Windows for Workgroups, Novell NetWare and ODI Drivers

If Windows for Workgroups is configured to work with Novell NetWare, the files CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and PROTOCOL.INI will be modified automatically to include NDIS drivers.

It is possible to change to ODI drivers, if preferred, after the NDIS drivers have been installed. This requires an additional file, ODINSUP.COM, which is contained in ODINSUP.ZIP and may be downloaded from AREA37 of Apricot Insight BBS.

The following file extracts are the essential elements required to use ODI drivers in place of NDIS. In this example the Intel 82596 driver has been used. Substitute this where appropriate.

AUTOEXEC.BAT
LSL.COM
82596ODI.COM
ODINSUP.COM
C:\WINDOWS\NET START
IPXODI.COM
NETX.EXE

CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\WINDOWS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\WORKGRP.SYS

NET.CFG
LINK SUPPORT
	BUFFERS 16 1568
	MEMPOOL 8192
LINK DRIVER 82596ODI
	FRAME ETHERNET_802.2
	FRAME ETHERNET_802.3
FRAME ETHERNET_II
	FRAME ETHERNET_SNAP
	PROTOCOL IPX 0 ETHERNET_802.3
PROTOCOL ODINSUP
	BUFFERED

PROTOCOL.INI
[MS$NETBEUI]
DRIVERNAME=NETBEUI$
SESSIONS=10
NCBS=32
BINDINGS=X82596
LANABASE=1
  	

The most recent versions of LSL.COM, IPXODI.COM and NETX.EXE are found in the file DOSUP7.ZIP which may be downloaded from AREA37 of Apricot Insight BBS.

N.B. The current release of NETX.EXE is version 3.32. When Windows for Workgroups is configured to run with Novell NetWare, NETX.COM version 3.26 is copied into the Windows directory. This must be deleted or it will be loaded instead of NETX.EXE.

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