IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring PC Card 2, User Manual

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Appendix D. LANAIDC Parameter Information
LANAIDC is the command line version of LANAID. It contains all of the function of
LANAID without the graphical user interface. Its primary intended users are LAN
administrators and other users who want to duplicate a certain IBM Turbo 16/4
Token-Ring PC Card 2 configuration on multiple computers.
The LANAIDC program is in the same directory on your hard drive where LANAID
was installed (see “Installing LANAID” on page 33). Typing LANAIDC without
parameters will cause LANAIDC to use a configuration file called LANAIDC.CFG to
configure the PC Card. This file is created by the graphical LANAID program after it
successfully completes a PC Card configuration. See “Using LANAIDC to Duplicate
Configurations” for more information about using the configuration file.
Type lanaidc /h to show the long help list for all the configuration parameters, and
type lanaidc /? to show the short help list. Also, you can choose LANAIDC from the
menu that is displayed when the computer is booted from the Diagnostic and
LANAIDC diskette. Using this method to configure the PC Card with LANAIDC is
not recommended, however, since correct configuration depends on the computer
being booted in the environment under which the PC Card will run.
Using LANAIDC to Duplicate Configurations
In order to take a configuration performed by LANAID on one computer and
duplicate it on others, follow these steps:
1. Boot the computer in the same environment that the PC Card will use.
2. If LANAID has not yet been installed, install it according to the instructions. See
Chapter 5. LANAID.
3. Use LANAID to configure that computer for the PC Card, and exit LANAID.
During configuration, LANAID creates a file called LANAIDC.CFG that contains
all of the information required to recreate the same environment. The
LANAIDC.CFG file will have been placed in the same directory as LANAID.
4. Copy the following files to a diskette from the directory where LANAID was
installed:
LANAIDC.EXE
LANAIDC.MSG
DDPRINS.MSG
INSTALL.LST
LANAIDC.CFG
5. Place the diskette in the computer on which the PC Card configuration is to be
duplicated. At this point, you can either copy the files to a directory on the hard
disk, which will allow LANAIDC to run more quickly, or you can run LANAIDC
from the diskette.
6. Type lanaidc and press Enter, either from the diskette or the directory on the
hard disk where the files were copied.
7. Upon completion, LANAIDC should display the PC Card configuration values.
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