Adaptec ANA-62000, ANA-69000 Connecting Clients to the NetWare Failover Server

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Connecting Clients to the NetWare
Failover Server
For optimum performance of NetWare Duralink64 Failover, all
clients (any brand) should increase their IPX retry count.
■For DOS client s using VLM or Novell Client32
Type the following lines in
net.cfg (indent the second line):
protocol ipx
ipx retry count = 255
■For Windows 95 Clients using Novell Client32
From the Control Panel, locate NetWare Clients, and then enter
255 under the IPX retry cou nt in the IPX 32-bit Protocol tab.
■For Windows NT Clients using Novell Client32
Set the IPX retry count in the registry in NetWareWorkstation
Parameters. Use the following steps:
aFrom the DOS prompt, type regedit to enter the Registry
Editor.
bDouble-click hkey_local_machine.
cDouble-click System.
dDouble-click CurrentControlSet.
eDouble-click Services.
fDouble-click NetWare Workstation.
gDouble-click Parameters.
hDouble-click Retry Count to enter the Edit DWORD Value
menu.
iChange base to decimal, and then change value data to 255.
jClick OK.
kClose the Registry Editor.
lRestart the system.