=========================================================== Lucent Technologies May, 1998 WaveLAN/ISA, Version: 4.00 =========================================================== This README.TXT covers information that was not yet known or available when the user documentation shipped with this product was written. This text file includes update information, additional installation instructions, limitations to the current version of the product, and suggestions to solve known issues or problems. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE 4. INSTALLATION NOTES 5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS 6. KNOWN ISSUES 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION 1.1 Description This software is officially released and supported software of Lucent Technologies Inc. WaveLAN/ISA Software comprises drivers, configuration tools and diagnostic tools. 1.2 Software Components The software for WaveLAN/ISA comprises two diskettes. These diskettes contain the software that you can use to install the WaveLAN/ISA card on a computer system that runs one of the following Operating Systems: * Microsoft Windows 95, and Windows NT (version 3.51 & 4.0) * MS-DOS The WaveLAN/ISA software is described in the WaveLAN/ISA Getting Started Guide and in the on-line Help files.(see also Section 4 of this readme file 'Installation Notes') 1.3 Software Versions The following software will be installed in the directory specified during setup: ----------------------------------------------------------- DISK 1 SOFTWARE FOR MS-WINDOWS 95 AND MS-WINDOWS NT OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows 95 / Windows NT Miniport driver (previously also referred to as the NDIS 3.1 driver): \WVLAN22.SYS version 1.18 \WVLAN22.DLL \WVLAN22.HLP \WVLAN22.INF \OEMSETUP.INF \WV2UIF.VXD version 1.00 \DOCS\WIN95ISA.EXE User's Guide for Windows 95 \DOCS\WINNTISA.EXE User's Guide for Windows NT Install Shield files for WaveMANAGER\CLIENT software version 1.18 \_INST32I.EX_ \_ISDEL.EXE \_SETUP.DLL \_SYS1.CAB \_USER1.CAB \DATA.TAG \DATA1.CAB \LANG.DAT \LAYOUT.BIN \LICENSE.TXT \OS.DAT \README.WMC \SETUP.EXE \SETUP.INI \SETUP.INS \SETUP.LID General Information: \README.TXT This file \WVLANPRF.TXT Problem Report Form \LICENSE.TXT End-User License Agreement ----------------------------------------------------------- DISK 2 SOFTWARE FOR MS-DOS OPERATING SYSTEMS DOS ODI Driver: \WVLAN05.COM version 3.06 \NET.CFG \WVLAN05.INS \DRIVER.LST DOS NDIS-2 Driver: \MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\WAVELAN\WVLAN09.DOS v. 4.10 \MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\WAVELAN\PROTOCOL.INI \MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\NIF\WVLAN09.NIF \OEMSETUP.INF \OEMSETUP.WFW \OEMSETUP.IBM OS/2 NDIS-2 Driver: \MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\WAVELAN\WVLAN10.OS2 v. 4.10 \MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\WAVELAN\PROTOCOL.INI \MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\NIF\WVLAN10.NIF \IBMLAN\WVLAN10.OS2 version 4.10 \IBMLAN\WVLAN10.NIF Netware 3 & Netware 4 Server Driver: \NW4\WVLAN06.LAN version 1.04 \NW4\WVLAN06.LDI Installation Utilities: \UTIL\INSTCONF.EXE version 1.09 \UTIL\IRQ.EXE version 1.09 \UTIL\SETIRQ.BAT \UTIL\SETCONF.EXE version 1.07 \CPY2HDSK.BAT \UTL2BOOT.BAT \UTIL\CONFIG.SYS \UTIL\AUTOEXEC.BAT Point to Point Diagnostics: \UTIL\PTPDIAG.EXE version 4.20 Frequency Select Utility: \UTIL\WFREQSEL.EXE version 1.18 WavePOINT Access Control Program: \UTIL\WPACCESS.EXE version 2.35 \UTIL\ACC_HLP.HLP \UTIL\SYS$ERR.DTA \UTIL\SYS$HELP.DTA \UTIL\SYS$MSG.DTA NetWare VLM protocol stack update: (this update includes LSL, IPXODI, but does NOT include NETX!) \VLM\VLMUP4.EXE \VLM\VLMUP.BAT General Information: \README.TXT This file \REPORT.TXT Problem Report Form \LICENSE.TXT End-User License Agreement ----------------------------------------------------------- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Operating System The software and/or drivers provided on the diskettes can be installed on the following operating systems: * Windows 95 and Windows NT version 4.0 or higher. * MS-DOS compatible systems To install the software on your computer, select the appropriate diskette for your operating system. 2.2 Free Disk Space To install and run the software you will need 2 MB of free disk space. 2.3 4MB RAM (8MB or more is recommended for Windows 95 and/or Windows NT Operating systems). 2.4 Additional Requirements To install/run the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT, you will need a computing device that: * Runs the Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT operating system. * Has the WaveLAN Miniport Driver installed (version 1.17 or higher) If your computer does not have the correct driver installed, the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT will not work. In that case, you will see a pop-up error message that reads 'DRIVER NOT FOUND' and will prompt you to (re)-install the correct WaveLAN Miniport Driver. Note: Miniport Drivers are designed to run under the Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT Operating Systems. As Windows for Workgroups (v.3.x) runs on the MS-DOS operating system, you can not use the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT program in a Windows for Workgroup environment. ----------------------------------------------------------- 3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE 3.1 Year 2000 Compliancy This release contains updated versions of the WaveLAN Diagnostic tools. The software has been modified to to write the date of measurement results in 4-character date fields. 3.2 Installshield Installation for WaveMANAGER/CLIENT This release contains an automated installation procedure for the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT program (Windows 95 and Windows NT Systems only). The installshield setup.exe program will automatically copy the program files to the harddisk drive, and create the icons on the Windows taskbar. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4. INSTALLATION NOTES 4.1 Standard Installation Installation procedures are described in the 'Getting Started Guide' or 'User's Guide' that came with your WaveLAN product. Please refer to these documents for information about installing and configuring your WaveLAN product. WaveLAN User documentation is also available in electronic format on the WaveLAN Web Site (http://www.wavelan.com) You can download the documentation in Adobe's Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). To view or print PDF files you will need the freeware Acrobat Reader that can be downloaded from the Adobe Web Site (http://www.adobe.com/acrobat) ----------------------------------------------------------- 5. TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS 5.1 WaveMANAGER/CLIENT Site Monitor Description: The Site Monitor option of the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT program does not work on stations equipped with a WaveLAN/ISA Card. Although WaveLAN/ISA cards support the 'autoconnect' to WavePOINT access points, the hardware design of these cards does not support the full 'Roaming Functionality' that is required to run the Site Monitor tool. Therefor it is not possible to run the Site Monitor on computing devices equipped with WaveLAN/ISA cards. Impact: For this type of stations the Site Monitor Selector will be 'greyed out'. Action: Typically site verifications are performed using portable computing devices. Today's portable devices are usually equipped with one or more PC Card slots. Use a station equipped with WaveLAN/PCMCIA to run Site Monitor, or use the Link Test option to validate radio performance. 5.2 MS-DOS ODI Drivers and Protocol Stack Description: As the ODI driver is built to include the latest NetWare technologies, it requires an up-to-date protocol stack: * LSL should be version 2.11 or higher * IPXODI, NETX or the VLMs should be of the same level. LSL and IPXODI are included with the Netware VLM protocol stack update (see section 1.3 of this document). NETX is not included with this software! To use new functions in the ODI driver, and to optimize the usage of conventional memory, using VLMs is recommended. Impact: When the WaveLAN install program is being run, you will be promped for Netx or VLM. Action: Select the same network shell as the one you selected during the installation of your Netware Network Operating System. As this version of the NetWare protocol stack may not yet be available at your location, we have provided the latest update of this software on the WaveLAN installation diskette. Execute the file VLMUP.BAT (available in subdirectory VLM of the diskette) to extract all NetWare information. This file and was also copied to your hard disk during the install process. Read VLMUP4.TXT for information on how to install this software. If you do not have the Novell VLM stack implemented, run the standard Novell Client Installation program as provided with your NetWare Operating System before doing this upgrade, or copy only LSL.COM and IPXODI.COM from these updates. 5.3 Multiple WaveLAN Cards Description: The WaveLAN Miniport Driver will support only one WaveLAN card. Impact: You can not use multiple WaveLAN Adapter cards in one computing device. Action: When you would need this functionality for example to setup a computer-based bridge (using dedicated bridge software) consider installing the computer-based bridge running in a MS-DOS environment using the WaveLAN drivers for MS-DOS operating systems. ----------------------------------------------------------- 6. KNOWN ISSUES At the time of release of this software, the following problems remain to be solved: 6.1 System Power Management. Description: The Power Management of your system may interfere with the correct operation of some applications. Impact: Applications appear to be hang-up Action: If an application appears to be hanging, you may try to remove and re-insert the WaveLAN/PCMCIA card. If this problem occurs regularly, it is advised to disable your system's Power Management. 6.2 MS-DOS: OEMSETUP.INF and IBM DOS Requester Description: The file OEMSETUP.INF supplied on the diskette for MS-DOS Systems is not compatible with IBM DOS Requester. The file OEMSETUP.INF available on the disk is suitable only for use with Microsoft Windows for Workgroups. Impact: For IBM DOS Requestor you will need to create a new, compatible OEMSETUP.INF file. Action: On the disk there is also a file called OEMSETUP.IBM. Use the 'Copy' command to rename this file to OEMSETUP.INF. This will overwrite the file that was compatible with Microsoft Windows for Workgroups. Use the 'new' OEMSETUP.INF file for installation with IBM DOS Requester. To make this disk suitable for again for installation under Windows for Workgroups copy OEMSETUP.WFW back to OEMSETUP.INF. ----------------------------------------------------------- 7. TECHNICAL SUPPORT 7.1 Finding Information On the WaveLAN Web Site you can find the most recent device drivers, bridge firmware, software updates and user documentation. World Wide Web: HTTP://WWW.WAVELAN.COM or FTP://FTP.WAVELAN.COM/PUB 7.2 Contact Technical Support If you encounter problems when installing or using this product, or would like information about our other WaveLAN products, please contact your local Authorized WaveLAN Reseller or Lucent Technologies Sales office. Addresses and telephone numbers of the Lucent Technologies Sales offices are listed on our WaveLAN Web Site. When contacting WaveLAN Technical Support, please use the Problem Report Form and send it to us by Fax or E-Mail. The Problem Report Form 'WVLANPRF.TXT' (Plain text format) is included with the software diskette, or downloaded set of files. Alternatively, you can download the Problem Report Form from the WaveLAN Web Site. Include Product Name, Serial Number and software version number with each request to help the WaveLAN Support Group helping you. In emergency, or when no local support is available, you can reach WaveLAN Regional Support via email: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - U.S.A.: usasupport@wavelan.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Europe, Middle East and emeasupport@wavelan.com Africa: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Caribean, Latin America and calasupport@wavelan.com Canada: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Asia and Pacific: apasupport@wavelan.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OEM: oemsupport@wavelan.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - General: support@wavelan.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When you would like to report a problem related to BETA SOFTWARE, please send an email to: betasupport@wavelan.com. =========================================================== END OF FILE