Understanding the NetWare Client Software
Introduction
Introduction
The core components of the NetWare DOS and MS Windows environment are four
Table | Core Components of the NetWare Client for DOS and MS Windows | |
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TSR Program | Description | |
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Link Support Layer™ |
| Puts the packaged requests from the IPXODI driver into the proper |
(LSL) |
| format for transmission on the particular physical network that the |
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| client workstations are running on. |
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| Also takes replies for the various client workstations from the |
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| network (via the network LAN driver), removes the |
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| information it has added, and passes the reply to IPXODI. |
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NetWare DOS Requester | ||
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| and the network. It consists of individual modules that provide |
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| various network services. |
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| It is loaded when you run the file STARTNET.BAT. This file also |
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| loads drivers that the NetWare DOS Requester needs in order to |
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| communicate with the network hardware. |
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ODI™ LAN driver (MLID) | Takes requests from the LSL™ and sends them to the network. It | |
(example: NE2000™) |
| also receives replies from the network and passes them to the LSL |
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| software. This LAN driver is specific to the network board installed |
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| in your client workstations. |
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Transport Protocol |
| Delivers requests and replies between client workstations and the |
IPXODI (Internetwork Packet | network. | |
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Exchange™ Open | Also handles packet sequencing and acknowledgment for the client- | |
Interface™) |
| server connection. |
SPX™ (Sequenced Packet | Takes requests that the NetWare DOS Requester has determined are | |
Exchange) |
| for the network, “packages” them with transmission information |
TCP/IP (Transmission Control | (such as their destination), and hands them to the LSL. | |
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Protocol/Internet Protocol) |
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