Number:        A3TH072690U206
Subject:       Running 3Com 3Stations on NetWare
Date:          August 2, 1990
OS Version:    All
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GENERAL 
INFORMATION:   3Com 3Stations can be successfully integrated on the NetWare 
               LAN by means of the 3STAT.ARC on NetWire/NOVA/LIB 8.  This 
               includes a DOC file and certain necessary drivers.  The 
               3C505/2012 adapter must be installed in a NetWare 286 
               server as LAN A or on a NetWare Router station of the same 
               ethernet segment as the 3Stations (in the LAN A 
               configuration for the router).  The BOOTSTAT.COM file must 
               be placed in the SYSTEM directory of the NetWare 286 server 
               and the NET$DOS.SYS file in the LOGIN directory of the 
               NetWare 286 server. 

               If a NetWare 386 server is included in this configuration, 
               it must be isolated from the 3Stations across a router, 
               making it at least one hop away from any 3Stations.
 
               3Com 3Stations have a configuration mode in ROM.  One needs 
               to embed the name of the NET$DOS.SYS file in the 3Station's 
               ROM as an 8 character name - no path or extention included.  
               3Stations send out an XNS broadcast on the network when 
               they power on.  Only the special 3C505/2012 driver for 
               3Stations, which is included in the 3STAT.ARC file from 
               NetWire, can respond to the 3Stations' broadcast.  The 
               3Stations requests the BOOTSTAT file.  The BOOTSTAT file 
               tells the 3Stations how to ask for the BOOTCONF or NET$DOS 
               file.

               Finally, having a 3C505/2012 on a router station with the 
               right driver generated in only a 386 server is not enough 
               to support the 3Stations with the presently developed 
               driver.  A NetWare 286 server must be present.  This is 
               because these drivers were developed by a third party and 
               we are fortunate that they work at all.
 
               (X)    This information was verified verbally.