NewDeal Technical Support Document 277
In a typical installation of Novell client software the following modules are loaded (often from the AUTOEXEC.BAT or STARTNET.BAT file):
Only LSL.COM and the network card driver are actually required for ETHERODI.GEO to work.C:\NWCLIENT\LSL.COM C:\NWCLIENT\3C5X9.COM (this is the network card driver) C:\NWCLIENT\IPXODI.COM C:\NWCLIENT\VLM.EXE F:\LOGIN somebody
In a typical installation, the NET.CFG file is located in C:\NWCLIENT. The ID for IP is usually 0x800 and that for APR is usually 0x806, unless your LAN is configured differently. The EtherODI driver doesn't assume any IDs for the two protocols, it just uses the ones specified in NET.CFG.PROTOCOL IP id_for_IP frame_type_for_IP_and_ARP PROTOCOL ARP id_for_ARP frame_type_for_IP_and_ARP
The frame type for IP and ARP must be the same (either Ethernet_II or Ethernet_Snap). For example, on our testing network, Ethernet II frame type is used. Thus our NET.CFG for an SMC NIC looks like this:
If more than one frame type in your LAN supports IP, the ODI Ethernet Driver will use the first one listed in NET.CFG.Link Driver SMC8000 FRAME ETHERNET_II PROTOCOL IP 800 ETHERNET_II PROTOCOL ARP 806 ETHERNET_II
Add these keys to your GEOS.INI, if they don't already exist. You must modify the GEOS.INI by hand. Preferences cannot configure the GEOS.INI to use the ODI Ethernet Driver. You must define a static IP address (ipaddr) and provide at least one DNS server (dns1). The other keys under accessPoint0001 can be left as 0.0.0.0 on most computers.
[socket] domains = { tcpip } [resolver] sbelt = {} cacheSize = 100 errorCount = 0 [tcpip] driver = TCP/IP Driver driverType = 0 link = ODI Ethernet Driver linkDomain = ODI Ethernet [accpnt] prevID = 4 contents = { 00010001 } [accessPoint0001] ;Change these values to the ones for your net. ;You must define a static ip address and at ;least one domain name server (dns1). The other ;keys can be left as 0.0.0.0 on most networks. ipaddr = 0.0.0.0 ipgate = 0.0.0.0 ipmask = 0.0.0.0 dns1 = 0.0.0.0 dns2 = 0.0.0.0
Link Driver 3C90X NO_PIPELINE FRAME ETHERNET_II PROTOCOL IP 800 ETHERNET_II PROTOCOL ARP 806 ETHERNET_II