NDIS Driver Installation Guide for LANtastic 6.0 ====================================================== Introduction ============ This document describes the procedure to setup NDIS 2.01 driver on LANtastic 6.0 operating system for AF-680 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card. These drivers conform to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS 2.01) defined by Microsoft/3Com. The AF-680 Fast Ethernet PC Card is a NE2000 compatible card which means that any NE2000 driver should work. Most important, you must enable the PC Card interface before you start the network driver. Location of Driver: \NDIS2\Dos\AF680.DOS Installation Procedure ====================== The installation procedure will transfer files to a specific directory on the workstation and modify existing configuration files to fit your specific needs. The installation utility INSTALL.EXE is located on LANtastic Network Software Disk 1. Run INSTALL.EXE from Disk 1 and the LANtastic Install program screen will appear. You must complete each of the questions. These options are specific to your needs. Before beginning, you must install Card Services release 2.10 or above. 1. Prompt you to enter a unique Computer Name. 2. Ask you to select the drive that you want LANtastic to be installed on. The default is Drive C:. 3. Ask you to specify a directory where you want the LANtastic files to be installed. The default is \LANTASTI. 4. Ask you if you want to Share your Computers Drives or Printers. 5. Ask you to select the Maximum Number of Connected Computers. 6. Prompt you to select any other LANtastic features that you may want to install. 7. A summary screen of the options you will appear. If it looks correct continue with the installation. 8. Prompt you to select a network adapter to run your LANtastic software ON. From the list of adapters, select "NDIS SUPPORT FOR NETWORK ADAPTERS". 9. Ask you to insert the manufacturers driver diskette containing the driver files. Insert the AF-680 Fast Ethernet driver disk into drive A: and specify the source path for driver files as A:\NDIS2\Dos . 10. Ask you if you want to Set Up Permanent Drive or Printer Connections. 11. Another summary screen of the options will appear. If this looks correct then select Perform the Installation and LANtastic will now install the files. 12. Before restart your system,add Enabler program and modify CONFIG.SYS if you are using any memory management (EMM386, QEMM etc.). you must exclude a block memory space for PC card as sample file. For example: DEVICE=emm386.exe Noems X=D000~D3FF. DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ETHERNET\AF680\EN680.EXE 13. When complete the installation, then reboot your system. --- Sample CONFIG.SYS file --- : DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\EN680.EXE DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\AF680.DOS : --- Sample PROTOCOL.INI file --- [PROTMAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ DYNAMIC = YES [AF680_NIF] DRIVERNAME = AF680$ : --- Sample STARTNET.BAT file --- @echo off rem LANtastic Version 6.00 installed 95/05/23 14:11:21 rem (for Windows) C: cd C:\LANTASTI SET LAN_CFG=C:\LANTASTI rem If LANtastic is disabled, skip everything. IF EXIST DISABLED GOTO :STARTNET_DONE @echo ===== Begin LANtastic configuration ===== PATH C:\LANTASTI;C:\LANTASTI\NW;%PATH% SET LAN_DIR=C:\LANTASTI.NET SET NWDBPATH=C:\LANTASTI\NW rem Please obtain the NETBEUI.EXE program from Microsoft LOADHIGH NETBEUI LOADHIGH AI-NDIS BIND_TO=AF680_NIF AILANBIO @STARTNET.CFG REDIR TEST @STARTNET.CFG IF EXIST NOSHARE GOTO :NOSHARE SERVER C:\LANTASTI.NET @STARTNET.CFG NET LOGIN \\TEST GOTO :CONTINUE :NOSHARE @echo LANtastic server was installed but turned off. :CONTINUE rem If CONNECT.BAT exists, run it to set up connections. IF EXIST CONNECT.BAT GOTO :CONNECT rem Otherwise set up connections specified during install. NET LPT TIMEOUT 10 GOTO :CONNECT_DONE :CONNECT @echo Setting up LANtastic connections from CONNECT.BAT rem Build CONNECT.BAT like this: "NET SHOW/BATCH > C:\LANTASTI\CONNECT.BAT" rem (or run the batch file SETNET.BAT) call CONNECT.BAT :CONNECT_DONE NET POSTBOX @echo ===== End LANtastic configuration ===== :STARTNET_DONE cd \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.
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