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LAN Support Software Release 9.2 (LSS9.2) offers single driver support across the Madge range of token-ring adapters. It features high performance, reliable network drivers and utilities that improve the management and security of token-ring networks.
LSS9.2 is a suite of single drivers and utilities which integrate support for key Madge Token Ring adapters.
LSS9.2 provides driver support for:
Windows 2000/98/95/NT3.51/NT4/XP/ME (NDIS Miniport drivers)
* Windows Server 2003 (32 bit and 64 bit) (NDIS 5 Miniport drivers)
DOS (CHSM driver with Novell Client 32 and NDIS 2 driver)
Novell NetWare 3.12 and above, including the latest 5.1 (CHSM driver)
OS/2 (NDIS 2 driver, 4/16 Mbit/s support only)
Apple OS8 and OS9
HP-UX
Sun Solaris (11.i)
Linux
* 64 bit drivers only support Itanium and Itanium II processors.
LSS9.2 provides a migration path for existing customers to current and future Madge products on major operating systems.
LSS9.2 supports all advanced features of Madge adapters, such as ACPI power management and Wake-On-LAN.
LSS9.2 supports adapter mirroring for Windows NT4 and Novell NetWare on Madge adapters for increased server resilience and fault tolerance.
LSS9.2 supports Hot-Plug PCI with Windows NT4 and Novell NetWare.
LSS9.2 includes the following utilities that aid installation, troubleshooting and desktop management:
Assist, which provides adapter diagnostics and configuration, a HTML documentation browser, a hardware scripting feature and a disk creation utility
QuickREV, which is a utility for upgrading to a new version of Windows driver. QuickREV is an effective method of managing driver revisions across an entire site
Management agent for Desktop Management Interface version 2.0 enabling standard desktop management applications such as Intel LANDesk to audit the token-ring desktop
MDGLOG95, which reports error messages and operational details such as an adapter's ring speed and network address
MVER, which displays version information for Madge software
TRTEST, which is a quick diagnostics tool
MADGECS, which is a Card Services emulator for DOS and OS/2 that allows PCMCIA and CardBus adapters to be deployed without the large memory overhead of standard Card Services software
LSS9.2 provides the following disk images
so that you can make diskettes yourself:
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\DISKS\NDIS3.EXE |
NDIS 3 Miniport driver |
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\DISKS\NDIS4.EXE |
NDIS 4 Miniport driver |
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\DISKS\NDIS5.EXE |
NDIS 5 Miniport driver for Windows ME, and 2000 |
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\DISKS\NDIS5XP.EXE |
NDIS 5 Miniport driver for Windows XP and 32 bit Server 2003 |
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\DISKS\NDIS5SE03.EXE |
NDIS 5 Miniport driver for Windows 64 bit Server 2003 |
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\DISKS\NOVELL.EXE |
Novel Client 32 driver (DOS and NetWare 4/5/6) |
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\DISKS\MISC.EXE |
DOS ODI and DOS NDIS (NDIS2) driver |
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\DISKS\ASSIST.EXE |
Assist bootable configuration and diagnostics |
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\DISKS\TRTEST.EXE |
TRTEST bootable diagnostic tool |
You can make disks using any of the following methods:
Use the links provided in the relevant sections of this documentation (the Installing Drivers pages, and the Assist and TRTEST pages)
If you have an LSS CD, choose the "Create Diskettes" option from the Madge CD menu program which auto-runs when you insert the LSS CD into the CD drive
Use one of the batch files in the \DISKS directory on the LSS CD. These batch files are also available from the Madge web site www.madge.com/software.
Use the Assist "Make Disk" button
When used with latest generation of Madge PCI token-ring adapters, the release supports Wake-on-LAN power management and Microsoft OnNow, two industry initiatives enabling network managers to control workstation power centrally. A PC that supports remote wake-up can remain available to a systems administrator during its normal downtime. Network managers considering migration to next generation operating systems such as Window 2000 can start to incorporate these comprehensive power management features by standardising now on Smart or RapidFire PCI token-ring adapters and Madge LSS9.2. For more information about power management, see Remote PC Wake-Up (Wake-On-LAN).
When used with adapters that support promiscuous mode operation, you can use Madge Software Support drivers with network analyzers and server applications that require the ability to receive all the packets on the ring.
The latest Madge adapters have the ability to permanently disable promiscuous mode using Assist or a driver parameter providing high security as they prevent desktop users from being able to monitor sensitive network traffic where this is an important issue. For more information about these security options, see About Promiscuous Mode.
To alleviate the limitations of conventional memory in DOS environments, Madge Support Software includes support for the Novell Client 32 architecture. This allows network drivers to be loaded into DOS extended memory freeing conventional memory for other applications.
To provide connectivity using 3270/5250 emulation, an IEEE 802.2 (LLC) protocol module is provided for the Client 32 environment. In addition, a NetBIOS protocol module for Client 32 is also provided to provide network connectivity for NetBIOS applications such as IBM DOS LAN Requester. This utility implements the NetBIOS API making use of the Client 32 LLC protocol and the 32-bit ODI driver. For more information, see Connecting Workstations to NetWare Servers Using Client 32.
Several of our token-ring adapters include a BootRom socket. You can use BootRoms to add security and control to a large network. Further information about Madge BootRom support is available from www.madge.com.
See Also:
The Madge website: http://www.madge.com/
The Madge software download site: www.madge.com/software