Chapter 7: Installing the Novell NetWare Driver Software

Note

If you modify any adapter parameters, you must reboot the system before the changes take effect. If you make changes and do not reboot, you may experience configuration problems.

A valid autoexec.ncf file is shown below. One set of load and bind commands (in bold) is added for each frame type the adapter is configured to support.

Set Time Zone = PST8PDT

set Daylight Savings Time Offset = 1

set Start Of Daylight Savings Time = (APRIL SUNDAY FIRST 2:00:00 AM)

set End Of Daylight Savings Time = (OCTOBER SUNDAY LAST 2:00:00 AM)

set Default Time Server Type = SINGLE set Bindery Context = O=LAN

# WARNING!!

file server name NOVELLSERVER51

#WARNING!!

#If you change the name of this server, you must update

#all the licenses that are assigned to this server.

#Using NWAdmin, double-click on a license object and

#click on the Certificate Assignments button. If the

#old name of this server appears, you must delete it and

#then add the new server name. Do this for all license

#objects.

ServerID 1C8EE2C

LOAD ODINEB.NLM

LOAD TCPIP

LOAD B57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 NAME=B57_1_E82

BIND IPX B57_1_E82 NET=FAFD3D25

LOAD B57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_802.3 NAME=B57_1_E83

BIND IPX B57_1_E83 NET=5A2D8D6D

LOAD B57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_SNAP NAME=B57_1_ESP

BIND IPX B57_1_ESP NET=477A35BD

LOAD B57 SLOT=2 FRAME=Ethernet_II NAME=B57_1_EII

BIND IPX B57_1_EII NET=C3C8F2E4

BIND IP B57_1_EII ADDR=172.16.1.1 MASK=ff.ff.ff.0

mount all

SEARCH ADD SYS:\JAVA\BIN

SEARCH ADD SYS:\JAVA\NWGFX

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AT-2916LX10/LC-901, AT-2972SX, AT-2972SX/2, AT-2972LX10/LC-901, AT-2916SX specifications

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