On 22 Jan 98 07:11am, Scott Parks wrote to all:
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 SP> Copied (from: novell) by Scott Parks using timEd.
 SP>
 SP> When I first setup our new server (HP LD Pro) I found the setup
 SP> CD did not support NW3.11 so I was unable to setup partitions
 SP> or install the network card (Intel PCI) with it.  Since I had a
 SP> 3com PCI and the drivers and knew all the load commands I
 SP> swapped the cards.  It wasn't until a week or so later that I
 SP> looked at the LAN INFO in Monitor and when I look at the card's
 SP> protocol info it displays garbage and will crash the server.
 SP> Since everything works if I don't probe the card info with
 SP> Monitor I wonder if this is really a problem ... or possibly a
 SP> problem with NW3.11 and PCI cards?
There were known bugs with the MONITOR.NLM that shipped with NW3.11,
one of which you describe ... the garbage on the screen then the crash.
There is an updated MONITOR.NLM that will bring you up to v1.76.  It can
be downloaded from Netware's website.  The filename is MON176.EXE.  It
is a direct plug-in replacement for the shipped .NLM.
I have no problems using PCI NICs in my server, however, it is always a
good idea to check to insure that you have the latest .LAN drivers for
your NICs and check around to see if the drivers you have have caused
anyone problems.  I had some interesting problems with the latest
drivers for 3Com's 100MBit PCI cards when installing them in Windows95
workstations.  I had to back up a revision because the latest ones
shipping would crash the workstation to the point the system had to be
completely reloaded to fix whatever the drivers did.  Simply removing
them and reinstalling didn't fix the problem.  I later discovered that
there were specific notes about the driver problem on 3Com's website.  I
didn't find out the particulars until I had spent some "quality time"
with a couple of workstations that had crashed.
George
... Every program is a part of some other program, and rarely fits.
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