On 23 Jan 98 09:26am, Mike Bilow wrote to George Fliger:
 MB> George Fliger wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 GF> BTW, there are no required patches or fixes to NW3.11 to
 GF> support Windows95 clients.  All the patches are to fix or
 GF> enhance CLU's and the OS itself from its original shipped
 GF> coding.  None of them are specific to Windows95 or OS/2.
 GF> There are some .DLLs that need changing in the OS/2 Netware
 GF> Requester v2.12 itself if you wish to use it with NW3.11
 GF> (must go back to older versions that shipped with Requester
 GF> v2.11) since those were modified for 3.12 and 4.x.
 MB> Novell disagrees.  DOSOPNFX, in particular, is needed to stop
 MB> the server from crashing and doing other funny things.  And,
 MB> speaking from experience, Novell is right. :)
That may be true for NW3.12 and 4.x but that patch does not exist nor
is it listed as a required or optional patch for NW3.11.  I just checked
to confirm this.  There IS such a patch for OS2 (OS2OPNFX) and is
included with the latest OS Patch archive from Novell which means my
original statement about no fixes for the server that related to the
clients was not totally correct.
 GF> Also, long filename support is not required unless you're
 GF> planning on using it.
 MB> This is true.
 GF> I've been running my 3.11 server for quite a number of years
 GF> and currently have NT4 Workstation, NT4 Server, OS/2 Warp 4,
 GF> Windows95 and WFW tied into it quite nicely without having
 GF> to go through any special steps concerning support.  I only
 GF> insured that the Minimum OS Updates as published by Novell
 GF> have been applied to the server.
 MB> That includes DOSOPNFX.  You are correct in saying that, if the
 MB> minimum OS updates are applied, a NW 3.11 server should support
 MB> all of these clients.  If that is that you mean by saying that
 MB> no "special" patches are required, then I suppose you are
 MB> correct.  However, the regular patches are required.
I beg to differ.  DOSOPNFX does NOT exist in any of Novell's
documentation that I've been able to find (on their normal site or
CNENET) for NW3.11.  It does not exist in the latest 3.11 OS patch
archive or as a standalone for 3.11.  It seems to only apply to NW3.12
and 4.x.  If that is wrong, please point me to the specific URL on the
web where I can find this alusive animal that's been marked for NW3.11.
 GF> I know I'm going to have to upgrade soon.  I just hate having
 GF> to do so. This server's been so stable for so long! :)
 MB> I can't think of any other excuse for running NW 3.11...
I can think of a few but my networking needs at home are rather simple.
In a business environment I would agree with you.
George
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