Networking Setup Tips

• To improve your the speed of your modem, go to Control Panel, System, Communication Ports, then double-click the port your modem's in, then click the Properties tab, and set the Port Speed to 921600 BPS, that way you won't have a sort of filter on the Port.
• To view Network properties quickly, use the right mouse button to click on the Network Neighborhood, and then click Properties.
• To enable auto-redial for your connection, open the 'Dial-Up Networking Folder', select the connection, choose 'Connections' from the menu, and then choose 'settings' to configure it.
• To set up Windows 95 to connect to an ISP by using a modem connection:
  
  
  1. Go into your network settings, in control panel
  2. Click on the Add button, Click on Client, Click on Microsoft, and choose Client for Microsoft Networks, and after you have installed the proper drivers from the disks, go to the Primary network Log-on and choose Windows Log-on.

  After you reboot your computer you can dial up to your ISP.

• Never edit PROTOCOL.INI manually. Actual settings are stored in the Registry, and changes in PROTOCOL.INI will be overwritten automatically. Instead, always use the Network option in the Control Panel and the setup software for your network hardware to configure network settings.
• When multiple hardware adapters are used on a computer, some entries in PROTOCOL.INI, such as interrupt settings and shared memory addresses, might need adjustments to avoid hardware conflicts. Because Windows 95 Setup cannot anticipate every possible conflict, watch for error messages when you start the computer in the real-mode networking.
• For example, if a network adapter and a video controller adapter both try to use the same memory address, You must adjust one of the adapters to a different address by using either the setup software for the adapter or the switches on the adapter (or both, which is the typical case). Also, the PROTOCOL.INI entries must agree with the jumper settings on each adapter.
• Before you install Windows 95 on a computer with ODI Drivers, the real-mode IPPXODI network should be configured and working properly using your Novell-supplied installation program. Test to confirm that there are no errors when loading the Novel-supplied files LSL.COM, IPXODI.COM, the ODI driver, and NETX.EXE, or when accessing resources on NetWare servers. If these components are running on the computer when Windows 95 is installed, Windows 95 Setup detects the drivers identifies the network adapter and automatically configures Windows 95 to run with the ODI drivers.
• If Windows 95 cannot identify the ODI driver being used, you might have to configure the network adapter driver manually. In this case, click Have Disk in the Select Network Adapter dialog box in the Network option in Control Panel. You must provide a file for the correct IPXODI support driver to match the type of network adapter used, using a file supplied by Novel or the adapter manufacturer.

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