Need help with LAN requester

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Wolfi

2009-09-18 16:27:10 UTC

Guys, I'm in need of some networking expertise.

I'm having some trouble getting the LAN requester started the way it
used to be and so far, didn't manage to find anything obviously wrong
with it.

I used to have NET1 connected to the Internet and this W4 box served as a
router, connecting other PCs via 10base2 to NET0.
Now, there is an external router connecting to a cable modem and
everything connects to it via 10baseT, so NET0 here isn't actually
needed anymore at this time.

I'm getting these error messages during boot-up:

"NET 3406: An error occurred while opening network device driver
NET1=NETBEUI$"

and

"SYS1719: THe file specified in the IFS statement on line 456 of the
CONFIG.SYS file does not contain a valid device driver or file system
driver. Line 456 is ignored."

Config.sys line 456 reads like this:
456: IFS=F:\IBMLAN\NETPROG\NETWKSTA.200 /I:F:\IBMLAN /N

\IBMCOM\Protocol.ini:
=====================
[PROT_MAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$

[IBMLXCFG]
tcpip_nif = tcpip.nif
EL59XIO2_nif = EL59XIO2.NIF
EL3IBMO2_nif = el3ibmo2.nif

[tcpip_nif]
DriverName = TCPIP$
Bindings = EL59XIO2_nif,EL3IBMO2_nif

[EL59XIO2_nif]
DriverName = EL59X$
MaxTransmits = 40

[EL3IBMO2_nif]
DriverName = ELNK3$
MaxTransmits = 20

\IBMLAN\IBMLAN.ini:
===================
[networks]
net1 = NETBEUI$,0,LM10,34,70,14

[requester]
COMPUTERNAME = K6-2
DOMAIN = WARPNET
charcount = 16
chartime = 250
charwait = 3600
keepconn = 600
keepsearch = 600
maxcmds = 16
maxerrorlog = 100
maxthreads = 10
maxwrkcache = 64
numalerts = 12
numcharbuf = 10
numservices = 7
numworkbuf = 15
numdgrambuf = 14
othdomains =
printbuftime = 90
sesstimeout = 45
sizcharbuf = 512
sizerror = 1024
sizworkbuf = 4096
useallmem = no

wrkheuristics = 111111112131111111000101112011122100111110
wrkservices = MESSENGER
wrknets = NET1

[messenger]
logfile = messages.log
sizmessbuf = 4096

[peer]
auditing = resource
guestacct = guest
autodisconnect = -1
forwardauth = no
maxauditlog = 100
maxchdevjob = 6
; zusätzliche COM-Ports 3 & 4 für sharing freigeben:
maxchdevq = 4
maxchdevs = 4
maxconnections = 128
maxlocks = 64
maxopens = 160
maxsearches = 150
maxsessopens = 120
maxsessreqs = 25
maxsessvcs = 1
maxshares = 64
maxusers = 32
numbigbuf = 6
numfiletasks = 1
numreqbuf = 48
sizreqbuf = 4096
srvanndelta = 3000
srvannounce = 180
srvhidden = no

srvheuristics = 111101411113110013311
SRVSERVICES =
srvnets = NET1

[replicator]
replicate = IMPORT
importpath = F:\ibmlan\repl\import
tryuser = yes
password =

[services]
messenger = services\msrvinit.exe
peer = services\peerinit.exe
replicator = services\replicat.exe
requester = services\wksta.exe

Via MPTN I had removed all drivers and adapters and then re-created them
a nd added the desired bindings, but without success.
I'm still stuck with those error messages at boot-up.

What am I missing?

Paul Ratcliffe

2009-09-19 01:23:07 UTC

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Post by Wolfi
"NET 3406: An error occurred while opening network device driver
NET1=NETBEUI$"
=====================
[PROT_MAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[IBMLXCFG]
tcpip_nif = tcpip.nif
EL59XIO2_nif = EL59XIO2.NIF
EL3IBMO2_nif = el3ibmo2.nif
[tcpip_nif]
DriverName = TCPIP$
Bindings = EL59XIO2_nif,EL3IBMO2_nif
[EL59XIO2_nif]
DriverName = EL59X$
MaxTransmits = 40
[EL3IBMO2_nif]
DriverName = ELNK3$
MaxTransmits = 20
===================
[networks]
net1 = NETBEUI$,0,LM10,34,70,14
Via MPTN I had removed all drivers and adapters and then re-created them
a nd added the desired bindings, but without success.
I'm still stuck with those error messages at boot-up.
What am I missing?

You don't have Netbeui installed.
You need to add it using MPTN.

Wolfi

2009-09-19 06:26:59 UTC

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Post by Paul Ratcliffe

You don't have Netbeui installed.
You need to add it using MPTN.

Oh, bloody hell. How could I have missed that! Thanks a lot, Paul :-)

I had already started this post a few days ago, but had not finished it
yet until sending it yesterday and made even another error: I
accidentally must have used the previous Protocol.ini to show here, w/o
any [NETBIOS] in it.

In the one I was actually using, there was already added:
[IBMLXCFG]
tcpbeui_nif = tcpbeui.nif

[NETBIOS]
ADAPTER1 = tcpbeui$,1

and this somehow must have thrown me completely off the additional need
for pure netbios$ for NETWKSTA.200 to work.

So thanks again for the pointer.

Peter Brown

2009-09-19 14:15:29 UTC

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Hi Wolfi

Post by Wolfi

Post by Paul Ratcliffe

You don't have Netbeui installed.
You need to add it using MPTN.

The above does not look right compared to a couple of protocol.ini files
here.

I think it should read:-

[NETBIOS]

DRIVERNAME = NETBIOS$
ADAPTER1 = TCPBEUI$,1

Regards

Pete

Post by Wolfi
and this somehow must have thrown me completely off the additional need
for pure netbios$ for NETWKSTA.200 to work.
So thanks again for the pointer.

Wolfi

2009-09-19 21:56:32 UTC

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Hi Pete,

Post by Peter Brown
Hi Wolfi

Post by Wolfi
I had already started this post a few days ago, but had not finished it
yet until sending it yesterday and made even another error: I
accidentally must have used the previous Protocol.ini to show here, w/o
any [NETBIOS] in it.
[IBMLXCFG]
tcpbeui_nif = tcpbeui.nif
[NETBIOS]
ADAPTER1 = tcpbeui$,1

The above does not look right compared to a couple of protocol.ini files
here.
I think it should read:-
[NETBIOS]
DRIVERNAME = NETBIOS$
ADAPTER1 = TCPBEUI$,1

Now after having added NetBEUI via MPTN I now have the same, almost it is:

[NETBIOS]

DriverName = netbios$
ADAPTER1 = tcpbeui$,1

Here I have a happy mix of upper and lower case statements through all
my Protocol.ini, both left and/or right of the "=" and some are all
upper case. So I hope that the case actually doesn't matter.