3Com Corporation
NDIS 2.01 Drivers Installation Notes
Preliminary Banyan VINES Installations
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The Banyan VINES LAN software installation requires
that you input the IRQ assigned to the adapter.
To determine the IRQ, perform the following steps:
1. Insert the 3Com Fast Etherlink/EtherLink III Bus Master Etherdisk
diskette in the floppy drive and make that the active drive.
2. At the DOS prompt type:
3C59XCFG [Enter]
3. When the main menu appears, select Adapter Configuration
and press [Enter]
4. The Adapter Configuration screen appears with
the IRQ shown in the Standard Options box.
Banyan VINES Installations
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To install VINES 6.0 software on a DOS NDIS
workstation, follow these instructions. DOS
must be installed on the target workstation
C: drive, or you must have a bootable DOS floppy.
1. Use the DOS MD command to create a subdirectory
called \VINES.
2. Copy the contents of the VINES LAN S/W (DOS)
Install diskette into the \VINES subdirectory.
3. Copy the contents of the NDIS subdirectory on
the VINES LAN S/W (DOS) 2 of 2 diskette into
the \VINES subdirectory.
4. Copy the EL59X.DOS and the PROTOCOL.INI fragment
from the NDIS\DOS subdirectory on the EtherDisk
diskette to the \VINES subdirectory.
5. Edit the PROTOCOL.INI file to read as follows:
[PROTOCOL MANAGER]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[VINES_XIF]
DRIVERNAME = NDISBAN$
BINDINGS = EL59X
[EL59X]
DRIVERNAME = EL59X$
6. Run the PCCONFIG.EXE program located in the \VINES subdirectory.
7. Select option 1, Netword Card Settings.
8. Select the NDIS Ethernet option.
9. The NDIS workstation screen appears. Enter the interrupt request
number (IRQ) you selected for the 3Com Fast Etherlink/EtherLink III
Bus Master adapter.
10. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file and add the following
lines, substituting A: for C: for a floppy
disk installation.
DEVICE = C:\VINES\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\VINES
DEVICE = C:\VINES\EL59X.DOS
11. Insert the following lines in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
CD \VINES
BAN
BAN loads the NDISBAN drivers and reads the PCCONFIG.DB
file to invoke changes made during the PCCONFIG stage.
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(%VER NDIS - Banyan VINES v3.4e)
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.