Readme for STRTL5.EXE

NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

DOCUMENT ID:         2908740
DOCUMENT REVISION:      1
DATE:			  11JUN96
ALERT STATUS:		  Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:	  Issue
README FOR:
	strtl5.exe;  162087 bytes;  Date/Time:  06-13-96/1:51p
NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS:
     NetWare OS
NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
     NetWare 3.11
     NetWare 3.12
     NetWare SFT III 3.11
     NetWare 4.1

ABSTRACT:
STRTL5.EXE contains STREAMS, TLI, SPXS, and IPXS NLM update
files.

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DISCLAIMER

THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION.

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ISSUE

The SPX patches that were in previous revisions of STRTLx.EXE
have been removed from this file.  These patches are available in
the file server patch kits.  Putting the file server patches in
one location simplifies the installation, documentation, and
maintenance of the patches.  For details on the location of the
file server patch kits see the installation instructions in this
readme.

SPXWDOG.NLM is used to disable the SPX watchdog
mechanism . This is a work around to solve problems with spoofing
SPX Watchdogs in remote access products like Netware Connect. SPX
Watchdogs are not labeled and hence it becomes difficult to spoof
them. Loading SPXWDOG.NLM will add the following file server set
parameter.  This does not disable the file server watchdog for
NCP connections.  In most cases spx watchdos should be set to ON.
"set spx watchdogs=ON/OFF" The default is ON.

This program runs
on 3x and 4x servers. To fully disable watchdogs, the remote
client/server should also disable the watchdogs. IPXODI v3.02 and
IPX.NLM (32 bit IPX for the client) support a NET.CFG parameter
(Syntax: "spx watchdogs on | off" Default: On) to disable SPX
watchdogs. Patchman is not required for this NLM since this
program runs on all versions of the NW OS.

SPXS.NLM  has been
updated to v5.00M and has the following changes:

 1. Corrected
bugs in the error recovery algorithms.  These corrections
improved the performance of SPXS over WAN links. This also fixed
problems with remote backup applications.

 2. Reversed the order
of reading of verify timeout and listen timeout from the
configuration file.  Verify timeout and listen timeout values
were getting swapped when set through SPXCONFG.NLM. This is fixed
in this version.

 3. Fixed a problem where LSL Receive ECBs were
lost with Managewise on 3.12 servers.

 4. A new function has
been added to check the validity of ECBs received by SPXS. This
checks the resource tag signature before accepting ECBs.  This
fixes an LSL Bad Resource Tag abend.

 5. Hop count is reset to
zero before sending out a packet. 

 6. Removed the artificial
delay in incrementing the round trip time when packets are
getting lost. This fixes a Fast retransmit problem reported by a
few customers.

 7. Fixed a problem where "load spxs" followed by
junk input would abend a 3.12 server.


Self-Extracting File Name:  STRTL5.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date      Time   Version   Checksum

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   SPXSFAQ.TXT      5030     06-10-96        4:32p   
   SPXTIPS.TXT      1053     06-10-96        4:38p   
    STRTL5.TXT      5845     06-13-96        1:50p   
\3.1X
      IPXS.NLM      8149     08-10-93        7:53a   
  SPXCONFG.NLM      4162     07-02-93        9:40a   
      SPXS.MSG      1485     11-01-95       11:56a   
      SPXS.NLM     41407     03-06-96       11:40a   
   SPXWDOG.NLM      3176     07-20-95        1:55p   
   STREAMS.NLM     53673     08-01-95        5:08p   
       TLI.NLM     12474     09-14-93       10:43a   
\4.X
      SPXS.MSG      1485     11-01-95       11:56a   
      SPXS.NLM     41407     03-06-96       11:40a   
   SPXWDOG.NLM      3176     07-20-95        1:55p   
      IPXS.NLM     10134     10-20-94        1:53p   
   STREAMS.NLM     63344     08-01-95       11:46a   
       TLI.NLM     24751     01-30-95        9:33a   

Installation Instructions:

1.  Make a backup copy of each of these NLMs you are currently
running.

2.  Copy the new NLMs into the appropriate directories.
The *.NLM files go in the SYS:SYSTEM directory and SPXS.MSG goes
in the SYS:SYSTEM\NLS\4 directory.

Note:  The following file
server patch kits contain the patches for SPX.

For NetWare v3.12
the patch kit is 312PTx.EXE, where "x" is a different character
everytime the patch kit is updated.  This file can be obtained
from the following places:
   Novell's ftp server at
ftp.novell.com/pub/updates/nwos/nw312/
   from the web at
http://netwire.novell.com/FileUpdt/patlst.html
   and on
compuserve.

For NetWare v3.11 the patch kit is 311PTE.EXE.  This
file can be obtained from the following places:
   Novell's ftp
server at ftp.novell.com/pub/netwire/nsd/
   from the web at
http://netwire.novell.com/nsd.htm
   and on compuserve (go nsd).

For SFT III v3.12 the patch kit is SFTPTx.EXE, where "x" is a
different character everytime the patch kit is updated.  This
file can be obtained from the following places:
   Novell's ftp
server at ftp.novell.com/pub/updates/nwos/sft311/
   from the web
at http://netwire.novell.com/FileUpdt/patlst.html
   and on
compuserve.

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