Driver Installation Guide for DOS LAN Requester
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Introduction
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This document describes the procedure to install NDIS2 DOS driver on
IBM DOS LAN Requester for AEF-360TX Family PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter.
Location of Driver: \NDIS2\DOS\RTSND.DOS
Installation Procedure
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A. Installing driver for DOS LAN Requester of LAN Server 2.0/3.0:
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1. Insert the IBM LAN Support Program (LSP) V1.30 (or V1.31) Diskette
into your floppy drive A: .
2. Type A:\dxmaid and press <Enter> .
3. The screen will display the IBM logo.Press <Enter> twice until the
"Environment Information" appears on screen.
4. Responds to the screen prompts,specifying the following values for
each field, use the <Space Bar> to toggle between choices:
Configuration for this computer? Yes
Use existing configuration information? Yes
Do you have adapter option diskettes? Yes
Are you configuring for two adapters? No
Do you need 802.2 interface support? Yes
Source for LSP A:\
Target for new configuration C:\lsp
Make sure that the values given above are correct, then press
<Enter> to store your choices.
5. Insert the driver diskette in floppy A, and specify your pathname
A:\NDIS2\DOS, then press ENTER.
6. Follow screen instructions to complete the process. Simply
pressing <Enter> for each screen display will select the default
options. Press <Enter> until you reach the display prompting you
to insert the LSP diskette.
7. Insert the LSP diskette as prompted. Press <Enter> to acknowledge
completion of the action.
8. A screen showing the current configuration detected will be
displayed. It should show the Adapter and the protocols already
selected (i.e., "IBM IEEE 802.2" and "IBM OS/2 NETBIOS").
9. Press <F4>. to save the new configuration. This completes the LSP
installation.
10. Save the configuration and reboot your computer.
11. Insert the DOS LAN Requester Install Diskette 1 into your floppy
drive.
12. Type A:\INSTALL <Enter>.
13. The IBM logo will again appear on the screen. Press <Enter> to
move on to the next screen.
14. Follow screen instructions, pressing <Enter> to move from
screen-to-screen until you are prompted to indicate the pathname
of the DOS LAN Requester directory (C:\DOSLAN).
15. Specify the pathname (C:\DOSLAN is the default) for the DOS LAN
Requester directory. Then press <Enter> to continue.
16. The program will ask you for the services that you require.
17. Highlight the appropriate option. Select either "Send messages"
or "Send, View, Edit, and Log message" option. (Normally, second
option "Send, View, Edit and Log message" is selected).
18. Specify the PC's ID and domain ID.
19. Follow screen prompts to complete the installation.
Note: DOS version must be bellow DOS 5.0 when installing DOS
LAN requester into your DOS system.
B. Installing driver for DOS LAN Requester of LAN Server 4.0:
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Before you start with the installation process, make sure that DOS
LAN Services is properly installed. Similarly, your adapter should
also be properly installed in your client PC.
1. Copy RTSND.DOS from your Driver diskette (A:\NDIS2\DOS) to LAN
Services subdirectory C:\DLS .
2. Under DOS LAN Requester subdirectory C:\DLS, run INSTALL.
3. The screen display some description. If it's correct, move high-
light to "The listed options are correct" item, then press ENTER.
4. Move highlight to "Network Card", then press ENTER.
5. Select "Change driver for network card." item, then press ENTER.
6. Select "Network card not shown in list below..", then press ENTER.
7. Insert the driver diskette in floppy A, and specify the pathname
A:\NDIS2\DOS, then press ENTER.
8. RTSND.DOS NDIS driver is now installed on your computer, reboot
your computer.
Sample of configuration file:
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(Suppose the Lan Requester package is installed at C:\NET directory)
File Name: C:\CONFIG.SYS
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DEVICE=C:\NET\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\NET
DEVICE=C:\NET\DLSHELP.SYS
DEVICE=C:\NET\RTSND.DOS
File Name: C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SHARE
C:\NET\NET START
C:\NET\NET START PEER
C:\NET\NET SHARE ZZZ=C:\
File Name: C:\NET\PROTOCOL.INI
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...
# The followings are Custom Keywords. Put the keywords to enable the
# special functions.
[IBM$NETBEUI]
DriverName=netbeui$
SESSIONS=20
NCBS=20
BINDINGS=RTL8139
LANABASE=0
...
[RTL8139]
DriverName=RTSND$
;EtherID=@52544C111111 ;This keyword is used to desinate a RTL8139
;adapter by assigning it's ethernet ID
;when more than one adapters exist on one
;system.
BusNo=@00 ;This keyword is used to desinate a RTL8139
;adapter by assigning it's PCI bus number
;when more than one adapters exist on one
;system.(must be used with 'DeviceNo' keyword)
DeviceNo=@0A ;This keyword is used to desinate a RTL8139
;adapter by assigning it's PCI Device number
;when more than one adapters exist on one
;system.(must be used with 'BusNo' keyword)
Medium=100/10 ;This keyword is used to force RTL8139 adapter
;to speed 10M or 100M mode. If not present,
;the driver will auto-detect the speed.
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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