Adaptec ANA-62000 Network Card User Manual


 
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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Connecting Clients to the NetWare
Failover Server
For optimum performance of NetWare Duralink64 Failover, all
clients (any brand) should increase their IPX retry count.
For DOS clients using VLM or Novell Client32
Type the following lines in
net.cfg
(indent the second line):
protocol ipx
ipx retry count = 255
For Windows 95 Clients using Novell Client32
From the Control Panel, locate NetWare Clients, and then enter
255
under the IPX retry count in the IPX 32-bit Protocol tab.
For Windows NT Clients using Novell Client32
Set the IPX retry count in the registry in NetWareWorkstation
Parameters. Use the following steps:
a
From the DOS prompt, type
regedit
to enter the Registry
Editor.
b
Double-click hkey_local_machine.
c
Double-click System.
d
Double-click CurrentControlSet.
e
Double-click Services.
f
Double-click NetWare Workstation.
g
Double-click Parameters.
h
Double-click Retry Count to enter the Edit DWORD Value
menu.
i
Change base to decimal, and then change value data to 255.
j
Click OK.
k
Close the Registry Editor.
l
Restart the system.