Comtrol WanderLink User Manual

Wanderlink, And rocketport, Installing the server side

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Use this document as a guide to installing a system with WanderLink and the RocketPort serial

I/O

controller. The following figure illustrates the configuration.

Installing the Server Side

Use the following procedure to install the server side of the WanderLink and RocketPort installation.
Perform this procedure from the workstation.
Note: If NetWare Connect is resident on your server, then use the Removing NetWare Connect

discussion in the Novell NetWare Connect Administration Guide.

1.

Install the WanderLink server software using the WanderLink Administration Guide.

2.

Install the RocketPort controller using the RocketPort Series Asynchronous I/O Device Driver
(6528) for the Novell NetWare Operating System Installation Reference Card
or the Hardware
Reference Card that came with the controller.

3.

Copy the

AIORCKT.NLM

file to the server.

4.

Update the

AUTOEXEC.NCF

file to include

WLSTART

.

5.

Use the RocketPort documentation (6528D) as a reference to add the following statement to the
top of the

WLSTART

file:

load

AIORCKT

port=

IOADDR

{node=

NNN

} {name=sss} {nports=

PP

} {fastbaud}

6.

Start the WanderLink server using the WanderLink documentation.

Installing the WanderLink PC Client Side

Use the following procedure to install the server side.
1.

Install the WanderLink

PC

client software using the WanderLink Client Pack Guide. Make sure

that you select from the range that includes from

COM1

to

COM4

for the

COM

port number during

the modem setup in the WanderLink Client screen.

2.

Test the client by using the

FUNKDIAL

test in the WanderLink client screen under Connection

Technical Support

If you have any of the following problems, you should contact WanderLink Technical Support:

Installing WanderLink (server or client)

Establishing contact with Funk Software, Inc. using the

FUNKDIAL

test.

Information for contacting Funk Software, Inc. is available in the WanderLink Administration Guide.
If you are having problems with configuring the RocketPort controller, contact Comtrol Corporation:

email: [email protected]

FAX

: (612) 631-8117

Phone: (612) 631-7654

BBS

: (612) 631-8310 (for device driver updates or technical support)

FTP

Site: ftp://ftp.comtrol.com

Note: The

BBS

supports modem speeds up to 28.8 Kbps with 8 bits, and no parity.

First Edition, January 9, 1996 Copyright ©1996. Comtrol Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Comtrol Corporation makes no representations or warranties with regard to the contents of this
document or to the suitability of the Comtrol RocketPort controllers for any particular purpose.
Comtrol is a trademark of Comtrol Corporation. RocketPort is a registered trademark of Comtrol
Corporation.
WanderLink is a trademark of Funk Software, Inc. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of
Novell, Inc.

RocketPort
Serial Card

Novell

®

Server

WanderLink
Server

NetWare

®

Workstation

Phone Line

WanderLink

PC

Client

COM1

to

COM4

WanderLink and RocketPort Configuration

WanderLink

and RocketPort

®

Series Installation Notes

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