Overview Of Loading And Binding Lan Drivers - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

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Overview of Loading and Binding LAN Drivers

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Once your network is running, network communications management
involves maintaining the physical connections between machines and
maintaining the drivers that communicate with the network board. To use a
network board, the LAN driver must be bound to the board. The following
topics describe the procedures used to maintain communications between
servers:
"Overview of Loading and Binding LAN Drivers" on page 67
"Loading and Binding LAN Drivers" on page 68
"Unbinding and Unloading LAN Drivers" on page 70
"Using Logical Boards" on page 71
"Removing Network Boards" on page 72
"Resetting Network Boards" on page 73
For ways to prevent physical communication problems, see
Cabling Problems" on page
After you add a network board to your NetWare
corresponding LAN driver. LAN drivers have .lan extensions.
When you load the LAN driver, you must specify one or more frame types for
the driver. Loading a LAN driver establishes a network connection (if the
server is physically connected to the network cabling). The frame type
specifies how packets will be formatted for transmission across the network.
You can load more than one frame type with each driver.
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