From: "Chris Morrall" 
Subject: Re: Bordermanager / Firewall Frustration
Date: 1998/10/22
Message-ID: #1/1
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Newsgroups: at.novell,fido.novell


Michael Harvey wrote in message ...
>Hey gang,
>
>I have a question fer you all,
>
>I'm bringing my firm's web services "in house" as part of the process, I am
>installing Bordermanager for a firewall.  Currently I have one file server,
>it's the primary NDS reference. I'm installing 4.11 on the new server, all
>goes well.  It finds the existing server, integrates itself into NDS and
>finds a comfortable niche in the network, synchs time, as an additional
>server.
>When I go to install Bordermanager and the LAN protocols are transferred
>from autoexec.ncf etc to inetcfg.nlm the server loses its ability to locate
>the original server.
>Both servers, at this point, start beeping and looking for each other (it's
>pitiful really, my original server must have been so lonely all this time -
>and now it's friend won't talk to it).
>I've reviewed inetcfg settings, the LAN board has the appropriate drivers
>and protocols bound to it, and is on the right network number.
>If anyone has any simular experience, or valuable insights, or a good
recipe
>to pass on, I would appreciate it.
>
>Thank you
>
>M. Harvey
>"An Idle Mind Is The Devil's Monkeybars"
>                                   -Sam's Grandmother, Sam&Max
>Nessiex@yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
Have you tried loading inetcfg before you install Bordermanager to see if
it's associated with the use of inetcfg. Maybe border manager changes some
IPX/ IP advanced settings during it's installation. Do you use NWIP or just
IPX with TCP/IP bound as an additional protocol?

Chris