Adaptec ANA-62000 - Manual (Page 162)

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Connecting Clients to the NetWare
Failover Server
For optimum performance of NetWare Duralink64 Failover, all
clients (any brand) should increase their IPX retry count.
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For DOS clients using VLM or Novell Client32
Type the following lines in net.cfg (indent the second line):
protocol ipx
ipx retry count = 255
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For Windows 95 Clients using Novell Client32
From the Control Panel, locate NetWare Clients, and then enter
255 under the IPX retry count in the IPX 32-bit Protocol tab.
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For Windows NT Clients using Novell Client32
Set the IPX retry count in the registry in NetWareWorkstation
Parameters. Use the following steps:
a From the DOS prompt, type regedit to enter the Registry
Editor.
b Double-click hkey_local_machine.
c Double-click System.
d Double-click CurrentControlSet.
e Double-click Services.
f Double-click NetWare Workstation.
g Double-click Parameters.
h Double-click Retry Count to enter the Edit DWORD Value
menu.
i Change base to decimal, and then change value data to 255.
j Click OK.
k Close the Registry Editor.
l Restart the system.