What new features does NetWare/IP 2.2 include for the NetWare/IP server (NWIP.NLM)?
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01 Apr 1996
Q.
What new features does NetWare/IP 2.2 include for the NetWare/IP server (NWIP.NLM)?
A.
There are two very important enhancements to NWIP.NLM. First, NWIP.NLM keeps a local copy of the DSS (Domain SAP/RIP Server) Btrieve database. In prior versions of NetWare/IP, NWIP would download the entire DSS SAP/RIP database every time the NLM was initialized. Since NetWare/IP keeps a local copy of the DSS Btrieve database, only changes to the DSS database are synchronized during DSS initialization. This greatly reduces DSS-NWIP traffic during NWIP.NLM initialization.
Second, the NWIP.NLM can now respond to client queries during initialization. In previous versions of NetWare/IP, NetWare/IP clients were required to contact a DSS to initialize, often requiring a DSS to be located at any site that contained NetWare/IP clients. However, with NetWare/IP 2.2, a NetWare/IP client needs only to contact a NetWare/IP server. There is no requirement to place a DSS at every site where NetWare/IP clients exist.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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