{ USING MULTIPLE PROTOCOL STACKS WITH AI-NDIS { ================================================= To run multiple protocol stacks on a single machine, the LANtastic system software must not conflict with any other system software. UNIX(R), Netware(R), Banyan(R) VINES(TM) and IBM's LAN Support and PC Support are examples of systems that do not conflict with LANtastic when used with AI-NDIS. Microsoft(R) LAN Manager(TM) and IBM's LAN Server cannot be run on the same machine as LANtastic and AI-NDIS because of software conflicts that occur at the service or transport layers. Complete the following steps to use multiple protocol stacks: 1. Install the adapter in your PC as instructed in your adapter documentation. 2. Run the LANtastic INSTALL program as instructed in your LANtastic manuals. In the "Adapter Driver" field, select "Any Adapter." 3. Install the other network protocol software as instructed in the vendor's software documentation. 4. Edit your CONFIG.SYS to include the commands to load the protocol manager and NDIS MAC driver. The example below loads the protocol manager, PROTMAN.DOS and the NDIS MAC driver (AEXNDIS.DOS) for an Artisoft AE-2, AE-3 or NodeRunner adapter as well as a portion of the protocol driver for the Pathway PWTCP product: FILES=50 BUFFERS=32 LASTDRIVE=Z FCBS=16,8 DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\LANTASTI DEVICE=C:\LANTASTI\AEXNDIS.DOS DEVICE=C:\PATHWAY\PWTCP.SYS { NOTE: Artisoft's NDIS protocol driver is only loaded at the DOS { command line or in a batch file. 5. Edit your STARTNET.BAT file by deleting the command that runs the low-level driver for the adapter. Replace it with the commands to run the AI-NDIS and NETBIND programs. These commands should be placed just before the command to run AILANBIO. For example, the commands: C:\LANTASTI\PATCC C:\LANTASTI\AILANBIO C:\LANTASTI\REDIR DANIKA C:\LANTASTI\SERVER would be changed to: C:\LANTASTI\AI-NDIS NO_BIND BIND_TO=AEXNDIS_NIF C:\PATHWAY\NDIS -D:2 C:\PATHWAY\NETBIND C:\LANTASTI\AILANBIO C:\PATHWAY\PWTCP C:\LANTASTI\REDIR\DANIKA C:\LANTASTI\SERVER The NETBIND program binds the NDIS MAC driver, AEXNDIS.DOS, to the AILANBIO NDIS protocol driver, AI-NDIS.EXE and the NDIS protocol driver of the operating system you are using )in this case Wollengong's NDIS protocol drivernamed "NDIS". You may include any command line switches for the programs listed above. 6. Create a PROTOCOL.INI file to store the settings for the protocol manager, protocol drivers and the NDIS driver loaded in the CONFIG.SYS. For example: SAMPLE PROTOCOL.INI [PROTMAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ DYNAMIC = NO [AEXNDIS_NIF] ; protocol.ini section for the Artisoft Ethernet adapters DRIVERNAME = AEXNDS$ IOBASE = 0x300 INTERRUPT = 15 Refer to your NDIS MAC and NDIS protocol drivers'documentation for information on the valid protocol manager and MAC driver parameters. Refer to your LANtastic manuals for information on the valid AI-NDIS and AEXNDIS optional parameters. Additional sample CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT/STARTNET.BAT and PROTOCOL.INI files appear in the section of this On-line Manual titled "Sample CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and PROTOCOL.INI Files." Refer to your LANtastic manuals for information on using LANtastic. Software installation is now complete. You must now reboot your computer to start the NDIS protocol manager and MAC drivers. See the rest of this On-line Manual for further information on using the AI-NDIS driver for multiple protocol support (i.e., running LANtastic and another network operating system on the same adapter).