UW-Platteville uses the Novell NetWare Network Operating System to provide network services to faculty, staff, and students. The Novell NetWare client is required on all computers that will need access to resources on the campus network. The speed and reliability of these network services is directly related to the version and configuration settings of the Novell NetWare client.
The current client available for Windows 2000/XP Pro is: NetWare Client version 4.91SP5
For instructions on how to install this client, go to this page.
To provide increased speed and reliability, OIT has made many configuration changes to these clients from their default settings. To make sure you have these configuration changes applied to your client, run the SETUPUWP.BAT file that is included as part of the NetWare client archive. This will always set the proper configuration settings in your NetWare client.

The SETUPUWP.BAT file installs the NetWare client with the following settings:
  1. Installs the IP protocol only, removing the IPX protocol if present

  2. Installs the following components:
    Novell Client for Windows
    Novell Distributed Print Services
  3. Adjusts the following client properties under each of these tab windows:

    Client
    First network drive: H
    Preferred tree: UWPLATT
    Advanced Login
    Force Grace Login Password Change =On
    NMAS Authentication = On
    Remember Workstation Only =Off
    Variables Button = Off
    Default Capture (Other Settings section)
    Uncheck Notify
    Protocol Preferences
    Preferred Network Protocol: IP

    Highlight Protocol: IP, Component: Naming, and in the Protocol component settings:

    Check NDS
    Check SLP
    Uncheck Host File
    Uncheck DNS
    Uncheck DHCP NDS

    Only NDS and SLP should be checked.
    Service Location
    Scope List = DEFAULT
    Directory Agent List = slp.uwplatt.edu, slp2.uwplatt.edu
    LDAP Contextless Login
    Enable LDAP Contextless Login = on
    Servers = clogin.uwplatt.edu
    Advanced Settings
    Name Resolution Timeout = 1 (Windows NT/2000/XP Pro only)
    Receive Broadcast Messages = Server Only
    Advanced Menu Settings
    Enable Send Message = Off

Other performance issues

  1. Check your network adapter card settings and make sure they are configured properly for both the network speed and the duplex setting. Under most conditions Auto-Detect should be selected.

  2. The IPX protocol should not be installed on the workstation. If you see the IPX protocol present in the Network control panel, do not remove it manually. Instead, reinstall the NetWare client using SETUPUWP.BAT. This will not only remove the IPX protocol, but will also properly set the bindings for the NetWare client to use the IP protocol.

  3. If you are running both the Microsoft client and the NetWare client, you may see better performance by changing the Network Provider order. This can be accomplished in Windows 2000 by choosing Advanced Settings from the Advanced menu in the Network and Dial-Up connections control panel. Set the top Network Provider to be the service that you use most frequently.