C. ARCHIVES OF USEFUL FILES

C.1 How do I get to the archives?

All the archives mentioned in this FAQ list are accessible by using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Your network must be connected to the Internet to reach these archive servers. Contact your local computer centre if you are not sure if you are connected to the Internet. Not all organisations offer unrestricted access to the Internet, so you may need to use a specific computer in your organisation to reach the FTP servers. Your local computer centre should be able to advise you of any restrictions.

To access an FTP server, issue the following command:

ftp servername

where servername is the name of your target FTP server (eg risc.ua.edu). You may need to use the IP number of the server instead (eg 130.60.4.7). Once you have connected to the server, you will be asked for your login name -- use anonymous. In many cases you will then be asked for a password. You should use your e-mail address for this. Different versions of FTP have different commands, so it is advisable to contact your local support staff for detailed information on how your FTP software operates.

Novell has also established a World Wide Web server at:

http://www.novell.com

As of March 31, 1995 Novell has made available manuals for NetWare, UnixWare, and the NetWare SDK via this site. The manuals include the complete text of some 110,000 pages of Novell technical documentation in five languages plus more than 14,000 illustrations.

C.2 Official FTP sites for Novell files

Novell has designated several FTP sites around the world as "official" mirrors of the Novell FTP server. These sites are updated at least once a week from the server in Utah. The mirrored FTP sites are available through the Internet as well as through other mechanisms like JANET in the UK and BBS systems in the Netherlands. In addition to the files from ftp.novell.com these servers may contain other useful information for managers of Novell networks. This is a list of the mirrors, their URLs, IP addresses and directories.

    	BNUG FTP server
    	ftp://bnug.harvard.edu
    	      *128.103.85.201*

University of Groningen ftp://ftp.rug.nl/networks/novell *129.125.4.15* This server is updated daily. It is also available via BITNET and BBS (indirect)

University of Salford ftp://ftp.salford.ac.uk/novell *146.87.255.21* Also available via JANET IP

Utah State University ftp://netlab2.usu.edu *129.123.1.44* For Netscapers: ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/sys/anonftp Dir: /sys/anonftp subdirectories follow novell FTP. Index is the top level directory in each. Also available via BITNET, SPAN, Gopher (gopher.usu.edu)

Lincoln University ftp://tui.lincoln.ac.nz/novell/novlib *138.75.90.4*

University of Alabama ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/novlib *130.160.4.7* Also available via BITNET

National Research Council (Canada) ftp://novell.nrc.ca/netwire *132.246.160.4* (Actually mirrors nightly from Joe D.'s netlab2.usu.edu, thus Joe's WHATIS files, for example, are also on this mirror)

United Kingdom ftp://ftp.novell.co.uk/pub

United Kingdom ftp://ftp.mechnet.liv.ac.uk

[Thanks to Steven Carpenter for this info]

So how to find things on Novell's master FTP server (or on Netwire, Novell's Compuserve forum)? First obtain a copy of FORUM.DOS, packaged as either forum.zip or forum.exe typically in forum 01. That's a good summary but not always up to date nor explicit about filenames within archives. The Netwire archive changes daily.

A full listing of the contents of each archive file, via Pkunzip,is the set of text files WHATIS.xxx in the Netwire directory on netlab2.usu.edu. "xxx" is the name of the forum, 01 etc. That suite is regenerated every week or two. The time/date stamp is shown for each file within a .zip/.exe archive.

The Netwire archive contains over 1000 files totaling 100+MB, most are .zip/.exe collections. Thus if things were unpacked there would be tens of thousands of files. The archive is divided into forums with special purposes. Forum Novfiles contains hot items which will be moved to the numbered forums in due course. One is very unlikely to find files named RCONSOLE.NLM or similar in the archive as bare files; instead those will be within .zip/.exe archives of arbitrary filenames.

Most Netwire files are self-extracting archives, to be found with .EXE extensions.

For Rconsole, see netwire\novlib\04\rcnsle.exe, where the latest Rconsole material resides. Here is a cutout from netwire\whatis.04:

    Searching ZIP: NOVLIB/04/RCNSLE.EXE

     Length  Method   Size  Ratio   Date    Time   Name
     ------  ------   ----- -----   ----    ----   ----
       9147  Implode   3052  67%  04-17-91  10:36  RCONSOLE.HLP
      83391  Implode  45356  46%  06-19-91  13:15  RCONSOLE.EXE
       3042  Implode   1451  53%  08-26-91  10:00  READ.ME
     ------          ------  ---                   -------
      95580           49859  48%                         3

To be complete, "Netwire" is formally the Novell area of Compuserve. The Novell owned files are placed on ftp.novell.com for anonymous ftp access. That is mirrored by a small number of official sites.

At last, many of the user-contributed files to NetWire (Compuserve) are now available via anonymous ftp from your favorite mirror of Netwire, including from ftp.novell.com. See directory netwire\novuser which has 12 subdirectories 01..12 (11 and 12 are empty right now).

File netwire\novuser\Index and text files netwire\novuser\whatis.xx (xx = 01..12) on netlab2 indicate the nature of each directory and the contents of each zip'd archive, respectively. A variety of archiving methods have been used by contributors, so don't expect PKUNZIP to work on all.

Here is the big picture of the novuser area (file Index):

    	   User contributed material from Compuserve, Netwire\novuser
    	   NOVUSER Library Sections

     1) New Uploads
     2) Disk Drivers/Patches
     3) LAN Drivers/Patches
     4) Comm Drvs/Patches
     5) Host/Unix Dvrs/Ptch
     6) Printer Utils
     7) Network (Sys) Utils
     8) Client WS Utils
     9) Management Tools
    10) Text Files/Help
    11) Job Postings
    12) Classifieds

The following is a list of indices for novell software on ftp.novell.com and mirrors:

    	/netwire/novfiles/novfil.idx
    	/netwire/novlib/01/forum.* (may be in /02/)
    	/netwire/novlib/01/novchg.txt (may be in /02/)
    	/netwire/novuser/01/taplib.exe
    	/netwire/novuser/01/tapusr.exe
    	/netwire/novuser/01/titles.exe

    On the netlab2.usu.edu only mirror, you can also find the following:

    	/netwire/novuser/Index
    	/netwire/novuser/whatis.*
    	/netwire/versions/novlib04.ver
    	/netwire/versions/novlib05.ver
    	/netwire/versions/novlib06.ver

ftp.novell.com is being moved away from the netwire library concept. The managers of ftp.novell.com advise that users should familiarise themselves with the pub2 directory tree. Information for the pub2 tree can be found in /pub2/00DIR. Each subdirectory in /pub2 also has a 00DIR index file.

C.2.1 Official GOPHER site for Novell files and Information

Novell has established an excellent Gopher-based site. It is must faster than the www site and is located at:

http://support.novell.com

The links on this site are just about everything a Netware support person could ever want or need. Explore!

C.3 Other useful FTP sites

Useful ftp sites, along with their Novell related directories include:

    	ftp://splicer2.cba.hawaii.edu/files/novell
    	ftp://splicer2.cba.hawaii.edu/files/pegasus
    	       *128.171.17.2*

ftp://cc.usu.edu/slip ftp://cc.usu.edu/tcp-ip *129.123.1.1*

ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/novlib ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/pegasus ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/misc ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/tcpip *130.160.4.7*

ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/etc/system/novell *128.252.135.4*

ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/novell *131.246.9.95*

ftp://netlab.usu.edu/novell ftp://netlab.usu.edu/netwatch *129.123.1.11*

ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/novell ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/utils ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/email ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/net ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/manage *152.1.19.23*

ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/NetWire ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/unix ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/unixware ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/drdos ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/sjf-lwp *193.97.1.1*

[Thanks to Mark Burgess and David Silverstein for this info]

C.4 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates

Information about the Novell NetWare software version numbers. This file is created with NW311REV version 1.10 at 2-20-1995.

You may also wish to load CONLOG.NLM early in your AUTOEXEC.NCF (and then unload it near the end of AUTOEXEC.NCF). CONSOLE.NLM will then capture all console output from the server initialization process and create a file called CONSOLE.LOG in the sys:\etc directory that you can print/study to determine the actual version number, etc. of the NLMs you are currently running. CONLOG can be obtained from ftp.mechnet.liv.ac.uk

Note: CONLOG auto-loads CLIB.NLM so make sure that you have specified your timezone stuff and loaded CLIB before loading CONLOG (see Joe D.'s AUTOEXEC.NCF file in section C.9.2 below).

[Thx Joe D.]

On the other hand, CONFIG.NLM has the advantage that it can be loaded after all other NLMs are already loaded and it will give you detailed information of your server and modules.

ftp://ftp.novell.com/.../tabnd1.exe

[Thx D.T.]

Also, try http://support.novell.com

C.4.1 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates in SYS:PUBLIC

    Novell software version numbers in SYS:PUBLIC
      ACONSOLE.EXE   3.75   8-06-1993   3:13p
         ALLOW.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993   5:00p
        ATTACH.EXE   3.75   5-11-1993   1:58p
      BCONSOLE.EXE   ?.??   2-11-1991  12:00a
      BREQUEST.EXE   ?.??  12-09-1993   9:08a
      BROLLFWD.EXE   ?.??  10-11-1993   2:08p
       CAPTURE.EXE   3.75   5-20-1993   2:59p
       CASTOFF.EXE   3.75   4-12-1993   5:05p
        CASTON.EXE   3.75   4-12-1993   3:48p
        CHKDIR.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   8:24a
        CHKVOL.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993   3:45p
      COLORPAL.EXE   1.02  10-20-1987   9:33a
        DSPACE.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   2:50p
        ENDCAP.EXE   1.00   7-19-1989  10:55a
      FCONSOLE.EXE   3.76 (940215) PTF   3-24-1994   9:08a
         FILER.EXE   3.76   8-11-1993   4:05p
          FLAG.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993   3:26p
       FLAGDIR.EXE   3.75   4-12-1993   1:52p
         GRANT.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993  11:37a
       LISTDIR.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   3:51p
         LOGIN.EXE   3.75   5-04-1993   3:06p
        LOGOUT.EXE   3.75   4-12-1993   9:52a
      MAKEUSER.EXE   3.75   4-13-1993   1:57p
      MAKLOCAL.EXE   ?.??   2-11-1991  12:00a
           MAP.EXE   3.75   5-07-1993   9:07a
       NBACKUP.EXE   3.50   1-13-1993   8:48a
         NCOPY.EXE   3.75   4-16-1993   8:43a
          NDIR.EXE   3.75   4-13-1993   1:24p
        NPRINT.EXE   3.75   5-05-1993   9:29a
          NVER.EXE   3.75   4-20-1993  11:11a
      PCONSOLE.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993   4:26p
      PRINTCON.EXE   ?.??   5-24-1993   1:50p
      PRINTDEF.EXE   3.75   5-04-1993   2:34p
           PSC.EXE   3.75   5-24-1993   3:03p
       PSERVER.EXE   3.76   8-11-1993   3:02p
         PSTAT.EXE   2.00   2-11-1991  12:00a
         PURGE.EXE   3.76   8-04-1993   3:05p
        REMOVE.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   9:46a
        RENDIR.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   9:16a
        REVOKE.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   5:07p
        RIGHTS.EXE   3.75   4-12-1993   7:29p
      RPRINTER.EXE   3.75   5-04-1993   2:31p
       SALVAGE.EXE   3.75   4-13-1993  10:03a
          SEND.EXE   3.75   6-01-1993   5:11p
       SESSION.EXE   3.76 (940718) PTF   7-19-1994  10:03a
       SETPASS.EXE   3.75   4-19-1993  10:55a
        SETTTS.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   4:55p
         SLIST.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   5:05p
         SMODE.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993  12:35a
        SYSCON.EXE   3.75   5-10-1993  12:27a
       SYSTIME.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   5:16p
         TLIST.EXE   3.75   4-12-1993   1:43p
       USERDEF.EXE   3.75   5-05-1993   7:58a
      USERLIST.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993  10:59a
       VERSION.EXE   3.75   5-06-1993   9:15a
       VOLINFO.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   3:16p
       WANGTEK.EXE   3.50   2-11-1991  12:00a
        WHOAMI.EXE   3.75   4-13-1993  12:22a

[Thx H.K.]

Also, try http://support.novell.com

C.4.2 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates in SYS:LOGIN

    Novell software version numbers in SYS:LOGIN
         LOGIN.EXE   3.75   5-04-1993   3:06p
         SLIST.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   5:05p

[Thx H.K.]

C.4.3 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates in SYS:SYSTEM

    Novell software version numbers in SYS:SYSTEM
      ACONSOLE.EXE   3.75   8-06-1993   3:13p
        ATOTAL.EXE   3.75   5-10-1993   4:34p
       BINDFIX.EXE   3.75   4-27-1993   9:37a
      BINDREST.EXE   3.75   4-16-1993   3:15p
      BROLLFWD.EXE   ?.??   6-24-1991   3:36p
        DOSGEN.EXE   1.20  (930419)   4-19-1993   6:37p
        PAUDIT.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993   4:36p
      RCONSOLE.EXE   3.75   8-06-1993   3:13p
        RSETUP.EXE   ?.??   9-05-1990   4:00p
      SECURITY.EXE   3.75   4-14-1993  10:23a
       WANGTEK.EXE   3.50  11-12-1990   9:54a
      WSUPDATE.EXE   3.75   4-27-1993   3:29p

[Thx H.K.]

[ Link removed - please contact faq@jelyon.com if you know where Novell lists the most current NLMs ]

C.4.4 Current NetWare NLM version numbers/dates in SYS:SYSTEM

    NLM version numbers in SYS:SYSTEM
      2XUPGRDE.NLM   1.10   6-01-1993   1:44p
        3CBOOT.NLM   1.03   9-30-1991   2:32p
         A3112.NLM   4.10   3-29-1994   1:49p
       ADAPTEC.NLM   ?.??   2-13-1991   5:07p
      AFTER311.NLM   4.10   3-29-1994   1:48p
           AIO.NLM   5.00   6-11-1993   2:00p
        AIOACI.NLM   1.00  12-17-1992  12:14a
       AIOCOMX.NLM   2.00  12-17-1992  12:09a
      AIOCXCFG.NLM   1.01  12-15-1992   8:08a
       AIODGCX.NLM   1.01  12-15-1992   8:09a
      AIODGMEM.NLM   1.00  12-15-1992   8:07a
       AIODGXI.NLM   1.03  12-14-1992   2:13p
        AIOESP.NLM   1.00   1-28-1993   6:45p
       AIOWNIM.NLM   1.00   1-28-1993   7:56p
      BCONSOLE.NLM   ?.??   6-27-1991   2:20p
       BDIRECT.NLM   6.10   1-26-1993   3:00p
      BDROUTER.NLM   6.10   5-17-1993   3:48p
      BREBUILD.NLM   1.10   8-26-1993   1:32p
       BROUTER.NLM   6.10   8-27-1993  10:24a
        BSETUP.NLM   6.10   1-07-1993  11:04a
       BSPXCOM.NLM   6.10  11-24-1993  10:40a
      BSPXSTUB.NLM   6.10   5-20-1993   3:51p
       BTRIEVE.NLM   6.10  11-19-1993   9:48a
        BTRMON.NLM   6.10   1-28-1993   2:25p
      BTRVSTUB.NLM   6.10   8-27-1993  10:32a
       BURGLAR.NLM   ?.??   3-02-1992  11:30a
         BUTIL.NLM   6.10  10-25-1993   5:16p
         CDROM.NLM   3.12   6-09-1993   4:22p
          CLIB.NLM   3.12   5-19-1994  10:27a
        CONLOG.NLM   1.00   4-05-1993   4:06p
       DIBIDAI.NLM   3.12   6-11-1993   4:12p
      DIRECTFS.NLM   1.08   7-14-1993   3:46p
       DISKSET.NLM   3.11   2-14-1991   9:02a
        DPTSIM.NLM   0.00   6-09-1993   2:23p
          EDIT.NLM   ?.??   8-29-1990   1:25p
      ETHERRPL.NLM   1.02   1-21-1991  11:12a
      ETHERTSM.NLM   2.50  11-29-1994   3:34p
       FDDITSM.NLM   2.13   7-07-1993   5:07p
       INSTALL.NLM   1.57   8-17-1993  10:23a
      IPCONFIG.NLM   2.02   2-22-1993  12:35a
          IPXS.NLM   3.12   4-19-1993   8:35a
          KEYB.NLM   1.00   7-15-1993  10:15a
       LLC8022.NLM   4.50  12-13-1992   2:06p
       MATHLIB.NLM   3.12   5-19-1994   9:12a
      MATHLIBC.NLM   3.12   5-19-1994   9:11a
       MONITOR.NLM   1.75  10-26-1992   9:21a
        MSM31X.NLM   2.50  11-23-1994  11:41a
        NFSFIX.NLM   2.00   3-04-1993   4:37p
       NFSSHIM.NLM   2.00   4-19-1993   4:05p
      NLICLEAR.NLM   1.04   5-24-1991  12:17a
       NMAGENT.NLM   1.11   8-12-1991  11:12a
      NOVADIBI.NLM   0.00   3-31-1992  12:08a
           NUT.NLM   1.13  12-20-1990   8:18a
        NWSNUT.NLM   4.10   6-02-1994   4:48p
      PCN2LTSM.NLM   2.08   1-30-1993  11:32a
        PFIXUP.NLM   1.01   4-30-1993   5:19p
          PING.NLM   1.00   1-29-1993   1:13p
      PINSTALL.NLM   2.01   5-07-1993   6:07p
         PM312.NLM   1.21   3-24-1994  11:06a
         PROTO.NLM   ?.??   2-09-1991   8:36a
       PSERVER.NLM   3.76   8-11-1993   3:19p
      REMFILFX.NLM   2.00   4-19-1993   4:19p
        REMOTE.NLM   3.12   5-13-1993   3:13p
         ROUTE.NLM   3.12   5-01-1991   8:14a
           RPL.NLM   4.05   4-09-1993   9:37a
         RS232.NLM   1.30   2-09-1991   7:02a
          RSPX.NLM   3.12   3-29-1993   5:04p
      RSPXSTUB.NLM   6.10   5-20-1993   3:51p
      RXNETTSM.NLM   2.05   1-06-1993  10:04a
       SBACKUP.NLM   3.12   5-18-1993   8:02a
       SMDR31X.NLM   4.00   6-15-1993  10:23a
          SNMP.NLM   2.08   4-06-1993   3:44p
       SNMPLOG.NLM   2.00   4-05-1993   3:45p
      SPXCONFG.NLM   1.00   2-12-1991  10:35a
          SPXS.NLM   3.12   4-19-1993   8:26a
       STREAMS.NLM   3.12   4-19-1993   8:32a
      TAPEDC00.NLM   ?.??   2-13-1991   4:37p
        TCPCON.NLM   2.02   1-29-1993   1:12p
         TCPIP.NLM   2.02   2-22-1993  12:34a
           TLI.NLM   3.12   4-19-1993   8:38a
      TOKENRPL.NLM   1.02   1-21-1991  11:29a
      TOKENTSM.NLM   2.50  11-23-1994  11:55a
         TPING.NLM   1.00   1-29-1993   1:13p
           TSA.NLM   ?.??   2-15-1991   5:03p
        TSA311.NLM   4.01   6-04-1993  10:59a
        TSA312.NLM   4.01   6-04-1993  10:54a
       TSA_DOS.NLM   4.01   6-09-1993   4:30p
      UINSTALL.NLM   3.11  12-14-1990   2:40p
           UPS.NLM   1.11  12-18-1990   7:57a
       VREPAIR.NLM   3.12   5-04-1993  12:50a
         V_MAC.NLM   1.01  12-10-1990   7:06a
         V_OS2.NLM   1.01  12-10-1990   7:10a
       WANGTEK.NLM   3.11   7-18-1991   3:37p
        WS_MAN.NLM   4.01   6-08-1993   4:04p

[Thx H.K.]

[ Link removed - please contact faq@jelyon.com if you know where Novell lists the most current NLMs ]

C.4.4.1 WWW Site maintaining a list of most current NLMs

http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/inwnlm.htm

[Thx G.J.S.] [These are the most current NLMs for IntraNetware - JEL]

C.4.5 Current VLM Client Kit program version numbers/dates

    VLMs :
    ------
          AUTO.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
          BIND.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
          CONN.VLM  10837   02-14-95  8:08a
          CONN.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
           FIO.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
       GENERAL.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
        IPXNCP.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
          TRAN.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
      SECURITY.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
           PNW.VLM   1.10   9/12/93
        MIB2IF.VLM   1.00  17/08/93
      MIB2PROT.VLM   1.00  17/08/93
           NDS.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
          NETX.VLM   4.20   8/11/94
           NMR.VLM   1.10   9/12/93
           NWP.VLM   6648   02-14-95  8:11a
        PNWMIB.VLM   1.10  30/11/93
       PNWTRAP.VLM   1.10  30/11/93
         PRINT.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
         REDIR.VLM  14793   01-17-95  11:51a
         REDIR.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
           RSA.VLM   1.20   8/11/94
        WSASN1.VLM   1.10  17/08/93
         WSREG.VLM   1.10  17/08/93
        WSSNMP.VLM   1.10  17/08/93
        WSTRAP.VLM   1.10  17/08/93

These are the latest, after the Novell Dos upgrades and P10U05 upgrade.

[Thanks to Chris Clemson and Hans Nellissen for this info]

On August 14, 1995, Novell released the full VLM update kit, v1.20a with TCP/IP stack, as six files at:

> ftp://ftp.novell.com/pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12

> OR

> ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12

For Netscapers:

> ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/sys/anonftp/pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12

> OR

> ftp://...YOUR LOCAL MIRROR.../pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12

File detail is as follows:

CLIENT.TXT 5,099 02-07-95 6:07p <-- Obsolete, disregard. VLMKT1.EXE 864,039 08-07-95 9:35p VLMKT2.EXE 493,055 08-07-95 9:38p VLMKT3.EXE 1,062,892 08-07-95 9:44p VLMKT4.EXE 786,173 08-07-95 9:50p VLMKT5.EXE 899,874 08-07-95 9:53p VLMKT6.EXE 541,844 08-07-95 9:57p

[Thx Joe D. and Paul Menius]

From the 95 March issue of Novell App Notes says:

"If you are running a version of the DOS Requestor earlier than version 1.20, or if you are running a version of VNETWARE.386 dated earlier than 8-17-94, you will need to set add a TimerCriticalSection=10000 entry to the [386 Enh] section SYSTEM.INI. The VNETWARE.386 driver for the DOS Requestor 1.20 defaults to 1000, which better supports mobile products."

[Thanks to George Nesto for this info]

C.5 Current Personal NetWare program version numbers/dates

           NET.EXE   1.00  17/08/93
          DPMS       1.30  15/11/94
           LSL.COM   2.05  10/09/93
        IPXODI.COM   2.12   1/10/93
        SERVER.EXE   1.23  13/07/94
           VLM.EXE   1.20   8/11/94

[Thanks to Chris Clemson for this info]

C.6 NetWare Patches and Updates FAQ location

This FAQ lists the locations of patches and updates to Netware related applications. It can be accessed at:

> ftp://ftp.nsm.smcm.edu/pub/novell/patchfaq.zip

[Thanks to Stan Toney for this info]

C.7 NetWare Free, Patching, Patches and Version FAQs locations

A list of freeware NLMs is located at:

> http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/archive/freenlms.htm

A FAQ on patching a Netware server is located at:

> http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/patchfaq.htm

A FAQ on NLM patches is located at:

> http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/nlmpatch.htm

And an NLM version FAQ is located at:

> http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/nlmver.htm

[Thx G.J.S.]

C.8 Off-line alternatives

There is a NetWare CD-ROM containing 2,141 Public Domain/Free/Shareware programs and a database of 450 commercial add-ons available from EMS Professional Shareware, 4505 Buckhurst Ct., Olney MD 20832-1830, (301) 924-3594, Fax (301) 963-2708, ems@wdn.com.

C.9 Joe D.'s .NCF Files

C.9.1 Joe D.'s Startup.NCF

This is a NW 3.12 startup file. Your server is probably in c:\server.312. Aic7770 is for an Adaptec 2742AT SCSI controller. Tapedai.dsk is for tape backups, and so is the reserved buffers item. This is an EISA bus server. If yours is too then please pay attention to how I handle the 64 MB in this server. 5 GB disk farm on three spindles.

    set maximum alloc short term memory=32000000
    set Minimum Packet Receive Buffers=100
    set reserved buffers below 16 meg=200
    set auto tts backout flag=on
    set ncp packet signature option=1
    set replace console prompt with server name=OFF
    rem PATCH MANAGER AND PATCHES TO BE LOADED IN STARTUP.NCF
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\PM312
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\BCKTTSFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\BHANDFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\CTRSTKFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\DHANDFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\DIRSPCFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAACCFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EADATFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAFLTFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAREPLFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EASUBFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAWRITFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAWRNFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\ELEVFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\GNSFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\GTALLYFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\HFFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\IOHANDFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\IPXRCVFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\LSLUNBFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\LSTECBFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\MMACCFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\PBWANFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\READQFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\REGOBJFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\RKIELFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SIGLOGFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SYNCMFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\TRBUFFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\RKIELFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SIGLOGFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SYNCMFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\TRBUFFIX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\UNLDIRFX
    LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\WRLENFIX
    REM
    load aic7770 slot=3 verbose=y max_tags=10 max_nontags=2
    load mac.nam
    load nfs.nam
    load tapedai

[Thx Joe D.]

C.9.2 Joe D.'s Autoexec.NCF

Notes: uses NFS for NetWare, APC's Powerchute, Arcada Backup Exec, Pegasus Mail. MAC namespace on vol sysmac:, NFS namespace on vol sys:, NetWare Unix Client support (for my UnixWare netlab1 machine).

    file server name EDU-USU-NETLAB2
    ipx internal net 817b012c
    set allow unencrypted passwords=on
    set reply to get nearest server=on
    set maximum directory cache buffers=300
    set minimum directory cache buffers=275
    set maximum outstanding NCP searches=1000
    set maximum packet receive buffers=250
    set timezone=MST7MDT
    load clib /L1 tz=MST7MDT /pb
    load conlog
    load nfsfix
    load mathlib
    rem load nmagent
    load tli
    load ipxs
    load spxs
    load ne3200 slot=1 frame=Ethernet_II name=bbone
    rem
    load ipxstack
    load ipxrtr routing=nlsp mcast=yes
    bind ipx bbone net=817b0100 nlsp=yes
    load remote password
    load rspx
    load pserver edu-usu-netlab2
    load snmp ControlCommunity=password TrapCommunity=password
    load tcpip rip=no forward=no
    #  [See note below for bind statements in general & the following]
    bind ip bbone ad=129.123.1.44 ma=255.255.255.0 ga=129.123.1.254
    load rdate /p 60 /v 10 129.123.1.9 129.123.1.2 129.123.1.7
    rem Appletalk v3.12, learn routes
    load ne3200 slot=1 frame=Ethernet_snap name=atbone
    load appletlk net=50006 zone={"CASS"}
    bind appletlk to atbone net=0-0
    load afp
    rem
    search add sys:system\mercury
    load mercury
    load mercurys
    load mercuryc
    search delete 2
    rem
    SEARCH ADD SYS:PWRCHUTE
    LOAD AIO
    LOAD AIOCOMX port=2f8 int=3
    LOAD PWRCHUTE SYS:PWRCHUTE
    patch
    # Command to start LAN WorkGroup, NFS, and other products.
    load REMFILFX
    unistart
    mount all
    bestart
    unload conlog
    load monitor

Joe's tips for bind statements, to save line length & in general:

Use abbreviations for keywords and omit the optional keywords. Please see the manual for this, but ma= works for mask, no "to" is needed, and so on. DEF is not needed if GA= is used (gateway= static route to the "real router" and is the default route). Do NOT turn on RIP, please oh please. Omit ARP= too. Don't play around with your broadcast setting. As a live example, see below. It's much less than 80 columns. It's in the FAQ [Above].

      load snmp ControlCommunity=password TrapCommunity=password
      load tcpip rip=no forward=no
      bind ip bbone ad=129.123.1.44 ma=255.255.255.0 ga=129.123.1.254

[Thx Joe D.]

Another tip to save extra bytes on the bind line is to use hexadecimal instead of decimal numbers in the ad= ma= and ga= options.

[Thanks to Joao Carlos Mendes Luis for this info]

C.9.3 Joe D.'s Patch.NCF

    rem Patches from 312pt6.exe. Pm312 etc loaded in startup.ncf
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\DAICCFIX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\DBLDEBFX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\GLOCKFIX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\REALMFIX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\RTCHGFIX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SPXDDFIX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SPXFIX2
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SPXNSFIX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\UNLOADFX
    LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\WSMSGFIX
    rem other modules
    rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\IPXSOCK 101
    rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SERVHOPS
    rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SYNCTIME
    rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\RTRTIME

[Thx Joe D.]

C.9.4 Joe D.'s Selected update/patch files for NW 3.12

Selected update/patch files for NW 3.12, all in netwire:

    TCP188.EXE    155,161  11-10-94  10:43p
    PBURST.EXE     63,237  06-14-94  11:00p
    LIBUP5.EXE    657,851  04-24-95   4:30p
    LANDR4.EXE    238,838  03-24-95   7:02p
    SBACK3.EXE    280,023  04-26-95   3:42p
    312PT6.EXE     74,614  04-07-95   4:21p
    RCONSL.EXE     68,819  05-26-95   9:09p
    STRTL3.EXE    172,277  07-31-94  11:00p
    CDROM3.EXE    117,609  07-11-94  11:00p
    IPXRT3.EXE  1,207,210  06-16-95   3:53p
    312DU1.EXE    188,415  08-29-94  11:00p
    MAP312.EXE     48,964  03-13-95   6:57p
    AFP11 .EXE     90,487  01-30-95   5:27p
    SYS376.EXE    161,608  05-10-95   8:48p
    LOG376.EXE     74,768  03-09-95  11:40p
    PU3X01.EXE    453,054  11-16-94   4:48p

[Thx Joe D.]

Last Updated: April 07, 1998 / JEL