Black Box LRA005A-R2, LRS002A-R2 NetWare Dialup Considerations, Release, 265, RouterVu Issues

ASYNC ROUTER AR-P, ASYNC ROUTER AR-5, SYNC ROUTER RELEASE NOTES

Workaround—Limit the port speed to 57600.

[20646] - The Windows 95 remote client cannot see the foldernames or files on the remote server.

Workaround—On your Windows 95 client machine, go into the control panel, select the Networking icon, then the Dialup Adapter icon. Click on Properties/Advance/IPX Header Compression. Set the header compression to “no.” Now reconnect to the remote server.

RouterVu Issues

[20614] - RouterVu (v1.15) doesn’t interoperate with Novell’s Beta Win32 NetWare client (dated 12/12/95). Call Technical Support for the latest developments.

NetWare Dialup Considerations, Release 4.2

When using the Router’s built-in modems, there are two main areas of concern when using NetWare over a dialup line: possible user confusion and using NetWare Directory Services.

Using NetWare Over Modem Lines

Using NetWare over modem lines on a dialup network may confuse users accustomed to running NetWare only across Local Area Networks (LANs).

Users will first notice a reduction in performance.

Users may also notice that some applications may time out while the Router is establishing a phone connection. This can happen when the Router first boots, and can also happen once a dialup connection has been established but has timed out because of inactivity. In both situations the following message will be displayed on the client while the Router dials and establishes a new dialup connection:

General Failure Error reading device NETWORK

Abort, Retry, Fail?

This occurs because the Router takes 20 to 45 seconds to establish a modem connection. Netware clients time out after 20 seconds. To prevent this from happening, modify the net.cfg file on the NetWare client to set the IPX retry count to 60 by adding the following line under “Link Support”:

IPX retry count = 60

Users may notice that some applications keep the dialup link up by polling or by sending other traffic. It is IMPORTANT to monitor your phone line whenever setting up the Router for the first time or when using new applications. For more information about the dialup quota, dialup dial_log, the trace iface up, and other related commands used for monitoring phone line usage, refer to the Reference Manual.

Reconfigure Your Local VLM-Based Clients

We recommend using the “preferred server” option whenever possible. To do so:

1. In each NetWare 4.x (VLM-based) client, add the following line to their NET.CFG file:

PREFERRED SERVER = local_server_name

where local_server_name is the name of your local server.

2.Reboot the client and reload the NetWare workstation software.

3.Verify that connecting to the local server is immediate and that the Router doesn’t dial.

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