4
I
NSTALLING
THE
NDIS
D
RIVER
The Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) was
developed by Microsoft and 3Com. This software specification
is used for DOS- and OS/2-based network operating systems to
create drivers for network adapters. The following network
operating systems support the NDIS driver:
■
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
■
Banyan
VINES
■
Microsoft LAN Manager
■
IBM LAN Server
■
Artisoft
LANtastic
/AI
■
DEC
PATHWORKS
For Windows 95 installation, see the README.TXT file on the
EtherDisk
diskette.
Ask your MIS department or system administrator which
network operating system you will be connecting to. This
chapter provides instructions for adding the NDIS driver to the
network operating systems listed above.
Installing the NDIS Driver
Both the DOS NDIS 2.01 (ELPC3.DOS) network driver and the
OS/2 NDIS driver (ELPC3.OS2) are shipped on the
EtherDisk
diskette. You can install the NDIS driver using your network
operating system installer. Instructions are provided for all
network operating systems listed above in the following sections.
To install the NDIS driver, perform the following steps:
1
Place the
EtherDisk
diskette in a floppy drive on your PC
and make that drive the active drive. For example, type:
A: [Enter]
