
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 which 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 of course Rich Graves. I hope I don't get any threatening letters from Stanford Uni!
DO NOT EMAIL RICH GRAVES REGARDING THIS FAQ
Archive-name: ms-windows/win95netbugs Posting-Frequency: bi-monthly FAQ-Maintainer: Hans Klarenbeek <hansie@wantree.com.au> Last-Change: 30 Sept 1996 by Hans Klarenbeek <hansie@wantree.com.au> 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 <hansie@wantree.com.au>
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, foremost 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 <hansie@wantree.com.au>
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 <hansie@wantree.com.au>
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Copyright © 1996 Hans
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Windows NT 4.0 FAQ COPYRIGHT © 1996-7 by Hans Klarenbeek
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