Using the WSUPGRD Utility
Introduction
Introduction
The WSUPGRD utility upgrades the IPX LAN drivers on your client workstation to the corresponding ODI LAN driver.
If client workstations in your network are running one of the NetWare Client™ shells (NETx), they are running an IPX LAN driver or a corresponding ODI LAN driver.
This utility is recommended for large installations with similar hardware and software configurations. If your network has a variety of network boards and LAN driver types, you need to manually upgrade each client workstation.
WSUPGRD cannot be used for upgrading remote boot workstations.
The current NetWare Client installation program provides you with a Novell® ODI LAN driver for network boards. However, the installation program cannot detect board settings from an IPX LAN driver. Therefore, you must know the type of network board and the hardware settings for each client workstation on the network.
The WSUPGRD utility was designed to automate the upgrade process from IPX to ODI LAN drivers and make the installation of the NetWare Client software easier by providing
If you are running an IPX LAN driver on any client workstations, you should upgrade the LAN drivers on those client workstations to ODI before using the NetWare Client installation program.
The NetWare Client installation program automatically detects if an ODI LAN driver is loaded on the client workstations and sets the driver settings for you. This will make upgrading client workstations from a previous version of NetWare with the installation program automatic.