3Com Corporation
EtherDisk Diskette for the EtherLink/MC Adapters
3Com Software Compatibility Guide
Updated January 1993
Scope
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This guide lists the most popular network operating systems, protocols,
and utilities supported by 3Com EtherLink adapters. Applications,
including word processors and databases, are not listed here.
Disclaimer
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This information represents the best information available at the time
of publication. Contact the software vendor prior to purchasing
adapters. See Availability and Comments sections for known product
limitations.
3Com neither assumes nor authorizes any person to assume for it any
liability in connection with the sale, installation, maintenance, or use
of its products.
Updates
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This list is updated regularly. For more information, contact your
local 3Com office. This list may be electronically retrieved from
CompuServe (Ask3Com Forum) and 3Com's own BBS (408-980-8204, 8 data bits,
1 stop bit, and no parity).
Dates
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All dates are estimated for the calendar year based upon information
obtained from the independent software vendor. This information is
subject to change without notice.
Company Products EL II EL Plus EL 16
3C503 3C505 3C507
Family 3C507-TP
3Com 3+ Yes Yes Yes
3Com 3+Open Yes Yes Yes
3Com LAN Manager v2.0 Yes Yes Yes
3Com NBP (NetBIOS) Yes Yes Yes
3Com OSI/ES with DPA Yes Yes Yes
3Com NFS with DPA Yes Yes Yes
3Com TCP with DPA Yes Yes Yes
3Com NetProbe Yes Yes
3Com EtherStart PROM Yes Yes
3Com NetWare Boot PROM Yes Yes Yes
Apple AppleShare Yes 1993
Artisoft Lantastic Yes Yes Q2'93
AT&T LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes
Banyan VINES Yes Yes Yes
Brightwork NetRemote Yes
Century Softwar Tiny Term Yes Yes Yes
Clarkson Univ Packet Driver Yes Yes Yes
Datability RAF Yes Yes
DCA/Tiara 10Net Yes Yes Yes
DEC PATHWORKS for DOS Yes Yes Yes
DEC PATHWORKS for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes
Digital Area Ne MAX Link Yes
DSC Nexos Yes
Essex Systems TCP/2 for DOS Yes Yes Yes
Essex Systems TCP/2 for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes
Farallon PhoneNet Talk Yes Yes Yes
FTP Software PC/TCP Yes Yes Yes
Hayes LANstep Yes Yes
IBM OS/2 LAN Server Yes
Interactive UNIX SystemV/386r3.2 Yes Yes
InterCon TCP/Connect Yes
Lanport PCbridge Yes
Lanport PCroute Yes
Lanworks BootWare-NW Yes Yes Yes
Lanworks BootWare-LM Yes Yes Yes
Locus PC Interface Yes
Locus PC Xsight Yes
MicroPort UNIX System VR4 Yes
Microsoft LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes
Network General Sniffer Yes
Network Researc Fusion Yes Yes
Novell LAN WorkPlace Yes Yes Yes
Novell NetWare Lite v1.0 Yes Yes Yes
Novell NetWare 286 v2.x Yes Yes Yes
Novell NetWare 386 v3.x Yes Yes Yes
Olivetti Olinet Yes Yes
Olivetti Olinet LAN Manager Yes Yes
Opus Personal Mainframe Yes
Pacer PacerLink Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-COM Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-LINK Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-STAR Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-NET Yes Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for Xenix Yes
Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for UNIX Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops LAN Mgr for UNIX Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops NFS Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops Open Desktop Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops OSI Yes Yes
SunSelect PC-NFS Yes Yes Yes
SysKonnect Passport Yes Yes
Sitka (Sun) TOPS Yes
Syntax SMBserver Yes Yes
Syntax VDIM Yes Yes
Tech Concepts Community Yes
Touch Comm. OSI Yes Yes Yes
Univel UNIXWare Yes Yes
Univ of Ilinois NCSA Telnet Yes
Univ of Ilinois PCbridge Yes Yes
Univ of Ilinois PCroute Yes Yes
USL Destiny Yes Yes
WEBCorp WEB Yes Yes Yes
WRQ Reflections Yes Yes Yes
Wollongong PathWay Access Yes Yes Yes
XIOS Systems Office Solutions Yes Yes
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Company Products EL III EL/MC EL/MC 32
3C509 3C523B 3C527
FAMILY 3C523B-TP 3C527-TPX
3Com 3+ Yes Yes
3Com 3+Open Yes Yes Yes
3Com LAN Manager v2.0 Yes Yes Yes
3Com NBP (NetBIOS) Yes Yes Yes
3Com OSI/ES with DPA Yes Yes Yes
3Com NFS with DPA Yes Yes Yes
3Com TCP with DPA Yes Yes Yes
3Com NetProbe Yes Yes
3Com EtherStart PROM Yes Yes N/A
3Com NetWare Boot PROM Yes Yes N/A
Apple AppleShare Yes Yes
Artisoft Lantastic Q2'93 Q2'93 Q2'93
AT&T LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes
Banyan VINES Server '93 Yes Yes
Century Softwar Tiny Term Yes Yes Yes
Clarkson Univ Packet Driver Q1'93 Yes
Datability RAF Yes
DCA/Tiara 10Net Yes Yes Yes
DEC PATHWORKS for DOS Yes Yes Yes
DEC PATHWORKS for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes
Digital Area Ne MAX Link Yes N/A
DSC Nexos Yes
Essex Systems TCP/2 for DOS Yes Yes Yes
Essex Systems TCP/2 for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes
Farallon PhoneNet Talk Yes Yes
FTP Software PC/TCP Yes Yes Yes
Hayes LANstep Yes Yes Yes
IBM OS/2 LAN Server Yes Yes Yes
IBM AIX for PS/2 Yes Yes
Interactive UNIX SystemV/386r3.2 1993 Yes
Lanworks BootWare-NW Yes Yes N/A
Lanworks BootWare-LM Yes Yes N/A
Locus PC Interface Yes
Locus PC Xsight Yes
Microsoft LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes
Network Researc Fusion Yes
Novell LAN WorkPlace Yes Yes Q1'93
Novell NetWare Lite v1.0 Yes Yes Q1'93
Novell NetWare 286 v2.x Yes Yes Server Only
Novell NetWare 386 v3.x Yes Yes Server Only
Pacer PacerLink Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-COM Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-LINK Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-STAR Yes Yes Yes
Polygon poly-NET Yes Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for Xenix Yes
Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for UNIX Q1'93 Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops LAN Mgr for UNIX Q1'93 Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops NFS Q1'93 Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops Open Desktop Q1'93 Yes Yes
Santa Cruz Ops OSI Q1'93 Yes Yes
SunSelect PC-NFS Yes Yes Yes
Sitka (Sun) TOPS Yes
SysKonnect Passport Yes
Touch Comm. OSI Yes Yes Yes
Univel UNIXWARE Yes Yes
Univ of Ilinois NCSA Telnet 1993 Yes
USL Destiny (SVR4) Yes Yes
WEBCorp WEB Yes Yes Yes
WRQ Reflections Yes Yes Yes
Wollongong PathWay Access Yes Yes Yes
XIOS Systems Office Solutions Yes
Products Drivers Availability Comments
Client Server
3+ EtherDisk
3+Open NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
LAN Manager v2.0 NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
NBP (NetBIOS) NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
OSI/ES with DPA NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
NFS with DPA NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
TCP with DPA NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
NetProbe ISV
EtherStart PROM ISV Client only (boot ROM)
NetWare Boot PROM ISV Client only (boot ROM)
TSSnet ISV
AppleShare ODI ODI EtherDisk See Farallon
A/UX ISV
Lantastic NetBIO NetBIO ISV NetBIOS from Performance
Technology
Lantastic NDIS NDIS EtherDisk NDIS version due Q2'93
LAN Manager NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
VINES NDIS Streams EtherDisk To use SCO UNIX in Q3'92
NetRemote ODI EtherDisk
Packet Driver Packet ISV
RAF ISV
10Net NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Formerly called PCSA and
LANWORKS
PATHWORKS for DOS NDIS EtherDisk 3C507 requires driver
v1.1
PATHWORKS for OS/2 NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
PATHWORKS for Mac ISV
MAX Link ISV
Nexos ISV
TCP/2 for DOS NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Optional NetBIOS, SNMP,
Name Server, and
Kerberos Society
TCP/2 for OS/2 NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
PhoneNet Talk ODI ODI EtherDisk PhoneNet Talk replaces
AppleTalk
PC/TCP NDIS NDIS ISV
LANstep NDIS NDIS ISV
OS/2 LAN Server NDIS NDIS ISV
AIX for PS/2 ISV
UNIX SystemV/386 Streams Streams ISV
TCP/Connect ISV
PCbridge ISV Commercial version of
university product
PCroute ISV Commercial version of
university product
BootWare-NW IPX/ODI EtherDisk NetWare
BootWare-LM NDIS EtherDisk RIPL
PC Interface ISV
PC Xsight ISV
UNIX System VR4 ISV
LAN Manager NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
Sniffer ISV Drivers run resident
on board adapter
Fusion ISV
LAN WorkPlace ODI EtherDisk
NetWare Lite v1.0 ODI/IPX ODI EtherDisk Dedicated IPX requires
SHGEN or WSGEN
NetWare 286 v2.x IPX/ODI EtherDisk Also available from
Novell NetWire
NetWare 386 v3.x ODI/IPX EtherDisk Also available from
Novell NetWire
Olinet ISV
Olinet LAN Manager NDIS NDIS EtherDisk NDIS drivers supported
by vendor
Personal Mainframe ISV
PacerLink NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
poly-COM NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
poly-LINK NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
poly-STAR NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
poly-NET NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
SCO TCP/IP Xenix Streams Streams ISV Network support for
SCO Xenix
SCO TCP/IP UNIX Streams Streams ISV
SCO LAN Mgr UNIX Streams Streams ISV
SCO NFS Streams Streams ISV
SCO Open Desktop Streams Streams ISV
SCO OSI Streams Streams ISV
SunSelect PC-NFS NDIS EtherDisk Client only
TOPS ISV Moving to NDIS in Q2'92
SMBserver ISV
VDIM ISV
Community ISV
OSI NDIS EtherDisk
NCSA Telnet ISV
PCbridge Packet
PCroute Packet
WEB IPX
Reflections NDIS NDIS EtherDisk
PathWay Access NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Formerly WIN/TCP
Office Solutions ISV
(%VER Software Compatibility Guide v3.4a)
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.