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Network adapter driver
You must choose one or more network adapter drivers. The driver(s)
must support the network adapter installed in the computer, and the
settings used for that adapter.
During installation, you can select No Driver as the network adapter
driver. This allows you to complete an installation without specifying
a network adapter driver or a protocol. However, the computer
cannot communicate over the network until you select a valid
network adapter driver and a protocol from the Setup screen of the
installed workstation.
Some network adapter drivers are monolithic. A monolithic driver
acts as both a network adapter driver and a protocol, and it does not
require that another protocol be selected and bound to it. Only one
monolithic driver, the loopback driver, is provided with
LAN Manager. This driver lets a computer with no network adapter
run LAN Manager for testing purposes. (For more information about
the loopback driver, see Part 4, “Network Device Drivers.”)
Protocols
You must also choose one or more protocols to bind to each selected
network adapter driver. If the network adapter driver is monolithic,
however, you cannot choose a protocol to be bound to it.
For more information about network adapter drivers and protocols,
see Part 4, “Network Device Drivers.” For information about
network adapter settings, see Part 4 and your network adapter
manual(s).
TCP/IP Settings
When you select the TCP/IP protocol, you can specify four TCP/IP
parameters.
IP address
The internet protocol address, a unique number that identifies the
computer to other computers on the network. The IP address has four
fields separated by periods, in the form:
w.x.y.z
The range for the first three fields (w, x, and y) is 0 through 255. The
range for the last field (z) is 1 through 254. An entry is required.
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