DE305 DIGITAL EtherWORKS ISA Adapter
LANtastic driver
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Copyright (C) 1996 Digital Equipment Corporation.
All rights reserved.
Content:
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A) Install Digital drivers for LANtastic 5.0
B) Install Digital drivers for LANtastic 6.0
A) Install Digital drivers for LANtastic 5.0
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Using NDIS driver:
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For NDIS driver, Digital support "DE305.DOS" driver for MPX2 product
series. User can use "DE305.DOS" driver to replace AEXNDIS.DOS which
is the NDIS driver offered by ARTISOFT.
Example ----- CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI
DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\DE305.DOS -------> By Digital
Example ----- AUTOEXEC.BAT / STARTNET.BAT
C:\LANTASTI\AI-NDIS BIND_TO=ETHNE_NIF
C:\LANTASTI\AILANBIO
C:\LANTASTI\REDIR MachineName
Example ----- PROTOCOL.INI
[PROTMAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
DYNAMIC = YES
[ETHNE_NIF]
DRIVERNAME = DE305$
Comments:
If you are using PROTMAN.DOS V1.x, you must use the NO_BIND option
on the AI-NDIS command line in the STARTNET.BAT, and you must run
NETBIND.EXE V1.x before AILANBIO.EXE.
B) Install Digital NDIS2 drivers for LANtastic 6.0
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Using NDIS driver:
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To install Digital NDIS driver "DE305.DOS", user can use LANtastic
6.0 install program, and select "NDIS support for network adapters"
then insert Digital's driver diskette, and type path "A:\LANTASTI".
Install program will search "DE305.DOS" and "PROTOCOL.INI" and copy
these two files to target directory.
IF user already install LANtastic 6.0 and want to install Digital's
MPX2 adapter, just replace AEXNDIS.DOS with Digital's NDIS driver
"DE305.DOS" at CONFIG.SYS
"DE305.DOS" is NDIS driver which supported by Digital
"AEXNDIS.DOS" is NDIS driver which supported by ARTISOFT
Example ----- CONFIG.SYS
DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI
DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\DE305.DOS -------> By Digital
Example ----- AUTOEXEC.BAT / STARTNET.BAT
@echo ===== Begin LANtastic configuration =====
SET LAN_CFG=C:\LANTASTI
PATH C:\LANTASTI;%PATH%
SET LAN_DIR=C:\LANTASTI.NET
rem Please obtain the NETBEUI.EXE program from Microsoft
NETBEUI
AI-NDIS BIND_TO=AEXNDIS_NIF
AILANBIO @STARTNET.CFG
REDIR THOMAS @STARTNET.CFG
SERVER C:\LANTASTI.NET @STARTNET.CFG
NET LOGIN \\THOMAS
@echo ===== End LANtastic configuration =====
Example ----- Protocol.ini
[PROTMAN]
Priority=NETBEUI
DriverName = PROTMAN$
Dynamic = Yes
[NETBEUI_XIF]
DriverName = netbeui$
Sessions = 6
NCBS = 12
Bindings = ETHNE_NIF
LANABASE = 1
[ETHNE_NIF]
DriverName = DE305$
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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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