EtherLan User Guide
Configuration for use with AUN or TCP/IP
Acorn
If you have purchased an i
3
EtherLan card with Acorn software installed then
please refer to the separate Acorn manual rather than to this section of this
Guide.
You may wish to configure your computer to use both Acorn and the AUN
software protocols; this possibility is covered in the Acorn manual, although you
may subsequently want to refer back to this Guide for additional information.
Even if you are only using you should note that the AUNMsgs module is required;
this module is loaded from the
i
3
EtherLan card by default and must not be *Unplugged.
Compatibility and Support -AUN and TCP/IP
The
i
3
EtherLan card can be used with both Acorn's Universal Networking (AUN) and
their TCP/IP Protocol Suite. The card incorporates the latest released versions of Acorn's
networking software, and in particular of the
Internet
module used by Acorn's TCP/IP
protocol suite. Because of enhancements in this module it is not compatible with Release 1
of the TCP/IP suite. If you are still using this software release you should contact your
dealer about upgrading to Release 2 (this is the only version now supported by Acorn).
There are no similar compatibility problems with using the Acorn AUN software. However
if you are using the Level 4 file sever software please note that Release 3 is the earliest
version which Acorn support for use with AUN.
If you encounter any problems with Acorn networking software (AUN or TCP/IP) you
should indicate to your dealer (or whoever is providing you with technical support) that
you are using the DCl 4 compatible software release. You should also supply the version
number of the Internet module - this can be found by pressing F 12 and entering:
*Help Internet
The Internet module and associated software modules are produced by Acorn Computers
and are supplied by i
3
under licence.
AUN Configuration
Since all the AUN software is contained in the ROM on the i
3
EtherLan card you do not
need any disc based software or configuration files for correct operation of the client
computers. In particular, there is no need for a boot file (or !Boot application), although
you may still want one to set other aspects of the computer's initial state.
There are six relocatable modules contained in the ROM which make up the AUN client
software. These modules are:
EtherH/EtherHB
i3
EtherLan driver module
I nterNet
On previous software releases this was
InterNetA
Net
AUNMsgs
On previous software releases this was
NetMsg
MBufManager
No equivalent module on previous software releases
BootNet
Acorn AUN client software suite.
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