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³ AcerLAN ALN-315 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter ³
³ NDIS 2 DRIVER FOR LAN SERVER INSTALLATION ³
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The driver named ALN315 contain in the directory NDIS conforms to
the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) defined by
Microsoft/3Com.
OS/2 LAN Server 3.0
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1. Copy ALN315.OS2 and ALN315.NIF files from your Driver diskette
(A:\OS2NDIS) to C:\IBMCOM\MACS.
2. Click the OS/2 LAN Service icon.
3. Select "Installation and configuration." The IBM logo should
appear onscreen.
4. Click <OK>.
5. Select <Advance> and press <Enter>.
6. Select "Install or Configuration this Workstation."
7. Select server type, adding a server or domain controller.
The "install or remove" selections should appear.
8. Select "Configure a component."
9. Click the "Configure" button.
10. Select "Configure workstation."
11. Select "AcerLAN ALN-315 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter"
when prompted to identify you Network Adapter, Then click
the <Add> button.
12. Select "802.2" from the list and click the <Add> button.
13. Select IBM NETBIOS from the list and click the <Add> button.
14. Select <OK> to confirm all selections.
15. Follow screen instructions to complete the process, selecting <OK> to
accept default selections.
16. Continue pressing <OK> until your screen prompts you to backup old
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and create a new CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Also select <OK> to confirm this.
17. Installation is complete now. Reset your PC by turning it off and on.
OS/2 LAN Server 4.0
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1. In OS2 desktop, click the MPTS(Multi-Protocol Transport Service)
icon. The IBM logo should appear on screen.
2. Click the <OK> button.
3. Click the <Configure> button.
4. Select the "LAN adapters and protocols" item, then click <Configure> button.
5. Click <Other adapters...> button.
6. Insert Driver Diskette 1 into a specified drive (A: or B:), then enter
the driver path like
A:\OS2NDIS, (or B:\OS2NDIS, etc.)
and click <OK> button
7. Select "AcerLAN ALN-315 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter" from Network Adapters
list when prompted to identify you Network Adapter. Then click the <Add>
button.
8. Select "IBM 802.2" from the Protocols list and click the <Add> button.
9. Select "IBM OS2 NETBIOS" from the Protocols list and click the
<Add> button
10. Select "IBM Netware Requester Support" from the Protocols list
and click the <Add> button if you need to logon NETWARE server.
11. Select <OK> to confirm all selections.
12. Click <Close> button in the Configure window.
13. Click <Exit> button in the MPTS window.
14. Click <Exit> button, then your screen will prompts you to backup
old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and create a new CONFIG.SYS
and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Also select <OK> to confirm this.
15. Installation is complete now. Reset your PC by turning it off and on.
Multiple adapters installation for IBM LAN SERVER 4.0 on OS/2 system
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For multiple adapters installation, you must do the follows:
a. configure <LAN Services>
b. configure <MPTS>
a. Configure <LAN Services>
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1. From OS/2 desktop, click <LAN Services>
2. In LAN Services windows, click <OS/2 LAN Services Installation/Configuratin>
3. click <OK> when the IBM logo appears.
4. In "Basic or Advanced Installation/Configuration" dialog box,
click <Advanced>
5. Select "Install or configure this workstation" in "Installation Tasks"
dialog box, and click <OK>
6. Select Server Type (like, Domain controller) then click <OK>
7. Select "Configure a component" from "Installation and Configuration" dialog
box, and click <OK>
8. Select "LAN Services Adapters" from "Configure" dialog box, and click
<Configure...>
9. Select the LAN adapters to be used by LAN Services (for 2 adapters, select
Adapter 0, Adapter 1 ) and click <OK>
10.Assign the NETBIOS Resources like Sessions, Commands & Names (you can use
the default value) and click <OK> for different adapters.
11.Click <OK> from "Configure" dialog box.
12.Select "Apply the changes" and click <OK> from "Installation and
Configuration" dialog box.
13.Follow screen instructions to complete the installation.
14.Shut down and reboot the machine.
b. Configure <MPTS>
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If you have more than one adapter, you need to configure each of them
for different Slots by clicking <Edit> in "Configure" windows.
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* NOTE!! *
* *
* Each slot represents an PCI adapter index value for one *
* adapter installed (AcerLAN ALN-315 10/100 Base-TX Fast *
* Ethernet Adapter) assigned by the PCI-BIOS. For example, if *
* the 1st slot is assigned slot=16, then the next slot will be *
* assigned slot=17, the third slot=18 and so forth until the *
* last slot *
* *
********************************************************************
c. Setup Real Mode (NDIS 2) Driver Parameters on LAN Requester
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There are 4 parameters can be set in driver installation & reconfiguration
1. Slot number: the PCI board index, range is 16..26, default is 16.
This parameter is used to distinguish activated board
when multiple ALN-315 adapters are enabled by the
driver.
2. Sia Mode: the connection type of the LAN board,
can be selected from TP, TP_FULL_DUPLEX
and AUTODETECT, default is AUTODETECT.
3. Data Rate: for AcerLAN ALN-315 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter only.
MB10 : speed is 10 Mbps,
MB100: speed is 100 Mbps.
4. Tx FIFO threshold: transmit FIFO threshold level
LW128 : threshold is 128 bytes (100Mbps), 72 bytes (10Mbps),
LW256 : threshold is 256 bytes (100Mbps), 96 bytes (10Mbps),
LW512 : threshold is 512 bytes (100Mbps), 128 bytes (10Mbps),
LW1024: threshold is 1024 bytes (100Mbps), 160 bytes (10Mbps),
FP : Disable early transmit.
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