ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ AcerLAN ALN-310 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter ³ ³ NDIS 2 DRIVER FOR LAN SERVER INSTALLATION ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The driver named ALN310 contain in the directory NDIS conforms to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) defined by Microsoft/3Com. OS/2 LAN Server 3.0 =================== 1. Copy ALN310.OS2 and ALN310.NIF files from your Driver diskette (A:\OS2NDIS) 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 . 5. Select and press . 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 "AcerLAN ALN-310 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter" when prompted to identify you Network Adapter, Then click the button. 12. Select "802.2" from the list and click the button. 13. Select IBM NETBIOS from the list and click the button. 14. Select to confirm all selections. 15. Follow screen instructions to complete the process, selecting to accept default selections. 16. Continue pressing until your screen prompts you to backup old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and create a new CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Also select to confirm this. 17. Installation is complete now. Reset your PC by turning it off and on. OS/2 LAN Server 4.0 =================== 1. In OS2 desktop, click the MPTS(Multi-Protocol Transport Service) icon. The IBM logo should appear on screen. 2. Click the button. 3. Click the button. 4. Select the "LAN adapters and protocols" item, then click button. 5. Click button. 6. Insert Driver Diskette 1 into a specified drive (A: or B:), then enter the driver path like A:\OS2NDIS, (or B:\OS2NDIS, etc.) and click button 7. Select "AcerLAN ALN-310 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter" from Network Adapters list when prompted to identify you Network Adapter. Then click the button. 8. Select "IBM 802.2" from the Protocols list and click the button. 9. Select "IBM OS2 NETBIOS" from the Protocols list and click the button 10. Select "IBM Netware Requester Support" from the Protocols list and click the button if you need to logon NETWARE server. 11. Select to confirm all selections. 12. Click button in the Configure window. 13. Click button in the MPTS window. 14. Click button, then your screen will prompts you to backup old CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and create a new CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. Also select to confirm this. 15. Installation is complete now. Reset your PC by turning it off and on. Multiple adapters installation for IBM LAN SERVER 4.0 on OS/2 system ===================================================================== For multiple adapters installation, you must do the follows: a. configure b. configure a. Configure ------------------------------ 1. From OS/2 desktop, click 2. In LAN Services windows, click 3. click when the IBM logo appears. 4. In "Basic or Advanced Installation/Configuration" dialog box, click 5. Select "Install or configure this workstation" in "Installation Tasks" dialog box, and click 6. Select Server Type (like, Domain controller) then click 7. Select "Configure a component" from "Installation and Configuration" dialog box, and click 8. Select "LAN Services Adapters" from "Configure" dialog box, and click 9. Select the LAN adapters to be used by LAN Services (for 2 adapters, select Adapter 0, Adapter 1 ) and click 10.Assign the NETBIOS Resources like Sessions, Commands & Names (you can use the default value) and click for different adapters. 11.Click from "Configure" dialog box. 12.Select "Apply the changes" and click from "Installation and Configuration" dialog box. 13.Follow screen instructions to complete the installation. 14.Shut down and reboot the machine. b. Configure ----------------------- If you have more than one adapter, you need to configure each of them for different Slots by clicking in "Configure" windows. ******************************************************************** * NOTE!! * * * * Each slot represents an PCI adapter index value for one * * adapter installed (AcerLAN ALN-310 10/100 Base-TX Fast * * Ethernet Adapter) assigned by the PCI-BIOS. For example, if * * the 1st slot is assigned slot=16, then the next slot will be * * assigned slot=17, the third slot=18 and so forth until the * * last slot * * * ******************************************************************** c. Setup Real Mode (NDIS 2) Driver Parameters on LAN Requester -------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 4 parameters can be set in driver installation & reconfiguration 1. Slot number: the PCI board index, range is 16..26, default is 16. This parameter is used to distinguish activated board when multiple ALN-310 adapters are enabled by the driver. 2. Sia Mode: the connection type of the LAN board, can be selected from TP, TP_FULL_DUPLEX and AUTODETECT, default is AUTODETECT. 3. Data Rate: for AcerLAN ALN-310 10/100 Base-TX Fast Ethernet Adapter only. MB10 : speed is 10 Mbps, MB100: speed is 100 Mbps. 4. Tx FIFO threshold: transmit FIFO threshold level LW128 : threshold is 128 bytes (100Mbps), 72 bytes (10Mbps), LW256 : threshold is 256 bytes (100Mbps), 96 bytes (10Mbps), LW512 : threshold is 512 bytes (100Mbps), 128 bytes (10Mbps), LW1024: threshold is 1024 bytes (100Mbps), 160 bytes (10Mbps), FP : Disable early transmit. ---- All trademarks or brand names mentioned are properties of their respective companies. ===End of File===