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4 - Troubleshooting
The NetWare Driver Runs Successfully but Fails
to Login to The NetWare Server
C: The client Frame type is incompatiable with the
server Frame type.
S: The default frame type for Netware 3.11 and
below is 802.3 but it changed to 802.2 in
Netware 4.x and 3.12. Check the content of
NET.CFG to see if the Frame type is acceptable
by the server. If the Frame type can not be
accepted by the server, edit NET.CFG to
change the Frame type at the client site, or add
the Frame type which can be accepted at the
server site.
COM Port and IRQ Conflicts
If you have isolated the problem to an IRQ or COM
port conflict, refer to the following sections for
resolving IRQ and COM port conflicts in Windows
3.1 or Windows 95.
Windows 3.1x
To look for COM port or IRQ conflicts in Windows
3.1x, select File | Run in Program Manager, type
MSD, and press Enter. Then select

Mouse

,

COM

Ports
, and

IRQ Status

and note the addresses and
IRQs that are in use. If you find an IRQ conflict,
note which IRQs are not being used, then change
one of the conflicting devices to use one of the
unused IRQs. If you find an address conflict, change
the address of one of the conflicting devices.
To change a port address or IRQ in Windows 3.1x,
double-click the

Control Panel

icon, then the
Ports
icon. Click on the port you want to change, click

Settings

, click

Advanced

, and select the new port