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284 Installation Guide for Clients
Creating PROTOCOL.INI Files
Each protocol driver and network adapter driver to be included on a
supplemental drivers disk must have a corresponding PROTOCOL.INI
file that contains configuration data for the driver. During LAN
Manager installation, the Setup program combines the PROTOCOL.INI
files for individual drivers into a master PROTOCOL.INI file that
contains information about all the drivers installed on the computer.
Create a PROTOCOL.INI file using a text editor or word processor.
Save it as an ASCII (unformatted) file.
The following example shows the general format to be used in all
PROTOCOL.INI files for network adapter drivers (the exact entries and
values will vary with individual drivers):
The only required entry is drivername. The drivername you enter here
should match the one that appears in the drivername entry of the .NIF
file (see “
Creating .NIF Files,
” later in this chapter). All other entries
are optional, and are specific to individual network adapters.
The following example shows the general format to be used in all
PROTOCOL.INI files for protocol drivers:
The only required entries are drivername and bindings. The
drivername you enter here should match the one that appears in the
drivername entry of the .XIF file (see “
Creating .XIF Files,
” later in
this chapter). All other entries are optional, and are specific to
individual protocol drivers.
After creating PROTOCOL.INI files for all the drivers to be included
on your supplemental drivers disk, copy the drivers and their
corresponding PROTOCOL.INI files to their appropriate directories.