CNet CNF301 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet Adapter NDIS Driver for LANtastic 5.0 / 6.0 / 7.0 Installation Guide ================================================ 1. Installation Procedure for LANtastic 5.0 =========================================== For NDIS driver, there is the "CNF301.DOS" driver for the Ethernet adapter. You can use "CNF301.DOS" driver to replace AEXNDIS.DOS which is the NDIS driver offered by ARTISOFT. Example ----- CONFIG.SYS [DEVICE=Socket Services command] [DEVICE=Card Services command] [DEVICE=resource manager] : : : DEVICE=C:\COPEN\COPEN.EXE /IO=xxx /IRQ=yy : : : DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\CNF301.DOS Example ----- AUTOEXEC.BAT / STARTNET.BAT C:\LANTASTI\AI-NDIS BIND_TO=CNF301_NIF C:\LANTASTI\AILANBIO C:\LANTASTI\REDIR MachineName Example ----- PROTOCOL.INI [PROTMAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ DYNAMIC = YES [CNF301_NIF] DRIVERNAME = CNF301$ 2. Installation Procedure for LANtastic 6.0 =========================================== To install CNF301 NDIS driver "CNF301.DOS", you can use the LANtastic 6.0 install program, select "NDIS support for network adapters", insert the driver diskette, and type path "A:\NDIS20\DOS". The Install program will search for "CNF301.DOS" and "PROTOCOL.INI" and copy these two files to the target directory. If you already installed LANtastic 6.0 and need to install the PCI Ethernet Adapter, replace AEXNDIS.DOS with the NDIS driver "CNF301.DOS" at CONFIG.SYS as below. "CNF301.DOS" is an NDIS driver of the adapter card. "AEXNDIS.DOS" is an NDIS driver which supported by ARTISOFT. Example ----- CONFIG.SYS [DEVICE=Socket Services command] [DEVICE=Card Services command] [DEVICE=resource manager] : : : DEVICE=C:\COPEN\COPEN.EXE /IO=xxx /IRQ=yy : : : DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\CNF301.DOS Example ----- AUTOEXEC.BAT / STARTNET.BAT @echo ===== Begin LANtastic configuration ===== SET LAN_CFG=C:\LANTASTI PATH C:\LANTASTI;%PATH% SET LAN_DIR=C:\LANTASTI.NET rem Please obtain the NETBEUI.EXE program from Microsoft NETBEUI AI-NDIS BIND_TO=AEXNDIS_NIF AILANBIO @STARTNET.CFG REDIR THOMAS @STARTNET.CFG SERVER C:\LANTASTI.NET @STARTNET.CFG NET LOGIN \\username @echo ===== End LANtastic configuration ===== Example ----- PROTOCOL.INI [PROTMAN] Priority=NETBEUI DriverName = PROTMAN$ Dynamic = Yes [NETBEUI_XIF] DriverName = netbeui$ Sessions = 6 NCBS = 12 Bindings = CNF301_NIF LANABASE = 1 [CNF301_NIF] DRIVERNAME = CNF301$ 3. Installation Procedure for LANtastic 7.0 =========================================== 1. Run Lantastic INSTALL program to install Lantastic and prepare to answer questions. 2. When prompted for choosing a network adapter card, select "NDIS Support for non-Artisoft adapter". 3. Insert this diskette into drive 'A'. 4. Type "A:\NDIS2\DOS" under the "Enter NDIS driver directory" dialog box. 5. (NDIS) string will appear in "Select Adapter" dialog box, then press OK. 6. When "Summary" screen shows up, the "Network Adapter" line should be as follows. (NDIS) "CNet CNF301 PCMCIA Fast Ethernet Adapter" 7. Finish the rest installation steps. 8. To start the network, execute the STARTNET.BAT batch file.Download Driver Pack
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