Broadcasting System Messages

[teletron98012]

In Netware 3.12 some workstations receive system
broadcast(s) and others do not. It is mainly computers running Windows 98. A few Windows 98 workstations however do receive the broadcast. I have tried the CASTON command with a response at that work staion that it will now receive braodcast, but they still do not. Any help out there?

 

[JockMullin]

Hi, teletron

Have you checked the message timeout in the advanced settings for the Novell Intranetware Client?

Normally that should be zero to wait for a user ack to the message. If there is a value it is in 18'ths of a second, so if it is less than at least 18 the message will be displayed for a very short time before being cleared.

This assumes you are running the Novell client.

Best regards
Jock

 

[MToombs]

You can disable receiving broadcast messages from the Novell client. I would suspect that some of the clients have been set to None for Receive Messages. Check the client settings.