Troubleshooting Server-to-Server Connections

If you could not make a server-to-server connection during NetWare Accelerated Upgrade, try one or more of the possible solutions.


Disabling SAP Filtering

  1. At the server console of the target server, enter

    INETCFG

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  2. Select Protocols > IPX > Filtering Support.

If SAP filtering cannot be disabled, make sure that the client workstation is on the same LAN segment as the target and staging servers.


Detaching from Unauthenticated Servers

  1. From a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT client, right-click the red Novell N.

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  2. Click NetWare Connections.

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  3. Select the server that you are not authenticated to.

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  4. Click Detach.

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If you are still having problems communicating with the target server, reboot the client workstation and try to log in to the target server again.


Setting the Target Server's Gate Parameter to Its Default Router IP Address


For a NetWare 4 Target Server

  1. At the server console, enter

    LOAD INSTALL

    2.

  2. Select NCF Files Options > Edit AUTOEXEC.NCF File.

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  3. In the AUTOEXEC.NCF file, add

    LOAD TCP/IP

  4. Add a command that loads the network board and specifies the slot, frame, and name of the network board (the AUTOEXEC.NCF file should list this information).

    For example, if you had a NE2000TM network board located in slot 3 with an Ethernet_II frame, you would add a command similar to the following:

    LOAD NE2000 Slot=3 Frame=ethernet_II Name=NE2000

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  5. Add a command that will load the network board and its IP address, mask address, and gate parameter (set this to the default router IP address of the target server).

    For example, for the NE2000 network board with a default router IP address of 137.33.172.1, the command would be similar to the following:

    LOAD NE2000 addr=137.65.178.1 mask=255.255.255.0 gate=137.33.172.1

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  6. Add a command to bind IP to the network board, using the following format:

    BIND IP network_board_name

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  7. Next, add the IP address, mask address, and gate parameter for the target server to the BIND IP command line.

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For a NetWare 5 Target Server

  1. At the server console, enter

    NWCONFIG

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  2. Select NCF Files Options > Edit AUTOEXEC.NCF File.

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  3. At the BIND IP command line, after the mask address, set the gate parameter to the default router IP address for the target server.

    For example, if your default router IP address was 137.65.178.1, at the BIND IP command line you would enter the following after the mask address:

    gate=137.65.178.1

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