Changing NIC

You will have to remove the drivers for your current network adaptor, install the new one, and then you should be fine.

You cannot expect to install a faster card without any configuration changes. That's not how Windows works and NetWare would need to recognize the new hardware as well.

Changing the card on the NetWare server should not affect the other servers... but you will need to know NetWare enough to be able to use the console and configure the new hardware. Don't upgrade the hardware if you do not know NetWare.

Your last message said that you got the card in okay but you needed help from there. Assuming that you got the correct drivers in and you corretly uninstalled the old drivers, and everything is hunky dorey on the Novell server side you'll also needto check your switch settings.

Some switches have software that allows you to just load it up and then put the ip address of the switch in or the software will find it and give you options. You'll want to find out which port the server is plugged into on the switch and change it from "auto-sense" to 100mbs Full Duplex but you want to make sure it's 100mbs Full Duplex on the Novell side (on the card) as well.

Do that first and then see if you still have errors and keep us posted.

Cheers,

Krunch
I've seen a lot of problems stem from the fact that auto-sensing isn't working properly or the router/switch

Did you remove the old NIC and its info? Did you set the new NIC up to use its latest driver (and to the same address as the old nic)?

Did you verify your configuration in INETCFG?
Have you run DSREPAIR?

If so, can you please give the specific error you are getting so we can help troubleshoot?

In the interrim, you may want to look here:

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/1202712.htm

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10012979.htm

Goodluck!

Swapping out a NIC in a Novell server is not terribly difficult. I see your note that you've already replaced he NIC, but are now gettting router errors.

This server is running Netware 4.11, so my guess is that that the new network card is NOT binding the same IPX address to the wire as the original. If the error message is similar to this:

router/node at xxxxx says network address YYYYY should be ZZZZZ

Then mis-matched IPX is your problem. Look in the systems AUTOEXEC.NCF for the line

BIND IPX TO NET =

All the servers and routers in the network must agree about NetNumber. If you don't find that line, but do see something like "SYS:\ETC\INITSYS.NCF", you'll need to LOAD INETCFG at the console and choose "bindings' fro mthe main menu.

At this point, don't be too concerend about the TCP settings. Unless additional software has been added, Netware 4.11 natively uses IPX to communicate with routers, other servers, and network clients.

You'll see a speed increase going from 10 to 100mb, but if your "network environment is unstable at best", you may need to look beyond the server to truly correct the problem.