NetWare Clients Cannot Connect to FPNW Server

• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

After you install File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) on your computer running Windows NT, if NetWare clients are not able to connect to the FPNW server, check to see if FPNW was installed in the absence of a NetWare server. If so, then the resulting Network Number of all zeros is not valid.

MORE INFORMATION

When you install FPNW it will automatically detect any network numbers that are being used (see page 3 in the Windows NT FPNW Administrators Guide). It will then assign itself a number based on what it detects. If there are no network numbers assigned or FPNW does not detect any (that is, no NetWare servers are running), it will assign itself a number of all zeros. In the absence of any NetWare Servers this is not a valid number and NetWare clients will not be able to connect to the FPNW server.

With NetWare Netx clients, the error received is "No Free Connection Slots Available".

To change the network number from all zeros to a valid network number:

1. Run Control Panel and choose Network.



2. Select NWLink and choose Configure.



3. Do one of the following:



• Set the frame type and the network number:



1. If you know the frame type used on your network, set the frame type from Auto to your network frame, otherwise leave it at Auto.
   
   NOTE: Changing Auto to the specific frame type speeds up frame processing because it eliminates the frame type detection process.



2. If you have a NetWare server on your network, specify the network number used by that server and all NetWare workstations. If you do not have a NetWare server on your network specify a network number containing any combination of the letters A-F and numbers 0-9, excluding all Fs or all 0s (zeros).





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• Change the Internal Network number to a number that is unique on your network and not used by any other computer. That number may contain any combination of the letters A-F and numbers 0-9, excluding all Fs or all 0s (zeros).

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbnetwork ntprotocol NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
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