Supported Network Adapters for Remoteboot Clients and WinNT 4.0

ID: Q158455

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article lists the supported network adapters for remoteboot clients.

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Adapters That Support Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and MS-DOS on the Client

NOTE: The supported cards are made by the manufacturer listed and are not clone or compatible cards. Currently, Microsoft doesn't support compatible network cards with remoteboot clients. For instance, the Novell NE2000 adapter is supported, but NE2000 clones are not.

Support for Windows 95 using remoteboot token ring cards is currently not supported.


   3Com EtherLink II
   3Com EtherLink III
   AMD Series 2100 Ethernet - Note 1
   Intel EtherExpress 16
   Intel Ether Express Pro  - Note 2
   Novell Ne2000  - Note 2
   Western Digital/ SMC EtherCardPlus (8000 series) - Note 3

Note 1: AMD Series 2100 Ethernet

The Windows 95 Setup program can stall for lengthy periods (20 minutes or more) when the client boots from an AMD Series 2100 Ethernet network adapter. Wait for the Setup program to continue.

Note 2: Novell NE2000 and Intel EtherExpress PRO

The Windows 95 Setup program can fail to auto-detect the Novell NE2000 and Intel EtherExpress PRO network adapters in a remoteboot environment. You may have to add the network adapter information manually.

Note 3: Western Digital(TM)/SMC EtherCard(TM) Plus (8000 series)

In the client's machine directory, add a line of the form


   EMMExclude=CC00-CFFF

(using the appropriate exclusion range for your SMC8000 configuration) to the [386Enh] section of System.ini).

Adapters That Support Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS on the Client

NOTE: The supported cards are made by the listed manufacturer and are not clone or compatible cards. Currently, Microsoft doesn't support compatible network cards with remoteboot clients. For instance, the Novell NE2000 adapter is supported, but NE2000 clones are not.


   3Com EtherLink
   3Com EtherLink Plus
   3Com EtherLink/MC
   3Com EtherLink II
   3Com EtherLink III
   3Com TokenLink
   3Com TokenLink III
   3Com 3Station
   AMD Series 2100 Ethernet
   HP Ethertwist
   IBM Token Ring
   IBM Ethernet
   Intel EtherExpress 16
   Intel Ether Express Pro
   Madge Token-Ring
   Nokia/ICL Ethernet IIe
   Novell NE1000
   Novell Ne2000
   Racal Interlan NI5210
   Racal Interlan NI6510
   Western Digital/SMC Ethernet
   Western Digital/ SMC EtherCardPlus (8000 series) - Note 4

Note 4: Western Digital(TM)/SMC EtherCard(TM) Plus (8000 series)

In the client's machine directory, add a line of the form


   EMMExclude=CC00-CFFF

(using the appropriate exclusion range for your SMC8000 configuration) to the [386Enh] section of System.ini).

Configuration Tips

Most network adapters work best with the Windows NT Remoteboot service when using their default settings. Any changes to the default settings should be noted in the Protocol.ini file located in the <systemroot>\RPL\BBLOCK\NETBEUI\adapter directory, where "adapter" is the name of the particular network adapter.

Additional query words: nt rpl remote boot

Keywords : kbnetwork NTSrv
Version : 4.0
Platform : winnt
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