NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: 41RTR2.EXE; NetWare 4.10 OS Protocol Update README FOR: 41RTR2.EXE NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS: NetWare 4.1 ABSTRACT: This release contains several fixes for numerous protocol-related NLM(TM) files in the NetWare 4.10 release. Various problems with TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPXRTR, or INETCFG are addressed. Actual problems and solutions are detailed later in the readme technical information document. ----------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOM: Problems with TCP/IP, AppleTalk, IPXRTR, or INETCFG. NOTE: See SOLUTION SPECIFICS for more symptoms and solutions. SOLUTION: Self-Extracting File Name: 41RTR2.EXE Revision: A Self-Extracting File Name: 41rtr2.exe Files Included Size Date Time ..\ 41RTR2.TXT (This file) ADSP.MSG 10494 1-13-95 1:46:44 pm ADSP.NLM 74217 1-13-95 1:46:48 pm APPLETLK.MSG 35488 3-31-95 7:55:50 pm APPLETLK.NLM 346809 3-31-95 7:56:14 pm AURP.MSG 11236 3-31-95 8:05:18 pm AURP.NLM 80698 3-31-95 8:05:22 pm BRIDGE.NLM 60442 5-4-95 4:02:56 pm INETCFG.NLM 330230 2-2-95 5:25:40 pm IPXCFG.NLM 266056 2-2-95 5:14:04 pm IPXCON.NLM 345530 5-10-95 11:21:34 am IPXRTR.NLM 317202 5-10-95 11:11:48 am IPXRTRNM.NLM 50658 5-10-95 11:15:08 am LLC8022.NLM 35922 12-19-94 11:40:04 am PARSER.NLM 7906 5-4-95 4:04:24 pm TCPIP.NLM 392005 5-8-95 11:52:22 am Installation Instructions: 1. Make a backup copy of each NLM file and MSG file. 2. Copy the new NLM files to the SYS:SYSTEM directory. 3. Copy the new MSG files to the SYS:SYSTEM\NLS\4 directory. NOTE: BRIDGE, PARSER, and LLC8022 are required only on NetWare for OS/2 servers. SOLUTION SPECIFICS: AppleTalk: Resolves problems resulting in hung or aborted print jobs for applications using the AppleTalk 3.x APIs. Improves error detection on SFT III(TM) systems. Fixes a problem that might cause an invalid DDP checksum of 0xFFFF to be transmitted when DDP checksums are enabled. AURP: Now waits up to five minutes for transmissions to complete before unloading. This prevents a server from abending because transmissions are still pending when AURP is unloaded. ADSP: Corrects a problem where a NetWare 4.1 server abends because ADSP released an invalid memory resource. BRIDGE and PARSER: Allows bridging to work concurrently over X.25 and Frame Relay. INETCFG: Improves the conversion of load commands from NetWare for Macintosh to the INETCFG database. IPXCFG: Corrects a problem where the frame type is set incorrectly for IPX if the default is not selected. IPXRTR: Corrects a problem with load balancing. If you want to use load balancing, set the Maximum Number of Path Splits parameter under the Expert IPX Protocol Options to a value greater than 1. A new SET command has been added for additional configuration of load balancing when a server has multiple bindings to the same LAN without going through a router. The syntax of the new SET command is as follows: SET LOAD BALANCE LOCAL LAN = The default state is OFF. This SET command should be used in the following instances: - Turn on load balancing if a server is connected to a LAN through multiple interfaces and the interfaces are either on the same media or attached to different ports of a switch. - Turn off load balancing if a server has multiple interfaces to two segments of the same LAN that is also bridged. NOTE: The values 0, -1, and -2 are reserved and should never be assigned as IPX network numbers. Corrects a problem where the SAP from a print server was not aged out if RIP and SAP were operating in AUTO mode. Prevents an abend that occurs if an SPX application sends a packet to the internal network and load balancing for the local LAN is turned on using the SET command described above. Adds a feature that enables NLSP to switch automatically from broadcast to multicast when all NLSP nodes on the LAN support multicast. Corrects a problem where wildcard filters were applied inappropriately to the source of the packet to all interfaces. Corrects the handling of the Get Nearest Server request so that it does not respond with the nearest Directory Server if the SET REPLY TO GET NEAREST SERVER option is off. IPXRTR does not allow static routes or services to be added to a link that is not using static routing. IPXRTRNM: Corrects a problem where IPXRTRNM abended on NetWare for Windows. IPXCON: Corrects a problem where IPXCON was not displaying a level 2 neighbor. LLC8022: Provides LAN Network Manager (LNM) functionality. NOTE: Before you install any NetWare for SAA patches, check the current version of LLC8022. Be sure to make a backup of LLC8022 before installing any NetWare for SAA patches. (Some SAA patches incorrectly overwrite newer versions of LLC8022. If this happens, just restore the backup.) TCP/IP: Supports OSPF on SFT III IO Engines. The Autonomous System Boundary Router parameter must be enabled in the OSPF configuration. Use INETCFG to enable and configure OSPF. Corrects a problem with directed broadcasts that caused broadcasts to be forwarded in only one direction. Allows routes learned from SNMP to be advertised by the IP routing protocol. Fixes a problem with route filter exceptions. Depending on the order in which the filters were set, an exception could be ignored. Fixes a problem that might cause a page fault if a TCP or UDP stream is aborted while data is in transmission. Fixes a race condition that might cause an abend when running SFT III on a large IP internet. PATCH HISTORY: Patch 41RTR1.EXE was formerly available on NetWire; this 41RTR2.EXE patch supersedes it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Any trademarks referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners. Consult your product manuals for complete trademark information. -----------------------------------------------------------------