PLANET Support Publishing January 1996
PLANET ENW-3500-2T PCMCIA Ethernet Card Installation for NBIOS
Contents
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Introduction
Requirements
Minimum Skill Level
Getting Started
Introduction
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This installation assumes that the PCMCIA drivers are working properly.
Please consult INST_DOS.TXT for help with PCMCIA Drivers.
Getting Started will describe the installation for NBIOS.
Requirements
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A PCMCIA compatible Laptop
A PCMCIA chipset that is PCIC compatible (Intel, Cirrus, Vadem, and
VLSI) or Databook compatible.
A Network Operating System compatible to NBIOS
A ENW-3500-2T
A knowledge of basic DOS commands and editing text files
Minimum Skill Level
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A knowledge of basic DOS commands
A knowledge of editing text files
A knowledge of DOS basic file structure (CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT)
A knowledge of the network driver configuration being used
Please see Support Options if you are not comfortable will this
skill level
Getting Started
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The NetBIOS Emulator is a standardized network interface
program that allows this adapter to run NetBIOS-based network
operating systems like the IBM PC LAN Program and others. No
software modification or additional installation is necessary. All
operations, as well as installation procedures for the network
operating system, remain the same.
Install the Network Operating System
Remove any references to a network adapter driver and netbios
In the appropriate batch file add the following before loading
the network operating system.
Load the IPX driver program, ENW35.COM.
Load the NetBIOS Emulator program, NBIOS.EXE.
The following switches can adjust Netbios to meet the configuration.
>NBIOS [/Sm] [/Ck]
The parameters after NBIOS are optional. Their functions are:
/Sm specifies the maximum number of sessions allowed in your
computer where m ranges from 1 up to 254.If this parameter
is not specified, the default values of 32 will be used.
/Ck specifies the maximum number of NetBIOS commands that can be used
in your computer; where k ranges from 1 up to 255. If this
parameter is not specified, the default value of 32 will be used.
Your computer is now ready to run a NetBIOS-based network
operating system.
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.