IE Problem - connecting to both Netware 3.1 server and win2000 server

[Derek Upson - Pioneer]

we have had both a netware 3.12 server and a Win2000 server for a long time.
up until now...we have been exclusively on win98 machines. we are now
upgrading to XP workstations. under win98.....most of the workstations have
used the MSFT for Netware client to connect. for one particular reason....I
had always used the Netware client from Novell to connect to the Novell
server (we use the novell server because a big application is on it and
can't be moved to NT).

on my specific Win98 computer....whenever i opened up my web browser, the
home page would load right away (visually) but i could not do anything for
5+ seconds because something on the page was still being loaded. the home
page on all computers here is an internal web page located on our win2000
server. the problem seems to only happen on my computer with the novell
client. when i got my first XP machine running, i had to install the novell
client if i don't want banners to print with each job (a friend of mine told
me that there is no way to shut-off these banners unless you use the novell
client). as soon as i loaded this client...the same problem starting
happening when i started my browser.

anyone have any ideas for me? i am stumped and frustrated.

 

[chriske911]

Derek Upson - Pioneer presented the following explanation :

we have had both a netware 3.12 server and a Win2000 server for a long time.
up until now...we have been exclusively on win98 machines. we are now
upgrading to XP workstations. under win98.....most of the workstations have
used the MSFT for Netware client to connect. for one particular reason....I
had always used the Netware client from Novell to connect to the Novell
server (we use the novell server because a big application is on it and can't
be moved to NT).

on my specific Win98 computer....whenever i opened up my web browser, the
home page would load right away (visually) but i could not do anything for 5+
seconds because something on the page was still being loaded. the home page
on all computers here is an internal web page located on our win2000 server.
the problem seems to only happen on my computer with the novell client. when
i got my first XP machine running, i had to install the novell client if i
don't want banners to print with each job (a friend of mine told me that
there is no way to shut-off these banners unless you use the novell client).
as soon as i loaded this client...the same problem starting happening when i
started my browser.

anyone have any ideas for me? i am stumped and frustrated.

I am in exactly te same setup as you were ;-(

it's propably a security issue
so the client has to do a lookup to see if it is in the right security
group to access this resource
and this always takes forever if you have a novell client installed

we get this all the time when opening a folder or requesting properties
of a file on the network
the first time takes forever and then everything goes smooth for a
while
this until there is an idle time, after wich the entire cycle starts
over again

you could try to tweak the binding order, but there is no guarantee
we have tried to tweak like forever
but the fact remains, remove the novell client and our gigabit network
rocks
install it and everything comes to a crawl

grtz