Ref: 07000009
Title: Running Locator on a Netstation
Date: 07/20/88

Copyright 3Com Corporation, 1991.  All rights reserved.

Putting the Locator on a netstation can save up to 36k on a server, and
is the easiest way to install LPO on 3+ 1.1 net.  One of the
engineers in our International group wrote a program called
"GETNET.EXE", which prevents a gotcha from occurring when this is
done.  This program can be found in the Technical Library File
Area titled GETNET.EXE.

The problem occurs when Locator is loaded; it gets the net number from
IDP, but since that netstation hasn't logged in yet the network number
is zero.  By running GETNET.EXE before Locator.EXE, it will make a Name
Service call that puts the network number into IDP where it is available
to the Locator.  The Locator has been tested on 501's, 503's and 505's (with
and without LPO).  If LPO is used Locator must be loaded on the card.  I
haven't tested it on any token cards or 3stations.

When installing Locator on an Etherlink (without LPO) put GETNET.EXE and
Locator.EXE right after runminds.  Getnet will also echo to the screen
the net number it's adding to IDP.  Setname will hang for a minute or
so while Locator takes time to initialize.

A sample autoexec:

runminds mindspro mindsbuf mindseth mindsidp mindsspp mindslgl
GETNET
locator -n500 -a100 -b2
NetBIOS /s4 /d2 /r7 /t6 /n6
minses12
msredir /s:4 /b:5 /z:4096
setname $$3Com$$
prtsc

When LPO and Locator are run on a netstation, Locator must be
downloaded to the plus card.  Whenever adding any applications
like this on to the card increase the Pro.sys processes to 28 or
32.  This includes MMinder and Recvmsg; problems will manifest as
"closing connection" in mail.  In the autoexec add a "-v" to
the LDR command line to make sure you're not running out of memory on
the card. The parameters for the locator can be lowered.  In the
ldr.cfg example the Locator parameters are lowered to max names = 80,
max nodes = 40, and kept buffers at 2.  In this configuration Locator
takes about 17k.

Ldr.cfg example:

* Minds, 2A, and NetBIOS passthrough configuration file
driver=\drivers\pro.sys 32 1 50
driver=\drivers\buf.sys
driver=\drivers\eth505e.sys -h4
driver=\drivers\idp.sys
driver=\drivers\spp.sys
driver=\drivers\lgl.sys
program=GETNET.EXE
program=locator.exe -n80 -a40 -b2
program=nba.exe /s6 /n6 /r6 /t7 /d3 /i8 /l8
program=pta.exe
program=mminder.exe
