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Q158455: Supported Network Adapters for Remoteboot Clients and WinNT 4.0

Article: Q158455
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists the supported network adapters for remoteboot clients.

MORE INFORMATION
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Adapters That Support Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and MS-DOS on the Client
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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
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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
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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
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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : 4.0

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