***************************************************************************** * * * Installation guide for NDIS2 Driver * * * ***************************************************************************** This file will help you with the installation for 100/10M PCI Adapter in the following platform : 1. LAN Manager Workstation/Server 2. LANtastic 6.0 3. LAN Server 2.0/3.0 4. LAN Server 4.0 ( DOS LAN Services / OS2 LAN Server ) 5. Microsoft Network Client 3.0 for MS-DOS 6. Windows for Workgroups v3.10 A. sample protocol.ini =============================================================================== 1. LAN Manager Workstation/Server Setup driver procedures on LAN Manager workstation/server : ----------------------------------------------------------- Before you start with the installation process, make sure that the adapter is properly installed and configured. Make sure your Microsoft LAN Manager is properly installed. 1) Run the appropriate Microsoft Lan Manager SETUP for computer you are setting up.(DOS, OS/2 or OS/2 Server). Select "Configuration" item ,(the 100/10M PCI Adapter driver isn't included on the Lan Manager disk) and insert the 100/10M PCI Adapter driver disk, specify path a:\, and select the RTL8139A Fast Ethernet Adapter compatible driver and follow the directions. 2) When completed, reboot your computer. Installing Multiple LAN Adapters: --------------------------------- To Follow Setup driver Procedure and add two adapter, Under DOS mode, you can modify the EtherID or BusNo+DeviceNo Keyword field in file C:\LANMAN\PROTOCOL.INI. Sample Configuration Files: --------------------------- CONFIG.SYS (for DOS will contain): DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTMAN\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANMAN.DOS DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ETHERNET\RTL8139\RTSND.DOS CONFIG.SYS (for OS/2 will contain): DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\PROTMAN\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:C:\LANMAN.OS2 DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\ETHERNET\RTL8139\RTSND.OS2 PROTOCOL.INI ( See "A. Sample protocol.ini" ) =============================================================================== 2. LANtastic 6.0 Sample Configuration Files: -------------------------- CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\RTSND.DOS FILES=40 BUFFERS=30 STARTNET.BAT: @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=RTSND_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 \ PROTOCOL.INI: ;PROTOCOL.INI for LANtastic Version 6.00 [PROTMAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ DYNAMIC = YES [RTSND_NIF] DRIVERNAME = RTSND$ Adapters=RTL8139 ;EtherID =@0123456789AB Install 100/10M PCI Adapter drivers for LANtastic 6.0 : (Using NDIS driver) ------------------------------------------ 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. 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 100/10M PCI Adapter driver diskette into drive A: and specify the source path for driver files as A:\ 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. =============================================================================== 3. LAN Server 2.0/3.0 Installing driver procedure on DOS LAN Requester : -------------------------------------------------- 1) Insert the IBM LAN Support Program (LSP) Version 1.30 (or 1.31) 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 100/10M PCI Adapter driver diskette in floppy A,and specify your pathname A:\NDIS2 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 RTL8139A Fast Ethernet Adapter compatible 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. Installing driver procedure on OS/2 LAN Server 2.0/3.0 : ------------------------------------------------------ Before you start with the installation process, make sure that OS/2 LAN Server is properly installed. Similarly, your adapter should also be properly installed in your server. 1) Copy RTSND.OS2 and RTL8139.NIF files from your Driver diskette (\NDIS2) to C:\IBMCOM\MACS. 2) Click the OS/2 LAN Service icon. 3) Select "Installation and configuration". The IBM logo should appear onscreen. 4) Click <OK>. 5) Select <Advance> and press <Enter>. 6) Select "Install or Configuration this Workstation." 7) Select server type, adding a server or domain controller. The "install or remove" selections should appear. 8) Select "Configure a component." 9) Click the "Configure" button. 10) Select "Configure workstation." 11) Select "RTL8139A Fast Ethernet Adapter compatible" when prompted to identify you Network Adapter. Then click the <Add> button. 12) Select IBM NETBIOS from the list and click the <Add> button. 13) Select <OK> to confirm all selections. 14) Follow screen instructions to complete the process, selecting <OK> to accept default selections. 15) Continue pressing <OK> until your screen prompts you to backup old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and create a new CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Also select <OK> to confirm this. 16) Installation is complete now. Reset your PC by turning it off and on. Note: ----- 1) The DOS version must be bellow DOS 5.0 when install DOS LAN requester into your system. 2) sample protocol.ini ( see "A. Sample protocol.ini" ) =============================================================================== 4. LAN Server 4.0 ( DOS LAN Services / OS2 LAN Server ) Installing driver procedure on DOS LAN Requester : -------------------------------------------------- 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) to DOS 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 highlight 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 100/10M PCI Adapter driver diskette in floppy A,and specify your pathname A:\NDIS2,then press ENTER. 8) 100/10M PCI Adapter driver is now installed on your computer, reboot your computer. Installing driver procedure on OS/2 LAN Server 4.0: --------------------------------------------------- Before you start with the installation process, make sure that OS/2 LAN Server is properly installed. Similarly, your adapter should also be properly installed in your server. 1) In OS/2 window, Click the "MPTS" icon. 2) The screen will display the IBM Log, press "OK". 3) Select "Install" button. 4) Insert the 100/10M PCI Adapter driver diskette, specify the driver path A:\NDIS2 and press <Enter>. 5) When complete above step to load RTSND.OS2 into OS/2 system, then configure your system. 6) The same step as step 3, select "Configure" button. 7) The screen will display "Configure" dialog box and select "LAN adapters and protocols" then press "configure" button. 8) The screen will display "LAPS Configuration" dialog box, move highlight to "RTL8139A Fast Ethernet Adapter compatible" item in "Network Adapter" window, and select "NetBios" protocol. Press "OK". 9) Installation is complete now. Reset your PC by turning it off and on. Installing Multiple LAN Adapters: ---------------------------------- 1)follow [3]. 1-9 and add two 100/10M PCI Adapter Adapter driver 2)in IBM Lan Services icon, OS/2 Lan Sercices Installation /Configuration Select your the server of the insatlled,[OK]. Do you want to re-install this version.[No]. Installing tow card driver [OK] in mpts. Configure a component. [OK] Lan Services Adapters. [OK] Configure. [OK] Two Adapter [V]. OK sample PROTOCOL.INI ( See "A. Sample protocol.ini" ) =============================================================================== 5. Microsoft Network Client 3.0 for MS-DOS Sample Configuration Files: --------------------------- Ex1: [PROTOCOL.INI] (install creates this file) [network.setup] version=0x3110 netcard=RTL8139,1,RTL8139,1 transport=ms$ndishlp,MS$NDISHLP transport=ms$netbeui,MS$NETBEUI lana0=RTL8139,1,ms$netbeui lana1=RTL8139,1,ms$ndishlp [protman] DriverName=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=MS$NDISHLP [MS$NDISHLP] DriverName=ndishlp$ BINDINGS=RTL8139 [MS$NETBEUI] DriverName=netbeui$ SESSIONS=10 NCBS=12 BINDINGS=RTL8139 LANABASE=0 ; PROTOCOL.INI SAMPLE (See "A. Sample protocol.ini") Installation Procedure : ---------------------- Before you start with the installation procedure, make sure that the adapter is properly installed and configured. Similarly, Make sure that your Microsoft Network Client is properly installed. (If not, The installation utility SETUP.EXE is located on Microsoft Network Client v3.0 for MS-DOS Disk. Run SETUP.EXE from Disk and the SETUP program screen will appear, and You must complete each of the questions. These options are specific to your needs. The installation procedure will transfer files to a specific directory on the client and modify existing configuration files to fit your specific needs.) 1) Change to the Microsoft Network Client subdirectory, and run SETUP.EXE 2) The screen will display some infomation. Press <Enter> . 3) Responds to the screen prompts, selecting "Change Network Configuration",then press <Enter>. 4) Move the highlight to "Add Adapter", press <Enter>. 5) Select "Network adapter not shown on list below ...". 6) Insert the 100/10M PCI Adapter driver diskette in floppy A,and specify your pathname A:\NDIS2,then press <Enter>. 7) 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 reboot your system. Installing Multiple LAN Adapters: ---------------------------------- There are two different method to complete it: To Follow Installation Procedure and add two adapter, (a) Under DOS mode, you can modify the EtherID or BusNo+DeviceNo keyword field in file C:\MSCLIENT\PROTOCOL.INI. (b) Or you can also use the SETUP program and follow above setup procedurc step 4,but move the highlight to "Change Setting,then press <Enter>, the screen will prompt you to fill EtherID value . =============================================================================== 6. Windows for Workgroups v3.10 Sample Configuration Files: --------------------------- CONFIG.SYS (install will add these lines) DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\WINDOWS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\RTSND.DOS *** DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\MSIPX.SYS (Added if running NetWare) DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\WORKGRP.SYS LASTDRIVE=P PROTOCOL.INI (install creates this file) [network.setup] version=0x3100 netcard=RTL8139,1,RTL8139 transport=ms$netbeui,MS$NETBEUI *** transport=ms$ipx,MS$IPX (Added if running NetWare) lana0=RTL8139,1,ms$netbeui *** lana0=RTL8139,1,ms$ipx (Added if running NetWare) [protman] DriverName=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=MS$NETBEUI ; RPOTOCOL.INI SAMPLE ( See "A. Sample protocol.ini" ) [MS$NETBEUI] DriverName=netbeui$ SESSIONS=10 NCBS=32 BINDINGS=RTL8139 LANABASE=0 *** [MS$IPX] (Added if running NetWare) *** Drivername=IPX$ (Added if running NetWare) *** MediaType=Novell/Ethernet (Added if running NetWare) *** Bindings=RTL8139 (Added if running NetWare) AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\WINDOWS\NET START *** C:\WINDOWS\MSIPX (Added if running NetWare) *** C:\WINDOWS\NETX (Added if running NetWare) Windows for Workgroups Installation: ------------------------------------ 1) Select the "Control Panel" icon in the Main Group. 2) Select the "Network" icon. 3) Select the "Adapters" button. 4) Select the Add option. 5) Select "Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter" 6) Insert the adapter driver disk with OEMSETUP.INF and RTSND.DOS and specify the path A:\ndis2. 7) Select the RTL8139A Fast Ethernet Adapter compatible. 8) The installation program copies the necessary files and creates PROTOCOL.INI for use with the adapter. 9) Select "Close" and when prompted, restart computer for changes to take affect and complete the installation. NOTE: You must have a terminated cable attached to the adapter when you start Windows for Workgroups. If you don't, Windows for Workgroups hangs. Installing Multiple LAN Adapters: ------------------------------------- There are two different method to complete it: (a) Under DOS mode, you can modify the EtherID or BusNo+DeviceNo keyword field in file C:\WFW31\PROTOCOL.INI. (b) Or you can enter Windows for WorkGroup and follow above setup procedure step 2,then click on "Setup.." button, select "Advanced...",fill EtherID in Value item. Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP. =============================================================================== A. Sample protocol.ini [RTL8139] DriverName=RTSND$ EtherID=@0000210000AD ;This keyword is used to desinate 100/10M PCI ;adapter by assigning its ethernet ID ;when more than one adapters exist on one ; system. BusNo=@00 ;This keyword is used to desinate 100/10M PCI ;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 100/10M PCI ;adapter by assigning it's PCI Device number ;when more than one adapters exist on one ; system.(must be used with 'BusNo' keyword) Speed= 100/10 ;This keyword is used to force 100/10M PCI Adapter ;to speed 10M or 100M mode. If not present, ;the driver will auto-detect the speed. -------------------------------- End Of File ---------------------------------Download Driver Pack
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