
              LANtastic (R) for OS/2 (R)   V1.0
        Information Update File (README.TXT)  10-20-94
              (C) Copyright 1994 Artisoft, Inc.


  Contents
  
Installing LANtastic for OS/2
Installing the NDIS driver for a non-Artisoft adapter
Characters per line limitation for CONFIG.SYS
Running Setup again
Compatibility updates and DDE guidelines
Running LANCHECK on a computer with SMB support enabled
Viewing free disk space on an HPFS drive
Controlling print jobs from computers running OS/2 V2.1
Placing drive resources on your desktop
Restoring connections to your own computer
Using the /DEFERRED switch to SMB servers
Co-existing with the NetWare (R) Requester
Co-existing with the LAN Server 4.0 Requester
Using remote account servers
Connecting to the Control Directory of a DOS or Windows 
  LANtastic Server



  Installing LANtastic for OS/2
  
Insert your working copy of "LANtastic for OS/2 Disk 1"
in a floppy drive. On your OS/2 desktop, open the Drive A
icon (if the LANtastic for OS/2 diskette is in your A: drive), 
then double-click on the SETUP.EXE icon.

Before you begin the installation process, be sure to refer 
to your LANtastic for OS/2 documentation. Basic installation 
information is provided in the "Quick Installation" folder. 
If you need custom installation information, refer to Chapter 
2 of your "Installation and Management Guide."  
          
Note: You'll need to choose the "Custom Install" option 
      if you want to use LANtastic for OS/2's SMB support
      feature to connect to SMB-based servers. Detailed
      instructions for logging in to SMB servers and using
      shared drives and printers are provided in Chapter 3
      of the "Installation and Management Guide."

  Installing the NDIS driver for a non-Artisoft adapter
  
If you select "Use NDIS driver for non-Artisoft adapter"
on the Network Adapter Selection screen and your NDIS
driver files are stored on your hard drive, you'll have to
specify a full path so the Setup program can find those 
files. When you do this, make sure there's only one set 
of driver files in that location.

If there's more than one set of driver files in that 
location, copy the files for the driver you want to use 
to a new directory. Then specify that directory in the 
search path.

  Characters per line limitation for CONFIG.SYS
  
During the installation the Setup program modifies your
CONFIG.SYS file. If any line of CONFIG.SYS exceeds 255
characters, you'll see an error message, and each line
that exceeds the character limit is truncated. Continue
the installation. After you've installed LANtastic for
OS/2, compare your old CONFIG.SYS file (Setup probably
named it CONFIG.001) with the one created by Setup.
Use a text editor to add the truncated characters back
into the current CONFIG.SYS.

  Running Setup again
  
If you try to run Setup again after the installation has 
terminated abnormally, you may get an error message. If 
you do, you need to remove the first instance of a program 
named ISDEL. To do this you can:

 - Shutdown and reboot the computer, then run Setup again.

 - Press Ctrl+Esc to bring up the window list. Find ISDEL 
   and bring up its pop-up menu. Select Close. Close the 
   window list and run Setup again.

  Compatibility updates and DDE guidelines
  
Files available for downloading on the Arti-Facts (SM) 
electronic bulletin board service (BBS) include a list 
of NDIS-compliant adapters that have been tested for 
compatibility with LANtastic for OS/2 and general 
guidelines for setting up DDE links across a network. The 
DDE guidelines may be useful if you're using the Artisoft
Linkbook (TM) data-sharing feature that's installed with
your LANtastic for OS/2 software.

The files on the BBS are updated regularly as new 
information becomes available. Full instructions for 
using the Arti-Facts BBS are provided in your "User's 
Manual."
  
  Running LANCHECK on a computer with SMB support enabled
  
If you're running the LANCHECK program on a computer on 
which the SMB client support feature has been enabled, you 
must specify a name OTHER THAN the computer name that was 
specified when LANtastic for OS/2 was installed. Your 
"Installation and Management Guide" contains detailed 
information about running LANCHECK.
  
  Viewing free disk space on an HPFS drive
  
If you issue the DIR command at a LANtastic DOS/Windows 
computer to check the free disk space on an HPFS drive, 
you'll see a maximum of 32MB free disk space - even if 
more than 32MB is available. However, if you're checking 
an HPFS drive from a LANtastic for OS/2 computer, you'll 
see the correct amount of free disk space.

  Controlling print jobs from computers running OS/2 V2.1
  
If you're working at a LANtastic for OS/2 computer that's
running OS/2 V2.1, you'll only be able to view the status
of print jobs sent to a server by other people - even 
if you have the Q (Super Queue) privilege on that server.
You won't be able to delete or change the status of those 
print jobs.  You'll still be able to control your own jobs.

However, if you're working at a computer that's running
OS/2 V2.11 or later and you have the Q privilege,
you'll be able to view AND control print jobs sent by other
people, as described in your "Installation and Management
Guide."
                                   
  Placing drive resources on your desktop
  
If your computer has non-LANtastic client software 
installed - NetWare (R) Requester (TM) for OS/2 software, 
for example - don't drag shared drive icons from the 
Network folder onto your desktop. If you do, you'll have 
to log in to the server containing the shared drive each
time you want to use it. 

  Restoring connections to your own computer
  
If you set up drive or printer connections to your own
computer and enable "Restore Connections at System Startup"
in the Network Connections program, you'll get a
"Computer is not listening" message each time OS/2 is
started.  Just click on the Retry button to complete the
connection. 

As an alternative, you can start the network 
with commands entered in the OS/2 STARTUP.CMD file.
Instructions for doing this appear in the file called
STARTUP.TXT in the EXAMPLES folder in the LANtastic
Utilities folder. This method is not recommended.

  Using the /DEFERRED switch to SMB servers
  
The /DEFERRED switch doesn't work for NET LOGIN or
NET USE commands to SMB servers and resources that have
passwords enabled.  The /DEFERRED switch does work for 
connections to LANtastic servers.

  Co-existing with the NetWare (R) Requester
  
LANtastic for OS/2 will co-exist with the Novell NetWare(R)
Requester.  See your "Installation and Management Guide"
for details.

If the NetWare requester is installed on your computer and
no NetWare server is available on the network, you may
find access to the Network folder to be slow, even for
LANtastic servers and resources.  You can temporarily
disable the NetWare requester by placing a "REM" in front
of the RUN=C:\NETWARE\NWDAEMON.EXE line in the CONFIG.SYS
file and rebooting.  The Network folder will return to normal
speed.  Remove the "REM" when a NetWare server is again
available.

  Co-existing with the LAN Server 4.0 Requester
  
In tests with the eta version of LAN Server 4.0 requester 
running on the same computer as LANtastic for OS/2, we found 
that exiting Network Connections would cause the error "This
application has encountered a problem and cannot continue...". 
If you select "END program" Network Connections will close 
without any problems. 

  Using remote account servers
  
The description of remote account servers in the LANtastic 
for OS/2 documentation may not be correct. 
(It is correct in the Help and in later editions of the manuals.) 
The description of remote account servers in the Installation
and Management Guide should read as follows:

The order in which servers appear in the Remote Servers list 
is important. This is because during startup the list of remote 
computers is accessed in order. Down servers are ignored, but 
all other servers are searched in order until an account for 
person trying to log in is found. Once an account is found, 
no other servers are scanned.
  
  Connecting to the Control Directory of a DOS or Windows
  LANtastic Server
  
You can connect a drive on an OS/2 workstation to the Control
Directory resource of a DOS or Windows LANtastic Server. This 
can lead to problems in the following instance:

If that server has a resource for a drive with removable media, 
such as a floppy or CD-ROM drive, you may get "General 
Failure" error messages if any of the drives are empty. This 
only happens when you try to view the contents of the control 
directory through the Drives folder (which is located in your 
OS/2 System folder). Select "Return Error code to program." to 
continue.
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