Required Frame Types for NetBEUI and TCP/IP-32 Protocols

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you are running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 on a Novell NetWare network using Novell's IPX/ODI drivers, you may receive the following error message when you try to log on to a Window NT domain or to browse network resources:

   No Domain Server was available to validate your password. You were
   logged on without password validation.

   The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.

CAUSE

The NetBEUI network protocol requires the Ethernet_802.2 frame type. Removing this frame type from the NET.CFG file disables all network functionality if NetBEUI is the only installed network protocol.

RESOLUTION

To restore network functionality, add the Ethernet_802.2 frame type for the NetBEUI protocol or the Ethernet_II frame type for the TCP/IP-32 protocol in the NET.CFG file. The following example demonstrates a sample LINK DRIVER section of a NET.CFG file using the EXP16ODI MLID:

   LINK DRIVER EXP16ODI
      Frame Ethernet_802.3
      Frame Ethernet_802.2
      Frame Ethernet_II
      Frame Ethernet_Snap

MORE INFORMATION

When you run Network Setup, Setup automatically adds all four frame types to the NET.CFG file if it detects that the IPX/ODI drivers are loaded. If the Ethernet_802.2 frame type is missing from the NET.CFG file, either the ODI drivers were not loaded when you started Network Setup or the frame type was later deleted from the file.