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CHAPTER 8
About Network Device Drivers
This chapter contains information about installing and using network
device drivers, the software that enables LAN Manager to work with
network adapters on LAN Manager workstations. It also explains how
to change the configuration of the options that control network device
drivers. The LAN Manager installation program automatically
configures the options that enable a device driver to work properly with
your system, and manual changes are not normally necessary. However,
you may need to change an option manually to remedy a conflict with
another device driver, for instance, or to fine-tune your system for
optimal performance.
The Microsoft/3Com LAN Manager Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS), version 2.01, provides complete information
about creating media-access control drivers for specific network
adapters. The NDIS also gives more information about the function of
the Protocol Manager, the LAN Manager module that controls the
interaction among network device drivers. The NDIS is supplied with
the Microsoft Network Device Driver Kit available for purchase from
Microsoft.