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- DOCUMENT:Q104024 16-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Determining the Frame Type Parameter in NWLink
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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- When you install NWLink, you need to provide a value for "Frame Type"
- that specifies the frame format that the NWLink packets will use.
- Although default frame types exist for different versions of Novell
- NetWare, NetWare networks can conceivably use one of six different
- frame types. For those cases, this article describes how to determine
- the correct frame type for NWLink when setting up Windows NT on an
- existing NetWare network.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
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- NetWare version 2.2 and 3.11 servers use the Ethernet_802.3 frame type
- by default. In NetWare networks, this is often referred to as "raw
- 802.3." NetWare version 4.0 servers use the 802.2 frame type by
- default.
-
- These defaults are summarized in the following table:
-
- NetWare Version Default Frame Type
- ------------------------------------------
- 2.2 Ethernet_802.3
- 3.1 Ethernet_802.3
- 4.0 802.2
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- Assuming the person who created the network didn't deviate from the
- settings listed above, the appropriate default frame type should be
- selected when installing NWLink. However, if a Windows NT computer,
- acting as an application server, is not able to communicate with a
- Novell MS-DOS client computer after selecting the relevant default
- frame type, you can determine the correct frame type by examining the
- NET.CFG file located on the NetWare client.
-
- The NET.CFG is a text file containing configuration information for a
- NetWare workstation. It maintains section headings and defined options
- that deviate from the established defaults for the regular
- workstation. Using any text file editor, or by displaying the file at
- the command prompt (that is, using the MS-DOS TYPE command), locate
- the Link Driver section, under which the Frame parameter is set. This
- setting should look like the following:
-
- Link Driver "drivername"
- FRAME "frame_type"
-
- In the above example, "drivername" is the name of the network adapter
- driver and "frame_type" is the frame type that is used with the
- network board. The Link Driver section supports many entries, and the
- FRAME parameter may not be the first line following the section
- header.
-
- NWLink's "Frame Type" parameter must be identical to the frame type
- specified in the NetWare client's NET.CFG file to use NWLink to
- communicate with a NetWare client.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 IPX
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