Netware Mobile Ipx Configuration Decisions; Mobile Client Driver Selection; Planning For Efficient Use Of Your Mobile Client; Deciding Where To Locate A Home Router - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

NetWare Mobile IPX Configuration Decisions

Mobile Client Driver Selection

Planning for Efficient Use of Your Mobile Client

Deciding Where to Locate a Home Router

Each of the following is key to the success of NetWare Mobile IPX
configuration:
Mobile Client Driver Selection
Planning for Efficient Use of Your Mobile Client
Deciding Where to Locate a Home Router
When selecting your driver for the mobile client, verify with the vendor that
the driver is written specifically with mobile operations in mind and that it
supports the following:
PCMCIA card in/card out capability
In-range and out-of-range capability
The NetWare Event Service Layer (NESL)
Planning ahead and knowing the appropriate ways to use NetWare Mobile
IPX will help you to use your mobile client efficiently. We recommend that
you do the following:
Disable background products such as E-mail that poll the network.
Use only data from the network. Keep your executable files on the mobile
client.
Complete operations such as saving files before removing the PCMCIA
card.
This section helps you choose the best location on your network to configure
the Home Router software. It also explains why more than one Home Router
can provide more efficient network operation in certain environments.
A Home Router forwards every packet destined for the mobile clients it
serves. If the Home Router is located far from both the file server and the
mobile client, and if the mobile client is close to the file server, a packet
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