Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2c for MS-DOS NetWare Connectivity Release Notes
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This file contains additional information about Microsoft LAN Manager
NetWare Connectivity.
Contents
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1. MS-DOS Versions
2. Installing NetWare Connectivity with Microsoft Windows Support
3. Using the FIXPATH Utility
4. "Cannot Find LAN Manager DLL" Error Message
5. Enabling NetWare Broadcast Messaging
6. Using NetWare Connectivity with the NetWare Toolkit for Windows
7. If MS-DOS Boxes Hang or Crash
8. NetWare Connectivity Not Supported on ARCNet
9. How NET STOP WORKSTATION Affects NetWare Connectivity
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1. MS-DOS Versions
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By default, NetWare Connectivity provides client files that support up
to MS-DOS version 5.0.
2. Installing Netware Connectivity with Microsoft Windows Support
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The Microsoft Windows environment uses a program called SHARE.EXE, which
is specified in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. While SHARE.EXE is loaded, the
NetWare Connectivity installation program cannot install some drivers.
To avoid this problem, do the following:
1. Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT, adding REM to the beginning of the line
that contains SHARE.EXE.
2. Reboot the computer.
3. Install NetWare Connectivity.
Once NetWare Connectivity is installed, you may remove REM from
the line for SHARE.EXE in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you are using
Demand Protocol Architecture (DPA), also move this line so that it
comes before the LAN Manager entries.
The NetWare Connectivity installation program will edit the Windows
configuration (if installed) to support dual network connectivity for
LAN Manager and NetWare with the Windows environment.
3. Using the FIXPATH Utility
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NetWare Connectivity includes a FIXPATH utility to ensure that a
workstation's search path remains correct when both LAN Manager and
NetWare are loaded. A problem occurs with the search path when NetWare
is started on the workstation and the NetWare login script creates
search-drive connections to NetWare servers, using commands such as
the following:
map s9:=server/sys
This command not only creates the connection, but it also alters the
user's MS-DOS search path. Elements already in the search path, such
as the LANMAN.DOS\NETPROG directory, may be deleted from the path.
The FIXPATH utility runs after the user logs on to a NetWare server and
has the login script run. The FIXPATH utility automatically restores the
path that was present before NetWare was started.
If you use the NWLOAD utility to start NetWare, FIXPATH will run
automatically. However, if your LAN Manager directory is not C:\LANMAN,
you must first edit the NWLOAD.BAT file (located in the NETPROG
subdirectory of your LAN Manager directory). Near the bottom of NWLOAD.BAT
is the following line:
c:\lanman.dos\netprog\fixpath.exe
Edit this line so that it shows the actual location of your LAN Manager
directory. For example, if your LAN Manager directory is D:\NETWORK, edit
this line so that it reads:
d:\network\netprog\fixpath.exe
If you don't use NWLOAD, you can still run FIXPATH yourself after starting
IPX and NETx. To run FIXPATH yourself, type its full path. For example, if
your LAN Manager directory is C:\LANMAN, type the following to run FIXPATH:
c:\lanman\netprog\fixpath
4. "Cannot Find LAN Manager DLL" Error Message
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If you see the following message when starting the Microsoft Windows
graphical environment, your workstation has a search path problem:
Cannot find LAN Manager DLL:
NETAPI.DLL (Enhanced) or MSNET.DRV (Basic).
Check the PATH to ensure that it is correct.
The problem is that NetWare changed your search path when you logged on
to a NetWare server, and your LANMAN\NETPROG directory was deleted from
the search path.
To correct the problem:
- If you use NWLOAD to start NetWare, check NWLOAD.BAT to ensure that
the command to start the FIXPATH utility is near the bottom of the
file and that the command to start this utility specifies the correct
location of FIXPATH.EXE.
- If you don't use NWLOAD to start NetWare, you can run FIXPATH yourself
after you start NetWare. To run FIXPATH, type its full path, such as
in the following:
c:\lanman\netprog\fixpath
For more information about using FIXPATH, see "Using the FIXPATH Utility,"
earlier in this file.
5. Enabling NetWare Broadcast Messaging
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With NetWare Connectivity and the Microsoft Windows environment, you may
need to manually enable messaging if you want to receive NetWare broadcast
messages while within the Windows environment.
To enable broadcast messaging, do the following:
1. Open the Windows Control Panel. Several icons appear.
2. Choose Networks.
3. In the resulting dialog box, choose NetWare.
4. In the NetWare Utilities dialog box, press the down arrow
key until Enable Broadcast Messages appears in the list box,
and then choose OK.
Messages are now enabled.
6. Using NetWare Connectivity with the NetWare Toolkit for Windows
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If you use the NetWare Toolkit for Windows (available on CompuServe)
instead of the NetWare software bundled with the Microsoft Windows
package, the workstation will be unable to receive NetWare broadcast
messages. However, the workstation will work in all other ways.
7. If MS-DOS Boxes Hang or Crash
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After installing NetWare Connectivity on a workstation with the
Microsoft Windows graphical environment, the workstation may hang
or crash when you start an MS-DOS box from within the Windows
environment. (This problem also occurs on NetWare-only workstations.)
You can solve the problem in one of two ways.
One method is to edit the NetWare section of the SYSTEM.INI file in
your Windows directory. In this file, set NWSHAREHANDLES to TRUE. The
NetWare Connectivity Setup program sets NWSHAREHANDLES to TRUE by
default, so unless you change your SYSTEM.INI file you should never
have the problem of MS-DOS boxes that hang or crash.
If you want NWSHAREHANDLES to be FALSE, you can solve the hanging
problem by creating a .PIF file for your MS-DOS boxes, so that the
MS-DOS boxes start in background mode. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Start the Windows program, if it isn't already started.
2. In the Accessories program group, choose PIF Editor.
3. Complete the PIF Editor dialog box:
- In the Program Filename box, type the path to the
COMMAND.COM file, such as
c:\command.com or c:\dos\command.com
- In the Window Title box, type
ms-dos prompt
- In the Start-up Directory box, type
c:\windows
- Near the bottom of the dialog box, select the Background box.
4. From the File menu of the PIF Editor dialog box, choose Save.
5. In the Filename box in the File Save As dialog box, type
msdosbox.pif and then choose OK.
6. Close the PIF Editor dialog box.
7. Go to the Windows program group from which you currently launch
MS-DOS boxes, and select the MS-DOS box program item. Then, from
the Program Manager File menu, choose File Properties.
8. Complete the Program Item Properties dialog box:
- In the Description box, type
ms-dos prompt.
- In the Command Line box, type
c:\windows\msdosbox.pif.
9. Choose OK.
The MS-DOS box program item will now launch MS-DOS boxes in
Background mode.
8. NetWare Connectivity Not Supported on ARCNet
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The current release of LAN Manager does not support NetWare Connectivity
on ARCNet networks. This is because the NDIS network-adapter drivers for
the Thomas-Conrad and SMC ARCNet network-adapter cards are not compatible
with NetWare Connectivity. Microsoft is working on the NDIS drivers for
these cards and a fix will be made available as soon as possible.
9. How NET STOP WORKSTATION Affects NetWare Connectivity
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When you stop the Workstation service using the NET STOP WORKSTATION
command, LAN Manager performs the following actions, in this order:
1. Logs you off from the network.
2. Unloads each currently loaded protocol. The protocols are
unloaded in the reverse order of their loading (the last one
loaded is the first one unloaded).
3. Stops the Workstation service.
If the unloading of any protocol in step 2 is not successful, the
process stops at that point, any remaining protocols are left loaded,
and the Workstation service does not stop.
With NetWare Connectivity, one of the protocols is IPX. IPX cannot be
unloaded if the NetWare shell (NETx.COM) is running, so if you type NET
STOP WORKSTATION with the NetWare shell running, the command will fail.
For example, if you use the following series of commands, the NET STOP
WORKSTATION command fails because it cannot unload IPX (because the NetWare
shell is running):
NET START WORKSTATION
LOAD NETBEUI
NWLOAD
NET STOP WORKSTATION
The following series of commands will work, however:
NET START WORKSTATION
LOAD NETBEUI
NWLOAD
NWUNLOAD
NET STOP WORKSTATION
If you don't want NET STOP WORKSTATION to automatically unload IPX and stop
NetWare, you can bypass the LOAD IPX command (which is in the NWLOAD.BAT
file), and load IPX by using the following commands (instead of LOAD IPX):
IPXMARK
IPX
Then, when you want to unload IPX, use the following command (instead of
UNLOAD IPX):
IPXREL
If you use these commands, NET STOP WORKSTATION will not try to unload IPX,
because IPX was not loaded with the LOAD IPX command.
