Novell NetWare 4.1 ,TCPIP NLM Configuration Guide

At the Server console prompt type:

LOAD INETCFG

The Internetworking Configuration menu displays.



Select Protocols.

Select TCP/IP.

The TCP/IP Protocol Configuration screen displays.



If this server is acting as a router, set IP Packet Forwarding to Enabled

By default Static Routing is set to Disabled. Change Static Routing to Enabled

Select the Static Routing Table.

If there is no Default entry, you will need to add one.

Press INS (insert) to add a route.

The Static Route Configuration screen displays.



It will default to specifying a network route. This needs to be changed to Default Route.
Set Next Hop Type to Gateway IP Address.
Set the Next Hop Router on Route to be the IP address of the router connected to the Internet.
All other defaults should be fine.
Press ESC and answer yes to updating the routing tables.
Press ESC until you are back at the Internetworking Configuration menu.
Choose Bindings.
The Configured Protocol To Network Interface Bindings screen displays.



You should be able to select the card that TCP/IP is bound to.

If you do not have TCP/IP bound to a card, press INS (insert).

Select TCP/IP and select the card you want to bind it to.



From the Binding TCP/IP to a LAN Interface screen, set the IP address and netmask. (The netmask can be listed as 255.255.255.0)

All other defaults are fine.

Press ESC and answer yes to updating the tables.
This completes all necessary configuration information.
Press ESC until you are back to the Internetworking Configuration menu.
Press ESC and the server will give you the warning that:

Changes made in INETCFG are not active immediately. To put these changes into effect, bring down the server and restart it, or use the "reinitialize system" command (please refer to the documentation for the proper use of this command).

The server will need to be restarted for these changes to take effect.

To Set Up DNS Resolving

You need to set up an /etc/resolv.cfg file. There is a sample file already in the /etc/samples directory.
The file should look like:

domain domain.com
nameserver
nameserver