Installation guide

106 Installation Guide for Clients
Each network device driver has a unique driver name that identifies the
driver in the LANMAN.INI and PROTOCOL.INI files. The driver
name typically combines the base portion of the filename and a dollar
sign (drivername$). For example, the driver name for the
IBMTOK.OS2 driver is IBMTOK$. If you install multiple network
adapters of the same type, the media-access control driver for that type
of adapter assigns the driver name drivername$ to the first instance of
the driver (as listed in CONFIG.SYS), drivername2$ to the second, and
so on. Drivers for some adapters support multiple adapters with a single
image of the driver. For details, see the manual that accompanied your
network adapter.
All network device drivers are located in the \DRIVERS subdirectory of
the LAN Manager root directory, and in its subdirectories. The
LAN Manager root directory is usually C:\LANMAN.DOS on
computers running MS-DOS, or C:\LANMAN on computers running
OS/2.
LAN Manager version 2.2 maintains compatibility with the architecture
specified for LAN Manager version 1.0. It therefore maintains
compatibility with existing media-access control and protocol drivers.
(For more information about the compatibility of version 2.2 with
earlier versions see the Microsoft/3Com LAN Manager Network Driver
Interface Specification (NDIS), version 2.01.)
Chapter 9, “
Network Device Driver Options,
”
includes a list of all the
network device drivers shipped with LAN Manager. Some
manufacturers ship network adapters and device drivers that work with
LAN Manager in addition to those on the list.
Note When you use a high-end computer—for example, a computer
with an 80486 microprocessor—you may encounter difficulty using
certain network adapters. It is recommended that you install a network
adapter of comparable performance ability on a high-end computer.