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Novell help please!!!!

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layne151

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i posted this in tech support also!

I am setting up a novell server (side project) and am having dificulty setting up the lan card. The software requests a node address for the 3com Fast etherlink xl. any help appreciated?
 
What version of Novell? You should probably get the latest drivers for that card from 3com and use those.
 
what version ? using IPX/SPX or TCP/IP ?
when you say the software asks for node address , you mean the novell install ?
 
version 4.1

the install asks me what my network adapter is (does not auto find) so i put in 3.5" floppy with drivers, however, now Novell lists card but asks for slot # and node address.
 
4.10 or 4.11? BIG difference there. What is the model# of the NIC? What kind of motherboard are you using?

If it is version 4.10, then you really ought to apply the final 4.10 Service Pack before you install the LAN drivers. The original install 4.10 media will give you problems with modern hardware due to driver incompatibilities, but it is a pretty solid OS once patched. 4.10 is actually the ultra-stable 3.12 kernel with Directory Services hacked into it. You should complete the install without network drivers, or just make something up for your slot and node#. Once you install the SP, you can use inetcfg and it will make installing the NIC a lot easier for you. Be sure to post back! 4.10 is not always an easy install.
 
Any version of 4.x was a pain to install. Usually the install will ask you for the Slot # and the MAC address, but there should be default answers. CTR is correct. Download and burn the latest SP into a CD and install that after you get NetWare 4.1x installed without a NIC. After that, then run INETCFG and install your correct adapter.

BTW, if SETUP/INSTALL was asking you for a LAN address, it was an IPX address. TCP/IP was not installed by default.
 
CTR has the correct idea 🙂 FYI The MAC is the Media Access Control address which uniquely identifies your network card .
 
thanks for the responce, i assume i can get the service pack from Novells site i will try that first and then see where i get!
 
Technically, Shadow, it would asking for an IPX network address if it couldn't discover one automagically. The complete IPX address is comprised of the network number (4 bytes), the MAC address (6 bytes), and the socket number (2 bytes). C'mon you ought to read your post before you hit the Reply button -- you KNOW someone is always going to give you sh!t. 😉

 
Yeah, you and Spidey both. (FLAK FLAK FLAK)

Hey, I know that the hell I'm taking about. Now, lets get this thread back on track, instead of pulling it into the mud like all of you CNE's and CNA's out there do on a daily basis. 😛 (Yourself, CTR!) 🙂
 
I'm not a CNA/CNE or anything, but whenever Netware didn't automatically detect the slot # during the driver install for the many cards I've installed it was either 1) Had the wrong drivers 2) Drivers didn't work (or weren't certified).
 
That's right on, Aj_UF. Like you, I've always downloaded the mfgr's latest Novell drivers before installing a new NIC. The drivers that shipped with Netware 4.10 were diligently tested at the time of their release, but that was years and years ago, and the hardware we use now has some compatibility issues with those old drivers. And don't worry about not being a CNE -- this isn't a Microsoft thread so we aren't having a certification contest.😀

Hopefully layne isn't having trouble getting that Service Pack loaded. The way that I liked best when working on a non-production 4.1 server was to boot into DOS with CD-ROM support and copy the SP files to a directory on the C: drive. Then you can install the SP from Netware by referencing c:\410pt8b or wherever you put it. It runs much faster that way, and you don't have to jack around with the cdrom.nlm that shipped with 4.10. You do have to have a pretty nice-sized DOS partition to support this, though, but that isn't an issue these days.
 
Very funny. Certs war. Ha ha. I am not throwing certs into the picture. I am only here to offer my expertise and experience to this thread 🙂. Come on, we're all professionals here, right? I know I am.
 
Thanks all for who responded i think i am going to go with trying a new/ols isa nic since i am getting nowhere with installing the pci 3com card.
 
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