Netware Client Problem

[jaybo71]

Hi,
We have noticed that using Novell Client 4.83 for Win2K will not allow logins if account hadware restrictions are in place. Was using Client 4.81 and all was well, as soon as any machines are upgraded to 4.83 it denies the login saying we "are trying to logon from an unauthorized workstation".. Just recently applied 4.83 SP1 and that did
NOT help.

Anyone else seen this?

 

[TheLad]

Sounds like it is doing what it should be doing to me? If you have station restrictions in place on a user account, you should not be able to login from an unauthorized workstation. -----------------------------------------------------
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[jaybo71]

Sorry, I was not clear...

The workstations I am referring to ARE the authorized addresses for the special accounts. They were working fine under the older 2K client ( 4.81 ).. They were logging in normally.

As soon as the client upgrade was added ( 4.83) , these workstations no longer loggedin properly. They are being rejected AS IF they were not the authorized addresses.

 

[TheLad]

Have you put in both IPX and IP addresses into the restrictions list? You may find that the clients are connecting via IP instead of IPX. -----------------------------------------------------
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[jaybo71]

Our IP addresses are assigned dynamically... Handing out static addresses to each machine that will need access to the special accounts is something I am trying to avoid.

What is bizarre is that the clients previous to 4.83 work fine.

 

[TheLad]

When (or if) you get logged in, right-click on Network Neighbourhood and choose NetWare Connections. See what protocol you are connecting to your servers with. If it's IP, you will need to consider static IP addresses for these machines with the IP Address in the restrictions list.

How many machines are you talking about? You could assign Static DHCP Addresses so no configuration changes would need to be made to the machines, however they would still pick up the same IP address on bootup?? -----------------------------------------------------
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