The Windows 95-L now includes the main Windows 95 Networking FAQ - the reasons for doing so are quite simple most of us dedicated nerds have two machines whih are generally attempting to network together - Windows 95 makes a lot easier but the FAQ was very important for this - the reasons for the integration are quite simple really the two areas were overlapping and as such it was better to join the the two than to keep them as two distinct FAQ's - I would like to thank all past contributors to the FAQ and particularly ofcourse Rich Graves. I hope I don't get any threatening letters from Stanford Uni!
Archive-name: ms-windows/win95netbugs Posting-Frequency: bi-monthly FAQ-Maintainer: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Last-Change: 30 Sept 1998 by Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]> Version: 11.1 URL: http://www.wantree.com.au/~hansie
This FAQ concerns problems you might encounter with Win95's networking features after you have set everything up according to the directions, such as they are. You might want to jump to iii. Index.
Date: Mon, 30 Sept 96 22:00:00 -0800 From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]>
This FAQ is no longer self standing it is now part of the Win95-L FAQ. The new revision of this FAQ is maintained with a variety of tools, foremostly PFE and Netscape Navigator Gold, Lesser though no less important tools include X-Replace (now shareware again! :- ( ) - See main section on this
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 95 13:13:13 -0800
From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]>
SAP
advertisement kills IPX routing, poses security problems
Automatic
frame type detection doesn't always work.
Where
can I get [info on] Novell's Client32?
Why
do Win95 clients crash my NetWare 3.x servers?
How
do I enable Long File Name support on a NetWare server?
How
do I disable Long File Names on a Win95 client so I can use a server without
LFN support?
Can
I get NetWare broadcast messages (like "low on disk space") on
Win95?
Can
I send NetWare messages with Win95?
Should
I use NETX, VLMs, Microsoft's Client, or Novell's Client32?
Where
can I get Microsoft's NDS Client for NetWare 4.x and bug fixes?
User-level
access control doesn't work over IPX NWServer.
DISPLAY
Command in Login Script Displays Incorrect Characters.
INCLUDE/DISPLAY
Login Script Commands Do Not Accept UNC Paths.
NetWare
login script processor (NWLSPROC) can't handle lower-case drive letters.
Cannot
load TSRs in NetWare login scripts.
Cannot
Connect to NCP Server Without SAP Advertising Enabled.
Commas
Not Recognized in NetWare Logon Scripts.
How
to Configure Windows 95 for Use with NASI.
NetWare
login might not work if machine name=login name.
How
to prevent anyone from accessing my entire hard drive?
What
new (July 1992) login script commands are not recognized by Win95?
Bug
storing NetWare passwords unencrypted?
What
about Personal NetWare and NetWare Lite?
MS
Client for NetWare Does Not Synchronize Time with Server
Can
Win95 log on to password-protected NetWare accounts without user intervention
or knowledge?
How
come I lose mapped drives after a while, and how can I stop it?
Can't
rename files/directories using NETX under Win95.
How
can I boot Win95 from a NetWare server on a machine sans hard drive?
How
do I configure MTU and RWIN?
Why
are some remote sites unreachable (TTL bug)?
Why
don't I get DNS resolution for 32-bit applications?
Interoperability
with BootP servers.
Can't
mount servers by IP address.
DNS
lookup timeout is ridiculously long.
Why
can't I send mail/news or upload with FTP (MTU path discovery problem)?
What
good commercial TCP/IP packages are available for Windows 95?
I
can't get PC/NFS working under Windows 95.
Will
Trumpet and other Win3 TCP/IP stacks work under Win95?
Assorted
DNS resolution problems.
What
arcane TCP/IP parameters can be configured?
Nobody
seems to be able to get routing to work.
Sockets
get "eaten up" and WinSmtp dies.
Can
I disable DNS for WINS resolution?
TCP/IP
Requires Ethernet_II Frame Type for ODI Driver.
Does
Win95 support IP Multicast?
How
to obtain DNS hostname via DHCP?
How
to prevent anyone from accessing my entire hard drive?
How
can Win95 and UNIX computers share files and printers?
Is
there any way to run Win95 from a UNIX server running Samba?
How
can I prioritize multiple default routers?
Why
won't the Plus Pack install properly on a machine with Internet Explorer
installed?
What
do I do if Win95 won't wait long enough for my DHCP server to assign an
address?
Why
does my winsock.dll disappear or get renamed to winsock.old?
Nonstandard
PPP implementation causes problems with BSDI and other servers.
Degraded
SLIP/PPP performance versus Trumpet.
Killed
applications/disconnects cause total system freezes.
Win95
creates fictional COM ports on some plug-and-pray machines.
DSCRIPT
might exit before getting all dynamically assigned information.
Modem
on COM4 incompatible with S3 video cards.
PPP
compression won't work on at least some Xyplex terminal server configs.
What
are some tips for better dialin performance?
IPX
(NetWare) compression bug.
Can't
log on to Sun PPP server, or cause Sun PPP server to crash.
What's
the difference between the Plus Pack and normal dialup scripters?
Where
is the SLIP and scripting support?
Why
do I get "host unreachable" on most remote hosts, though I can
get to my ISP's servers?
If
my connection drops, why don't my TCP sessions reconnect?
How
do I change my modem init string?
How
do you start dialup networking from the command line?
Why
does Win95 fail to negotiate with a Xylogics TIP if NetBEUI is enabled?
How
can multiple machines share one dialup TCP/IP connection?
How
do I avoid losing all my LAN (i.e., NetWare) connections when I dial up
the Internet?
Bug
in CHAP (password) negotiation.
How
can I use SLIP/PPP through a direct connection (i.e., no modem)?
No
way to specify protocol to use for a specific service.
IPX
must be set as the default protocol to use a Lotus Notes server.
Win95
does not honor LAN Manager security, other incompatibilities.
With
ODI drivers, adding an NDIS 3.1 protocol does not add frame type to NET.CFG.
How
can I hide the Network Neighborhood icon?
How
can I hide the Inbox icon?
How
can I get rid of the Microsoft Network icon?
How
can I get Exchange to work like a normal Internet mail client?
I increased
the scrollback buffer size in telnet and now it doesn't work -- no menus
even.
10.
Microsoft Office 4.3 leaves a file open, preventing proper Windows shutdown.
Why
does Microsoft Access crash my server?
How
do I set up a two-computer twisted pair network?
How
can I share faxes on Win95?
How
can I use LAN Manager 2.x services?
Why
do I get VSHARE and NDIS2SUP failures in BOOTLOG.TXT?
What
can I try if network support crashes at startup?
Why
do I sometimes not get a chance to log in on some machines?
Where
can I get a partial list of errors in the Windows 95 Resource Kit?
The
Resource Kit is also wrong about IBM LAN Server, right?
Who
makes AppleTalk for Windows 95?
SysMon
and SNMP might conflict with DPMS
How
can I "browse" with WINPOPUP like you could in Windows 3.11?
How
do I recover desktop icons like Recycler and Inbox that have "disappeared"?
How
do I address "VNETSUP error 6107"?
Why
should I probably turn all of Win95's power management features off?
If
your Windows NT client is unable to connect to a Windows 95 server.
Incomplete
Domain Listing on Large Networks.
No
Support for "Connect As" Option Like in Windows NT.
How
do I get Win95 to honor NT %USERNAME%?
WFW
machines can't log on to Win95 machines with access list from another domain.
Troubleshooting
Browsing with Client for Microsoft Networks.
Can
I log on to multiple NT domains?
NE4100
and EFA PCMCIA Incompatibility.
Eagle
NE200T PCMCIA NE200.COM ODI Driver Does Not Work.
IBMODISH.COM
Causes Windows 95 to Exit at Startup.
3Com
3C5x9 EtherLink III "Plug and Play" problems.
MS
Client and PC/NFS conflict on some Xircom/IBM/Cabletron adapters.
Errors
and retransmissions with a SoundBlaster installed.
What
voodoo is required to get a Xircom Token Ring adapter to work on a Toshiba
laptop?
WINIPCFG
returns incorrect hardware address on Dell PCs
MS
Mouse Intellipoint driver/network incompatibility.
MsgSvr32
crashes when PC Card NICs are inserted, but network isn't active.
Date: Mon, 30 Sept 96 22:00:00 -0800 From: Hans Klarenbeek <[email protected]>
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