WIN95.TXT Driver File Contents (Aln-310.zip)

  AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter
        NDIS 3 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 95 INSTALLATION
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  Contents:
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           A) Remove DECchip 21x40 driver supported by Win95
           B) Install NDIS 3.1 driver to the Windows 95
           C) Configuration NDIS 3.1 driver to the Windows 95
           D) Configuration NDIS 2.0 driver to the Windows 95



A) Remove DECchip 21x40 driver supported by Win95

   This adapter, AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter, is based
   on DEC chip DC21x40.  Thus, the 21x40 driver supported by Win95 can NOT WORK
   WELL on this adapter because of the hardware issue.
   You should remove the adapter object and driver in Win95 system, then
   following instruction steps B) & C) to complete installation and
   configuration for the adapter.

    A.1) Remove adapter object & driver for DECchip 21x40
    -----------------------------------------------------
    1. Click the "My Computer" icon in the Main Program Group.
    2. Click the "Control Panel" icon from My Computer window.
    3. Click the "System" icon from the Control Panel window.
    4. Click the "Network adapter" icon in Device Manager Tag from System
       window.
    5. Click the "PCI Fast Ethernet DECchip 21140 Based Adapter"
       icon from System window.
    6. Click <Remove> button, then click <OK> button.
    7. Close the opened windows.


    A.2) Rename DC21x40 installation information file
    -------------------------------------------------
    8. Switch to MS-DOS Command Prompt windows.
    9. Type the following DOS command:

       CD \WINDOWS\INF
       RENAME NETPCI.INF *.IN_
       EXIT
   10. Shutdown and turn off the machine.

** NOTICE!!

       1. Here, \WINDOWS is the directory where your Windows 95 system is
          located.

       2. If you NEVER pluged AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet
          Adapter into your PC,steps 1..7 in A.1) is not necessary.  And you
          just start from step 8 in A.2), because you need not to remove the
          21140 adapter object and driver.



B) Install NDIS 3.1 driver to the Windows 95
    The drivers named ALN310.SYS contained in the directory
    WIN95.


    NDIS Driver Installation on Windows 95
    --------------------------------------

    1. Plug AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter
       into one of the Master PCI slots of your PCI platform.
    2. Turn power on then boot from Windows 95.
    3. Windows 95 will prompt PCI Ethernet Controller in New Hardware Found
       dialog box.
    4. Select "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer" from New
       Hardware Found dialog box, then click OK button.
    5. Insert the Driver Diskette 1 in your floppy drive.
    6. Enter the driver pathname, i.e. A:\WIN95 (or B:\WIN95), then click OK
       button from Install from Disk dialog box.
    7. There will show a model name:

              AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter

       then click OK button from Select Device dialog box.
    8. Follow screen instructions to complete the process.
    9. Restart your computer.



C) Configuration NDIS 3.1 driver to the Windows 95

    1. Click the "My Computer" icon in the Main Program Group.
    2. Click the "Control Panel" icon from My Computer window.
    3. Click the "Network" icon from the Control Panel window.
    4. Select "AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter" item from
       Network Component Type dialog box,then click "Properties..." button.
    5. Click "Advanced" button from Properties for
       AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter dialog box.
    6. Here, you can set the following properties:

       <1>. Burst Length : 1 Dword        ; Default is 16 Dwords.
                           2 Dwords       ; (1 Dword = 4 bytes).
                           4 Dwords
                           8 Dwords
                          16 Dwords
                          32 Dwords

       <2>. Connection Type (32-bit driver): <NDIS3 driver>
                           100Base-TX                ; Default is AutoSense
                           100Base-TX Full_Duplex
                           10BaseT
                           10BaseT Full_Duplex
                           AutoSense

       <3>. Receive Buffers : 8, 16, 32, 48, 64.
                              default is 16.

       <4>. Map Registers   : 4, 8,
                              default is 8.
                              This parameter depends on different machine,
                              for x86, the value is 8.

       <5>. Store and Forward : Disable , Enable.
                               default is Disable.

       <6>. Transmit Threshold :
                              72 bytes     ; Default is 160 bytes
                              96 bytes
                             128 bytes
                             160 bytes
                             256 bytes
                             512 bytes
                            1024 bytes

    7. Follow screen instructions to complete the process.
    8. Restart your computer.

D) Configuration NDIS 2.0 driver to the Windows 95

    As described in step 1. to 5. in C) procedure
    You can see three properties are followed by "(RealMode NDIS)" i.e.
    Data Rate,SIA Mode and Slot Number.
    These properties are specific for NDIS 2 driver.

    <1> Data Rate:   for AcerLAN ALN-310  10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter.

                    MB10 : speed is 10 Mbps,
                    MB100: speed is 100 Mbps.

                    default is MB100.

    <2> SIA Mode:   the connection type of the LAN board,
                    can be selected from Twisted Pair, TP Full Duplex
                    and AutoSense, default is AutoSense.

    <3> Slot number: the PCI board index, range is 16..26, default is 16.
                    This parameter is used to distinguish activated board
                    when ALN-310 adapters are enabled by the
                    driver.For two or more ALN-310 cards, this parameters is
                    required and cannot be omitted from PROTOCOL.INI.
                    The slot number. for the first LAN card is 16, for the
                    second is 17, and 18 for the  third, etc.
                    Default value is 16.

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