
104 Installation Guide for Clients
Using Network Device Drivers
When you install LAN Manager using the Setup program or when you
add a new network adapter to your computer, you must specify which
network device drivers your system will use. This chapter:
• Describes the types of network device drivers LAN Manager uses
• Presents the Protocol Manager, which controls the interaction among
network device drivers
• Describes the versions of the network basic input/output interface
(NetBIOS) available with LAN Manager—NetBIOS 1.0 and
NetBIOS 3.0
• Describes the files that control the configuration of the network
device drivers and explains the syntax and the purpose of the entries
in these files
• Provides some sample configurations
Types of Network Device Drivers
The following illustration depicts the layers of network device drivers
that work with LAN Manager. Each layer processes data according to a
protocol, which is a set of rules and conventions for data exchange.
User applications
Operating system
Microsoft LAN Manager
NetBIOS interface
NDIS interface
Media access control drivers
Network adapters
Microsoft
NetBEUI 2.0
driver
Other
protocol
drivers
Monolithic
drivers
LAN Manager requires network device drivers for communication with
network adapters. The combination of drivers necessary to span the
layers between LAN Manager and an adapter is referred to as a protocol
stack.
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