Command Line Parameters Reference

Core NetWare Client SoftwareCore NetWare Client Software

The core NetWare Client software for the DOS and MS Windows environment are four terminate-and stay-resident (TSR) programs, listed and described in the following table.

Table 3-1

Explanation of the Core NetWare Client Software

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

Explanation

 

 

 

 

 

IPXODI.COM

 

Delivers requests and replies between a client workstation and the

 

(Internetwork Packet

network.

 

Exchange™ Open Data-Link

Handles packet sequencing and acknowledgment for the client-server

 

Interface™)

 

 

 

connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Takes requests that the NetWare DOS Requester™ software has

 

 

 

determined are for the network, “packages” them with transmission

 

 

 

information (such as their destination), and hands them to the LSL™

 

 

 

program.

 

 

 

Supports mobile IPX client workstations. Allows client workstations

 

 

 

to respond to the NetWare Event Service Layer (NESL) software (a

 

 

 

DOS TSR program that provides a means by which programs running

 

 

 

on client workstations can generate or receive event notifications).

 

 

 

Allows IPXODI to detect changes in network connections,

 

 

 

dynamically bind or unbind to new network boards, and autoswitch

 

 

 

between a primary and secondary network board when problems are

 

 

 

detected.

 

 

 

 

 

LSL.COM

 

Puts the packaged requests from the IPXODI driver into the proper

 

Link Support Layer™

format for transmission on the particular physical network that the

 

(LSL)

 

client workstation is running on.

 

 

 

Takes replies for the client workstation from the network (via the

 

 

 

network LAN driver), removes the network-specific information it

 

 

 

has added, and passes the reply to IPXODI.

 

 

 

 

ODI LAN driver.COM

Takes requests from the LSL and sends them to the network; receives

 

(example: NE2000™)

replies from the network and passes them to the LSL.

 

 

 

Is specific to the network board installed in your client workstation.

 

 

 

 

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