NetWare Loadable Modules

Binding a protocol to a Network Interface Card

The TCPIP.NLM module is required to be loaded (but not necessarily bound to a driver) before you can install the NLMs on NetWare.

In order to use the UnixWare telnet(1tcp) command to log in to the NetWare console (using XCONSOLE.NLM) and to perform remote backups of a UnixWare system via TCP/IP from the NetWare server, the IP protocol must be bound to a network interface card driver.

The XCONSOLE.NLM, and remote backup/restore NLMs can all be used over IPX/SPX (TM) instead of (or in addition to) TCP/IP.

Make sure that the TCP/IP protocol is bound to a network interface card by entering the PROTOCOL command on the NetWare console. Typical output of this command is shown below:

   Protocol: IPX Frame type: VIRTUAL_LAN Protocol ID: 0
   Protocol: ARP Frame type: ETHERNET_II Protocol ID: 806
   Protocol: IP Frame type: ETHERNET_II Protocol ID: 800
   Protocol: IPX Frame type: ETHERNET_II Protocol ID: 8137

If you need to bind a protocol to a network card, use the BIND NetWare console command. An example is shown below for both IP and IPX (TM)

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BIND IPX TO NE2000 NET=network_address
BIND IP TO NE2000 ADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx MASK=yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

where network_address is your system's IPX address, xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of your system and yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy is the network mask (for example, 255.255.255.0).