DOCUMENT:Q129988 23-SEP-1999 [win3x] TITLE :Required Frame Types for NetBEUI and TCP/IP-32 Protocols PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.11 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.