in the server's audit file. You must have the "U" privilege to use this command. server-name Name of server to perform audit on. reason 8 character string giving the reason for the audit entry. audit-text Text to place in audit file. `CHAT NET CHAT Enters interactive chat mode. This is equivalent of entering the NET Main Functions menu and selecting "Chat With Another User." `CHANGEPW NET CHANGEPW \\server-name old-password new-password Allows you to Change your password on a server server-name Name of server where password is to be changed. old-password The password you used to log in to the server. new-password The new password. `CLOCK NET CLOCK \\server-name Sets date and time from server's clock. server-name Name of server to get time information from. `COPY NET COPY{/VERBOSE} from-path to-path Copies files directly on a server, bypassing network data transfers. Both from-path and to-path must reside on the same server and reference network paths. /VERBOSE Displays the from-path before it is copied. from-path Pathname of source files. Wild-characters are OK. to-path Pathname of destination files or directory. `DETACH NET DETACH \\server-name Breaks all disk redirections with a server. This command is equivalent to issuing a NET UNUSE command for each redirection already made. server-name Server to break all disk redirections with. `DIR NET DIR{/ALL} {pathname} Displays directory and file information. Unlike the DOS DIR command, NET DIR will work on network paths. /ALL Display all files including system and hidden files. pathname Path or filename to get directory information about. May be network path (e.g. \\server\C-DRIVE). Directory information is displayed in the form FILENAME ATTRIBUTES SIZE DATE TIME FILENAME name of the file. ATTRIBUTES file's attributes. I - Indirect file A - Archive flag D - Directory flag V - Volume label S - System file H - Hidden file R - Read only file SIZE size of the file in bytes. DATE file's creation date. TIME file's creation time. `DISABLEA NET DISABLEA \\server-name password Disables account from further log ins. This command only operates if your account has concurrent log ins set to 1. server-name Server on which to disable account. password your current password on the server. `ECHO NET ECHO {string} Displays a string of characters. Unlike the DOS ECHO command, NET ECHO allows you to use special strings. Type NET HELP STRING to find out what special strings can be used. `EXPAND NET EXPAND{/PHYSICAL}{/RECURSE} pathname Expands a pathname to it's full resolution. This is particularly useful in determining how a network indirect files will expand. The pathname does not need to exist. /PHYSICAL Expand to the server's physical path for this pathname. /RECURSE Recursively expands the last file in an indirect file's path. `HELP NET HELP {command} Gets NET command line help information. command Optional command to get help on. `INDIRECT NET INDIRECT pathname actual-name Creates an indirect file on a server. pathname Pathname of indirect file to create. Must be a network path. actual-name Actual name indirect file refers to. `LOGIN NET LOGIN{/WAIT} \\server-name username password {adapter#} Logs you in to a server thus allowing you to redirect your drives and printers to the server. /WAIT Wait for server to come on-line. server-name Name of server to log in to. username Username to use for log in. password Password to gain access to server. adapter# Optional adapter number to log in through. `LOGOUT NET LOGOUT \\server-name Logs you out of a server and cancels all drive and printer redirections. server-name Name of server to logout of. `LPT NET LPT COMBINE Combines redirected printer output so that there will be no break between print jobs. This can only be used in batch files. NET LPT FLUSH Forces redirected printer data to be flushed. This can only be used in batch files. NET LPT SEPARATE Separates redirected printer output. This can only be used in batch files NET LPT TIMEOUT time-out Sets the length of time before redirected printer output will be automatically flushed. time-out Time-out in seconds. `MAIL NET MAIL{/VERBOSE}{/VOICE} filename \\server-name recipient {comment} Sends a file to a user on a server /VERBOSE Display file name as it is sent. /VOICE File contains voice information (not text). filename Pathname of file to send. server-name Name of server to send mail to. recipient User to receive mail. Wildcard characters are OK. comment Comment text associated with mail. `MESSAGE NET MESSAGE{[/ENABLE /DISABLE]} [BEEP POP] You can use this command to allow or prevent pop-up messages from appearing. Use the BEEP argument to enable or disable the sound that accompanies pop-up messages, and use the POP argument to enable or disable just the pop-up messages. /ENABLE Enable flag /DISABLE Disable flag BEEP When enabled, messages will beep when received. When disabled, message will not beep. POP When enabled, messages will pop up when received. When disabled, messages will not pop up. `POSTBOX NET POSTBOX [\\server-name] Scans a single server or all servers the servers you are logged in to for pending mail. server-name Optional server name to scan for waiting mail. If no server name is given, then all the servers you are logged in to will be scanned. `PRINT NET PRINT{/BINARY}{/VERBOSE} filename device {comment {copies}} Prints a file through the network /BINARY Print file in binary mode. /VERBOSE Display file names as they are queued. filename Pathname of file to print. Wildcard characters are OK. device Device name to print on. comment Comment text associated with print job. If omitted the filename is used. copies Number of copies to print. If omitted 1 is assumed. `QUEUE NET QUEUE command \\server-name {[LPTn COMn ALL]} commands: START Starts despooling if STOPped HALTed or PAUSEd. STOP Stops despooling at end of current job. HALT Halts despooling immediately. The current print job will be placed back in the queue and restarted when despooling is enabled once again. PAUSE Pauses despooling immediately. The current print job is not closed and will resume when despooling is restarted. SINGLE Despools a single print job. RESTART Restarts despooling at start of the file. STATUS Displays status of physical printer on server. server-name Name of server on which to perform despool operation LPTn Parallel printer to control (LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3) COMn Serial printer to control (COM1 or COM2) ALL Control all printers `RECEIVE NET RECEIVE {position delay} Displays last unsolicited message received. Optionally pops-up last message to screen. position Line number to pop up receive message on. Line numbers range from 0 to 24. delay Length of time in seconds that a message will appear before it is removed. `SHOW NET SHOW{/BATCH} Displays information about the state of the network. /BATCH Display information suitable for use in a batch file. `SEND NET SEND machine-name "message" {{server-name} {user-name}} Sends an unsolicited message. machine-name Name of machine to send message to. message Message to send. server-name Optional name of server that user must be logged into in order to receive the message. user-name Optional name of user to receive message. You must specify a server-name to use this option. To send a message to a user-name you could use the following command: NET SEND * "<message>" * <user-name> `STREAM NET STREAM{/ENABLE /DISABLE} \\server-name {{stream-index} {stream-value}} Gets or sets a logical printer stream on a server. This allows you to enable or disable individual printer streams instead of having to disable the servers printer. /ENABLE Enables the printer stream. /DISABLE Disables the printer stream. server-name The server whose printer stream you want to get/set. stream-index Optional stream index to set/get stream information for. stream-value New value to assign to stream index. `STRING NET STRING{/LEFT=n}{/RIGHT=n} variable string1 {string2} Assigns a string of characters to a pre-existing environment variable that is either typed in by the user or extracted from one of LANtastic's special strings. When two strings are specified they are first linked together (concatenated) before any characters are extracted. /LEFT=n Counting from the left, the number of the character to begin extraction. /RIGHT=n Counting from the left, the number of the character to end extraction. variable Pre-existing environment variable to receive string. string1 String to assign to environment variable. string2 Optional second string to concatenate after string2. Special strings available: ?"prompt" Prompts for input with echo. Expands to typed input. ^"prompt" Prompts for input with no echo. Expands to typed input. !"DATE" Expands to the current date. !"DIRECTORY" Expands to current disk and directory. !"ETEXT=n" Expands to error text associated with error number n. !"FILE=pathname" Expands to the first line contained in the file. !"INSTALLED" Expands to characters corresponding to installed programs. N=NETBIOS R=REDIR S=SERVER P=LANPUP -=Not installed !"LOGIN=server" Expands to "TRUE" if logged in to server, otherwise it expands to "FALSE". !"NODEID" Expands to the current 12 digit NETBIOS node number !"MACHINEID" Expands to the machine name !"PROGRAM" Expands to the full path of the NET program !"TIME" Expands to the current time The special string commands can also be used with the NET ECHO command. NOTE: To see all of the help for this topic use the DOS MORE command as follows: NET HELP STRING | MORE `UNLINK NET UNLINK Breaks a remote program load connection (usually a remote boot), restoring physical drives A: and B: to their original state. `UNUSE NET UNUSE [D: LPTn COMn] Cancels a disk or device redirection. D: Disk to cancel redirect for (A-Z). LPTn Printer to cancel redirection for (LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3). COMn Printer to cancel redirection for (COM1 or COM2). `USE NET USE D: \\server-name{\path...} Redirects a disk. NET USE [LPTn COMn] \\server-name{[\path... @device]} Redirects a printer. D: Disk to redirect (A-Z). LPTn Printer to redirect (LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3). COMn Printer to redirect (COM1 or COM2). server-name Server where disk or printer resides. path Path to redirect disk or printer to. @device Device on server to redirect printer to. `? NET ? {command} Gets NET command line help information. command Optional command to get help on.