KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q129988: Required Frame Types for NetBEUI and TCP/IP-32 Protocols

Article: Q129988
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 23-SEP-1999

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

When you are running Windows for Workgroups version 3.11 on a Novell NetWare
network using Novell's IPX/ODI drivers, you may receive the following error
message when you try to log on to a Window NT domain or to browse network
resources:

  No Domain Server was available to validate your password. You were logged on
  without password validation.

  The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.

CAUSE
=====

The NetBEUI network protocol requires the Ethernet_802.2 frame type. Removing
this frame type from the NET.CFG file disables all network functionality if
NetBEUI is the only installed network protocol.

RESOLUTION
==========

To restore network functionality, add the Ethernet_802.2 frame type for the
NetBEUI protocol or the Ethernet_II frame type for the TCP/IP-32 protocol in the
NET.CFG file. The following example demonstrates a sample LINK DRIVER section of
a NET.CFG file using the EXP16ODI MLID:

     LINK DRIVER EXP16ODI
        Frame Ethernet_802.3
        Frame Ethernet_802.2
        Frame Ethernet_II
        Frame Ethernet_Snap

Make sure that the first frame type listed in this section is the frame type used
by the Novell NetWare server.

MORE INFORMATION
================

When you run Network Setup, Setup automatically adds all four frame types to the
NET.CFG file if it detects that the IPX/ODI drivers are loaded. If the
Ethernet_802.2 frame type is missing from the NET.CFG file, either the ODI
drivers were not loaded when you started Network Setup or the frame type was
later deleted from the file.

Additional query words: 3.11

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.