3Com Corporation EtherDisk Diskette for the EtherLink III Adapters 3Com Software Compatibility Guide Updated January 1993 Scope ----- This guide lists the most popular network operating systems, protocols, and utilities supported by 3Com EtherLink adapters. Applications, including word processors and databases, are not listed here. Disclaimer ---------- This information represents the best information available at the time of publication. Contact the software vendor prior to purchasing adapters. See Availability and Comments sections for known product limitations. 3Com neither assumes nor authorizes any person to assume for it any liability in connection with the sale, installation, maintenance, or use of its products. Updates ------- This list is updated regularly. For more information, contact your local 3Com office. This list may be electronically retrieved from CompuServe (Ask3Com Forum) and 3Com's own BBS (408-980-8204, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity). Dates ----- All dates are estimated for the calendar year based upon information obtained from the independent software vendor. This information is subject to change without notice. Company Products EL III EL/MC EL/MC 32 3C5X9 3C523B 3C527 FAMILY 3C523B-TP 3Com 3+ Yes Yes 3Com 3+Open Yes Yes Yes 3Com LAN Manager v2.0 Yes Yes Yes 3Com NBP (NetBIOS) Yes Yes Yes 3Com OSI/ES with DPA Yes Yes Yes 3Com NFS with DPA Yes Yes Yes 3Com TCP with DPA Yes Yes Yes 3Com NetProbe Yes Yes 3Com EtherStart PROM Yes Yes N/A 3Com NetWare Boot PROM Yes Yes N/A 3Com RIPL Boot PROM Yes Yes Apple AppleShare Yes Yes Artisoft Lantastic Yes Yes Yes AT&T LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes Avanti NetScope Yes Banyan VINES Server '93 Yes Yes Century Softwar Tiny Term Yes Yes Yes Clarkson Univ (see Crynwr) Crynwr Packet Driver ISA only Yes Datability RAF Yes DCA/Tiara 10Net Yes Yes Yes DEC Pathworks for DOS Yes Yes Yes DEC Pathworks for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes Digital Area Ne MAX Link Yes N/A DSC Nexos Yes Essex Systems TCP/2 for DOS Yes Yes Yes Essex Systems TCP/2 for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes Farallon PhoneNet Talk Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-FTAM for Win Yes Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-TCP for Win Yes Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-X.25 Yes Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-X.400 for Win Yes Yes Yes FTP Software PC/TCP Yes Yes Yes FTP Software LAN Watch Yes Yes Yes Hayes LANstep Yes Yes Yes IBM OS/2 LAN Server Yes Yes Yes IBM AIX for PS/2 Yes Yes Interactive UNIX SystemV/386r3.2 1993 Yes James River Grp ICE.TCP Yes Yes Yes James River Grp ICE.TEN.PLUS Yes Yes Yes Lanworks BootWare-NW Yes Yes N/A Lanworks BootWare-LM Yes Yes N/A Locus PC Interface Yes Locus PC Xsight Yes Lynx Lynx Yes Yes MicroPort UNIX SVR4 1993 Microsoft LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes Microsoft Windows for Workgroups Yes Yes Yes NetManage Chameleon Yes Yes Yes NetManage IPX/link Yes Yes Yes NetManage Newt Yes Yes Yes Network Researc Fusion Yes Novell LANalyzer Yes Yes Yes Novell LAN WorkPlace Yes Yes Yes Novell NetWare Lite v1.0 Yes Yes Yes Novell NetWare 286 v2.x Yes Yes Svr only Novell NetWare 386 v3.x Yes Yes Yes Pacer PacerLink Yes Yes Yes Perf. Tech. PowerLAN 1993 Yes Polygon poly-COM Yes Yes Yes Polygon poly-LINK Yes Yes Yes Polygon poly-STAR Yes Yes Yes Polygon poly-NET Yes Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for Xenix Yes Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for UNIX Yes Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops LAN Mgr for UNIX Yes Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops NFS Yes Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops Open Desktop Yes Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops OSI Yes Yes Yes SunSelect PC-NFS Yes Yes Yes SunSoft Solaris 1993 Yes Sitka (Sun) TOPS Yes SysKonnect Passport Yes Touch Comm. OSI Yes Yes Yes Univel UNIXWARE Yes Yes Univ of Ilinois NCSA Telnet 1993 Yes USL Destiny (SVR4) Yes Yes WEBCorp WEB Yes Yes Yes WRQ Reflections Yes Yes Yes Wollongong PathWay Access Yes Yes Yes XIOS Systems Office Solutions Yes Company Products EL II EL Plus EL 16 3C503 3C505 3C507 Family 3C507-TP 3Com 3+ Yes Yes Yes 3Com 3+Open Yes Yes Yes 3Com LAN Manager v2.0 Yes Yes Yes 3Com NBP (NetBIOS) Yes Yes Yes 3Com OSI/ES with DPA Yes Yes Yes 3Com NFS with DPA Yes Yes Yes 3Com TCP with DPA Yes Yes Yes 3Com NetProbe Yes Yes 3Com EtherStart PROM Yes Yes 3Com NetWare Boot PROM Yes Yes Yes 3Com RIPL Boot PROM Yes Yes Apple AppleShare Yes 1993 Artisoft Lantastic Yes Yes Yes AT&T LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes Avanti NetScope Yes Banyan VINES Yes Yes Yes Brightwork NetRemote Yes Century Softwar Tiny Term Yes Yes Yes Clarkson (see Crynwr) Crynwr Packet Driver Yes Yes Yes Datability RAF Yes Yes DCA/Tiara 10Net Yes Yes Yes DEC Pathworks for DOS Yes Yes Yes DEC Pathworks for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes Digital Area Ne MAX Link Yes DSC Nexos Yes Essex Systems TCP/2 for DOS Yes Yes Yes Essex Systems TCP/2 for OS/2 Yes Yes Yes Farallon PhoneNet Talk Yes Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-FTAM for Win Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-TCP for Win Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-X.25 Yes Yes Frontier Tech Super-X.400 for Win Yes Yes FTP Software PC/TCP Yes Yes Yes FTP Software LAN Watch Yes Yes Yes Hayes LANstep Yes Yes IBM OS/2 LAN Server Yes Interactive UNIX SystemV/386r3.2 Yes Yes InterCon TCP/Connect Yes James River Grp ICE.TCP Yes Yes James River Grp ICE.TEN.PLUS Yes Yes Lanport PCbridge Yes Lanport PCroute Yes Lanworks BootWare-NW Yes Yes Yes Lanworks BootWare-LM Yes Yes Yes Locus PC Interface Yes Locus PC Xsight Yes Lynx Lynx Yes Yes MicroPort UNIX System VR4 Yes Microsoft LAN Manager Yes Yes Yes Microsoft Windows for Workgroups Yes Yes Yes NetManage Chameleon Yes Yes NetManage IPX/link Yes Yes NetManage Newt Yes Yes Network General Sniffer Yes Network Researc Fusion Yes Yes Novell LANalyzer Yes Yes Novell LAN WorkPlace Yes Yes Yes Novell NetWare Lite v1.0 Yes Yes Yes Novell NetWare 286 v2.x Yes Yes Yes Novell NetWare 386 v3.x Yes Yes Yes Olivetti Olinet Yes Yes Olivetti Olinet LAN Manager Yes Yes Opus Personal Mainframe Yes Pacer PacerLink Yes Yes Yes Perf. Tech. PowerLAN Yes Yes Polygon poly-COM Yes Yes Yes Polygon poly-LINK Yes Yes Yes Polygon poly-STAR Yes Yes Yes Polygon poly-NET Yes Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for Xenix Yes Santa Cruz Ops TCP/IP for UNIX Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops LAN Mgr for UNIX Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops NFS Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops Open Desktop Yes Yes Santa Cruz Ops OSI Yes Yes SunSelect PC-NFS Yes Yes Yes SunSoft Solaris Yes SysKonnect Passport Yes Yes Sitka (Sun) TOPS Yes Syntax SMBserver Yes Yes Syntax VDIM Yes Yes Tech Concepts Community Yes Touch Comm. OSI Yes Yes Yes Univel UNIXWare Yes Yes Univ of Ilinois NCSA Telnet Yes Univ of Ilinois PCbridge Yes Yes Univ of Ilinois PCroute Yes Yes USL Destiny Yes Yes WEBCorp WEB Yes Yes Yes WRQ Reflections Yes Yes Yes Wollongong PathWay Yes Yes Yes XIOS Systems Office Solutions Yes Yes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Products Drivers Availability Comments Client Server 3+ EtherDisk 3+Open NDIS NDIS EtherDisk LAN Manager v2.0 NDIS NDIS EtherDisk NBP (NetBIOS) NDIS NDIS EtherDisk OSI/ES with DPA NDIS NDIS EtherDisk NFS with DPA NDIS NDIS EtherDisk TCP with DPA NDIS NDIS EtherDisk NetProbe ISV EtherStart PROM ISV Client only (boot ROM) NetWare Boot PROM ISV Client only (boot ROM) TSSnet ISV AppleShare ODI ODI EtherDisk See Farallon A/UX ISV Lantastic NetBIO NetBIO ISV Lantastic NDIS NDIS EtherDisk LAN Manager NDIS NDIS EtherDisk VINES NDIS Streams EtherDisk NetRemote ODI EtherDisk Crynwr Packet Drvr Packet ISV Formerly "Clarkson" RAF ISV 10Net NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Formerly called PCSA and LANWORKS Pathworks for DOS NDIS EtherDisk 3C507 requires driver v1.1 Pathworks for OS/2 NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Pathworks for Mac ISV MAX Link ISV Nexos ISV TCP/2 for DOS NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Optional NetBIOS, SNMP, Name Server, and Kerberos Society TCP/2 for OS/2 NDIS NDIS EtherDisk PhoneNet Talk ODI ODI EtherDisk PhoneNet Talk replaces AppleTalk PC/TCP NDIS NDIS ISV LANstep NDIS NDIS ISV OS/2 LAN Server NDIS NDIS ISV AIX for PS/2 ISV UNIX SystemV/386 Streams Streams ISV TCP/Connect ISV PCbridge ISV Commercial version of university product PCroute ISV Commercial version of university product BootWare-NW IPX/ODI EtherDisk NetWare BootWare-LM NDIS EtherDisk RIPL PC Interface ISV PC Xsight ISV UNIX System VR4 ISV LAN Manager NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Sniffer ISV Drivers run resident on board adapter Fusion ISV LAN WorkPlace ODI EtherDisk NetWare Lite v1.0 ODI/IPX ODI EtherDisk Dedicated IPX requires SHGEN or WSGEN NetWare 286 v2.x IPX/ODI EtherDisk Also available from Novell NetWire NetWare 386 v3.x ODI/IPX EtherDisk Also available from Novell NetWire Olinet ISV Olinet LAN Manager NDIS NDIS EtherDisk NDIS drivers supported by vendor Personal Mainframe ISV PacerLink NDIS NDIS EtherDisk poly-COM NDIS NDIS EtherDisk poly-LINK NDIS NDIS EtherDisk poly-STAR NDIS NDIS EtherDisk poly-NET NDIS NDIS EtherDisk SCO TCP/IP Xenix Streams Streams ISV Network support for SCO Xenix SCO TCP/IP UNIX Streams Streams ISV SCO LAN Mgr UNIX Streams Streams ISV SCO NFS Streams Streams ISV SCO Open Desktop Streams Streams ISV SCO OSI Streams Streams ISV SunSelect PC-NFS NDIS EtherDisk Client only TOPS ISV SMBserver ISV VDIM ISV Community ISV OSI NDIS EtherDisk NCSA Telnet ISV PCbridge Packet PCroute Packet WEB IPX Reflections NDIS NDIS EtherDisk PathWay Access NDIS NDIS EtherDisk Formerly WIN/TCP Office Solutions ISV (%VER Software Compatibility Guide v1.1a)