LANTASTIC/AI COMPATIBILITY GUIDE AICOMPAT LANtasticþ AI Adapter Independent 03.01.93 Compatibility listing and considerations Page 1 of 5 LANtasticþ AI is designed for use with non-Artisoft network adapters which conform to netbios standards. While claiming LANtasticþ AI is compatible with the equipment listed in this guide, Artisoft is not responsible for the compatibility of any other application(s) or equipment running with LANtasticþ networks. All low-level drivers and NetBIOS programs required are supplied with LANtasticþ AI, and no other programs are needed, with the exception of network adapters using "other" drivers. The following information is based on in-house testing of LANtasticþ AI. If you are not a registered LANtasticþ owner, your questions should be directed to our technical sales staff at (602) 293-6363. Any questions or comments on this bulletin may be forwarded by FAX (602) 293-8065 or mailed to: Artisoft Inc., 691 East River Road, Tucson, AZ., 85704, ATTN: LANtasticþ AI Support. Drivers that appear with an '*' are co-developed by Artisoft and the respective adapter vendors under the Artisoft AILANBIOS Driver Development Program. They are not being included in the LANtastic/AI standard distribution diskette yet. Users can download the driver from Artisoft's BBS, or through other channels provided by the adapter vendors. Support for the new Artisoft product, LANtastic for TCP/IP, has not been included in these drivers at this point. For information regarding the Driver Development Program, contact the Artisoft Compatibility Department at (602) 293-4000. LANTASTICþ AI COMPATIBILITY LISTING AND CONSIDERATIONS Ethernet Adapter Special Manufacturer Model Driver Supplied Considerations 3Com Corporation 3C503 3C503MM.EXE A, H 3C503-16 3C503MM.EXE A, H Accton EN 1809 NEX000.EXE EN 1603-N2 NEX000.EXE D Alta Research EtherCombo-16 T/C NEX000.EXE D, L EtherTPI-16T NEX000.EXE D, L AMD NE2100 AM21.EXE* V NE1500T AM21.EXE* V Artisoft AE2 rev C & above NEX000.EXE D, E AE3 NEX000.EXE D, F CNet Ethernet 100E rev D NEX000.EXE Ethernet 200E rev B NEX000.EXE Ethernet 280E NEX000.EXE Ethernet 600E rev B NEX000.EXE D Intel EtherExpress16 EXP16LAN.EXE* U EtherExpress16 TP EXP16LAN.EXE* U EtherExpress TPE HUB HUBLAN.EXE* X Kodiak Noteport NP_LAN_S.EXE* W NP_LAN_E.EXE* W Novell NE1000 NEX000.EXE NE2000 NEX000.EXE D NE/2 MicroChannel NEX000.EXE J Pure Data Ltd. PDI8023 WD8003.EXE H PDI8023-16 WD8003.EXE H Racal-Datacom InterLAN AT ILANAT.COM* Z InterLAN AT-3M ILANAT.COM* Z InterLAN AT-TP ILANAT.COM* Z Shureman NE-1 rev 1A NEX000.EXE SMC-West ALL 8003 & 8013 WD8003.EXE H, J (Western Digital) series adapters Tiara LANcard/E*2000 rev B NEX000.EXE D LANcard/E*1000 NEX000.EXE Transition TNIC-1500T AM21.EXE* V Engineering Xircom PE-10B2 (Classic) PE.EXE G PE2-10B2 PE2AILAN.COM* Y ArcNet Adapter Special Manufacturer Model Driver Supplied Considerations CNet Arcnet 120A rev A ARCNET.EXE B, H Datatech EnterprisesPCI-001 ARCNET.EXE B, H Pure Data Ltd. PDI508Plus ARCNET.EXE H PDI516Plus ARCNET.EXE H Standard MicrosystemsSMC220 rev A SMCARC.EXE B, H (SMC) SMC500WS rev C SMCARC.EXE B, H, I Tiara LANcard/A-286 HiZ Other R, S Thomas Conrad TC6042, TC6045 TCARC.EXE B, C, H TC6142 TCARC.EXE B, C, H TC6242, TC6245 TCARC.EXE B, C, H TC6046, TC6246 MicroChannel TCARC.EXE J Xircom PA-02B6 8k arcnet PATCC.EXE Other Network Adapters Gateway G/Token Ring Other N, S IBM IBM Token Ring 16/4 Other O, S Xircom Pocket Token Ring Other O, S Earth Computer Earthnet-1 Other H, R, S Invisible Software1.8 mbps adapter Other P, S Netboard Netboard-II 2.5 mbps Other Q, S Netboard-II 4 mbps Other Q, S Tandy Tandylink TLINK.EXE T SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS REFERENCES Ref # Description A The adapter must be in Memory Mapped mode B There is no microchannel support for these adapters C These adapters must be in Enhanced Mode, and will not use IOBASE D The NEX000 software driver must have the 16-BIT software switch E The W10 jumper on the adapter must be set for N F The W5 jumper on the adapter must be set for N G The AILANBIO driver may need the /ACK_TIMEOUT=4 /RETRY_PERIOD=4 software switches. Set network buffers (Server Startup Parameters in NET_MGR) to 2048 at all servers being accessed. H If using a memory manager, the memory manager must exclude the range of RAM memory addresses the adapter card uses. VGA cards may need to be set to 8-bit mode, and/or shadow RAM/ROM may need to be disabled to avoid memory conflicts. I The longer model of the adapter (6.2" vs. 5") is INcompatible with LANtasticþ J MicroChannel adapter - ADF file to configure the PS/2 is supplied by the adapter manufacturer. K Uses Everex NetBIOS, NET21E.EXE, NET23.EXE, NET26E.EXE v2.21 or newer L For a better connection, you may want to try the following AILANBIO command line parameters: /ACK_TIMEOUT=10 /RETRY_PERIOD=10 /BUFFERS=<# of logins allowed for REDIR>. M Uses Everex NetBIOS, NET26E.EXE v2.21 or newer N Uses TNETBIOS v1.52 O Uses IBM PC LAN Support program v1.1 or v1.25 P Uses Invisible Software NetBIOS ROM v2.7A Q Uses PC Office NB_1K.EXE or PC Office NB_4K.EXE R Uses Performance Technology NetBIOS RIMDRVR.EXE and NXATAARC.EXE. S These adapters use a unique third party NetBIOS; two different NetBIOS programs can not be run on one cabling structure, therefore these adapters can not be mixed with other manufacturer's adapters on the same network. T DRVR8530.COM, obtainable from Tandy or the Artisoft BBS, and must be run prior to running the low level driver, TLINK.EXE. U EXP16LAN.EXE was developed by Intel Corp. v2.01 of the driver was tested with LANtastic/AI v4.1 and was found to be compatible, except for the case when trying to configure multiple adapters on 1 node. Frequent disconnects were encountered. Users can download the driver by calling Intel's BBS at 503-645-6275 or Artisoft's BBS. v2.01 of EXP16LAN.exe is not backward compatible with earlier versions of LANtastic/AI. It does not currently work on XT machines. V AM21.EXE was developed by AMD. v3.10 of the driver was tested with LANtastic/AI v4.1 and was found to be compatible. NE2100, NE1500T and compatibles are 16-bit Bus Master ISA adapters. As a result, only 1 adapter can be supported on a single machine. v3.10 of AM21.EXE is not backward compatible with earlier versions of LANtastic/AI. W NP_LAN_S.EXE and NP_LAN_E.EXE were developed by Kodiak. v3.10 of the drivers were tested with LANtastic/AI v4.1 and was found to be compatible. NP_LAN_S.EXE offers standard driver performance whereas NP_LAN_E.EXE offers enhanced performance but requires a bi-directional printer port on the PC. v3.10 of NP_LAN_S.EXE and NP_LAN_E.EXE are not backward compatible with earlier versions of LANtastic/AI. X HUBLAN.EXE was developed by Intel Corp. v1.01 of the driver was tested with LANtastic/AI v4.1 and was found to be compatible. This version of HUBLAN.EXE is not backward compatible with earlier versions of LANtastic/AI. Y PE2AILAN.COM was developed by Xircom. v3.11 of the driver was tested with LANtastic/AI v4.1 and was found to be compatible. This version of PE2AILAN.COM is not backward compatible with earlier versions of LANtastic/AI. Z ILANAT.COM was developed by Racal-Datacom. v3.00 of the driver was tested with LANtastic/AI v4.1 and was found to be compatible. This version of ILANAT.COM is not backward compatible with earlier versions of LANtastic/AI. KNOWN INCOMPATIBLE NETWORK ADAPTERS AND NETBIOS PROGRAMS 10NET 1.8mbps Adapter with DCA 10NET 10NB v4.00 3Com 3C501 and 3C505 adapters and 3Com's NetBIOS Aquila ARCnet PCA108 with Aquila NetBIOS v1.20 Any ARCnet Adapters with VMT's VMD/NET-ARC v1.26 Banyan Vines NetBIOS Corvus Omninet 1mbps Adapter with Cogent OMNINET1.SYS v1.10 D-Link 1mbps or Ethernet Adapters with D-Link NetBIOS v2.64 Everex StarLan Adapter with Everex NET11S v1.12 Everex EV2015 8-bit, EV2016 16-bit, EV2026 8-bit, EV2026-01 8-bit twisted pair, EV2027 16-bit, EV2027-01 16-bit twisted pair with LANtastic 4.0 or later. Everex NetBIOS NET21.EXE, NET23E.EXE and NET26E.EXE with LANtasticþ 4.0 or later Gateway G/NET LNIM Adapter with Gateway G/NetBIOS v1.10 Isolan 4110-2 AT Ethernet Adapter with Isolan MPS NetBIOS v4.2 Katron PC-300B Pocket Ethernet Adapter with un-certified LANtastic driver v1.0. PICNIC 8-bit Ethernet Adapter with Simple Net System's IMCBIO v5.0.9 StarLan Adapters with NCR Starnet NetBIOS v1.13 SMC PC220 Adapter only with Cogent MS-DOS NetBIOS v2.05 and below TOPS Flashcard with Sun Microsystems TOPS TNetBIOS v2.10 TOPNET Network Adapter with TOPNET NetBIOS Univation Ethernet LAN Controller with Univation NetBIOS Western Digital Ethercard Plus with WDPLUSNBE v3.1.7 ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this document. LANtastic is a registered trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. Company names, brand names, and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.