NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Monitors Watchdog Packets for NetWare v2.0x
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000437
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               01JUL93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         WATCH.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare Pre 3.11 and 2.2

ABSTRACT:
This utility will monitor the watch dog packets on Advanced NetWare v2.0x.
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Self-Extracting File Name:  WATCH.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

   WATCH.TXT          (This File)
WATCHDOG.EXE      14514    3-18-88      2:03p


                    WATCHDOG

Watchdog.exe is a program that can be used to monitor the watchdog packets
that are sent from the file server.

After a workstation has been idle for 5 minutes, the file server will send
a watchdog packet to the workstation. If the workstation acknowledges the
packet, the file server will send another one after the workstation has
been idle for 5 minutes. It will continue to do this unless the workstation
does not respond. When the workstation does not respond, the file server
will send 10 watchdog packets at 1 minute intervals. After the workstation
has not responded to all 10 packets, the file server will clear that
station. If the station does respond before the 10th packet is sent, then
the server will resume sending packets at 5 minute intervals.

This utility allows the user to verify that the file server is sending
packets and the station is receiving the packets and responding to them.

There a two switches that can be set with "WATCHDOG.EXE." Typing "WATCHDOG"
at the command line will not display packet information and will respond to
the packets. Typing "WATCHDOG /d" will display packet information and will
respond to the packets. Typing "WATCHDOG /i" will cause the workstation to
not respond to the watchdog packets, causing the station to be eventually
logged off. Typing "WATCHDOG /d/i" will display packet information and will
cause the station to not respond to the packets.
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