TITLE: Undocumented Features of NetWare Lite v1.1 DOCUMENT ID: TID1200394 DOCUMENT REVISION: 2 DATE: 11Apr95 ALERT STATUS: Yellow README FOR: NA NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION: NETWARE LITE V1.1 ABSTRACT: NA --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEAN TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE: Three features were not documented due to incomplete testing. These features are used inside Novell but cannot be officially supported. If you call asking for assistance, Technical support cannot support these features (particularly items 1 and 2) because they are undocumented and unsupported. These features are the following: 1. Ability to cross Routers 2. Creating Multiple Workgroups on the same segment. 3. Programs that will not run due to the use of the Compatibility mode that may work under this parameter. Crossing Routers A discussion of the inability to cross routers is in the NetWare Lite README. With the following feature, a NetWare Lite station can cross a router as long as both sides of the router are the same protocol (such as Ethernet-Ethernet, Arcnet-Arcnet, or Token Ring-Token Ring). In the NET.CFG, insert the following command (left justified against the left margin): ROUTE=xxxxxxxx:yyyyyyyyyyyy When ROUTE is used, it will be echoed when CLIENT.EXE is loaded. Replace xxxxxxxx with the network address on the other side of the router from where you are. Replace yyyyyyyyyyyy with a single station address or a string of 12 Fs indicating all stations are desired to be seen. Machine A Router Machine B / C --------- ------ -------------- segment 000010000 <--> segment 00002000 NET.CFG NET.CFG ------- ------- Route=00002000:ffffffffffff Route=00001000:ffffffffff ff (all on one line) Example: If your station (machine A) is on network address segment 00001000 and you wish to see other NetWare Lite stations (machine B and C) on network address segment 00002000, you would modify the NET.CFG to contain the following command: ROUTE=00002000:FFFFFFFFFFFF (This allows you to see all stations on the 2000 network address segment. However, they will not recognize your Lite unless they have a route statement in their NET.CFG file with your segment address. The 12 Fs are similar to a broadcast for NetWare Lite, meaning every station.) If you want to see only one NetWare Lite station (machine B or C) on another LAN segment, modify your NET.CFG to contain the following command: ROUTE=00002000:00001B735C00 (The 1b735c00 address is the node address of the station (machine B/C) on the other side of the router.) If you are not sure what segment address you are on, you can find out by typing NET INFO and looking at the value to the left of the colon. That is the segment address. The node address is to the right of the colon. The only major issue Novell is aware of at this time with this feature is that occasionally if you attach to a resource across a router, the following message will be displayed: File Server XXX does not recognize your user account, please login again Relogging in to the network again will fix the problem. One other minor issue Novell has seen is some routers may not be extremely fast when routing packets; and with NetWare Lite accessing resources across, the router may return the following error: General failure reading device NWLITE (Abort, Retry, Fail). In most cases, this may be resolved by increasing the IPX RETRY COUNT parameter in the NET.CFG. For example: IPX RETRY COUNT=30 (Left justified in the NET.CFG, default is 20.) Multiple Workgroups NetWare Lite can support multiple independent Workgroups on a single segment. Each of these Workgroups may be composed of servers, server/clients, or client-only machines. Each machine can be a member of only one Workgroups (domain) at a time. Each Workgroups will not be able to recognize other Workgroups on the wire. Therefore, resources cannot be shared between Workgroups. However, all stations in a Workgroups may share resources. Each station must include a DOMAIN statement in the NET.CFG. The format for the domain line is the following: DOMAIN=XXX (XXX is a number less than 255 decimal.) Example: DOMAIN=10 Each machine that needs to part of domain 10 must contain the above line in the NET.CFG. This applies to all stations whether they are server, client, or both. This statement will be echoed when SERVER.EXE or CLIENT.EXE is loaded. The only issue Novell is aware of with domains is that if a server in one domain chooses to change to another domain (that is by changing the domain statement in the NET.CFG), then the user database from the old domain may be propagated to the new domain and overwrite the current user database. Therefore, if this feature is used, Novell recommends not dynamically changing domains after a server is set up. If a change is required, then careful planning should be taken to ensure the above scenario is avoided. If no domain statement is specified, then domain 0 is assumed. Compatibility Mode NetWare Lite was designed to support applications intended for a network. DOS applications conforming to the above normally use the four DENY modes that are supported when the DOS SHARE program is loaded. Older applications developed before SHARE may use COMPATIBILITY mode. If your application is receiving file violations or file lock violations and you have tried increasing files in the (CONFIG.SYS), client tasks (in NET), and SHARE parameters, then the following procedure may be the last resort before contacting technical support: Caution: If this functionality is used, it may break CD-ROM and Windows. This issue is currently being investigated by Novell. In the NET.CFG on the server where the application is located, insert the following command: NETWORK SHARING=ON This will call a different mechanism in DOS (INT 21 sub function 5D) which may allow the application to work over the network. When this statement is used, it will be echoed when SERVER.EXE is loaded. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------