Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 1815

104 Internetwork Packet Exchange
Alt Frame=Alternate_Frame_Type
Alt Frame specifies the frame type for the alternate board (for example,
ETHERNET_802.2).
The driver loaded first in STARTNET.BAT becomes the primary driver.
If IPXODI cannot locate the alternate driver during initialization, an error
is issued and only the primary board is used. If there is no primary board
either, IPXODI issues an error and fails to load.
The drivers for both the primary and alternate boards must be loaded
before IPXODI. The driver load order is not important; however, it is
harder to determine the LSL board numbers to enter for the IPX BIND
statement or alternate board configurations if the primary driver is not
loaded first. If PCMCIA adapters are used and the card vendor's drivers
are written to support card in/card out events, or driver initialization
without the PCMCIA card inserted, the PCMCIA cards need not be
inserted into the system until network connectivity is needed.
Here is an example STARTNET.BAT file that shows the load order of the
primary driver, alternate driver, and IPXODI:
@ECHO OFF
SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH
CD NWCLIENT
LSL
NESL
primary driver
alternate driver
IPXODI /M
VLM /ps=server_name
CD \
Specifying Watchdog Protocol Operation
The NET.CFG file allows you to specify whether the SPX Watchdog protocol
will be run to validate SPX connections periodically. The one-line entry to
specify the SPX Watchdog protocol behavior follows the Heading
PROTOCOL IPX and has the following format:
SPX WATCHDOGS = ON|OFF
where ON specifies that the Watchdog protocol will be run to validate SPX
connections periodically and OFF specifies that it will not. For more