
File Name:    RELEASE.TXT
Product Name: ILANAT-ARTISOFT
Description:  Artisoft Lantatsic Driver for Racal-Datacom InterLan AT
Version:      3.00
Part Number:  158-0368-00
              149-0368-00


SECTION 1 - Overview
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The driver in this directory allows the Racal-Datacom InterLan AT to be used
in DOS-based systems to run networking software from Artisoft Inc.

The driver was written and tested for conformance to the Artisoft Driver
Development Kit. 

Version 3.00 is the first release of this driver.

Section 3 is an example of the commands needed to add to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file.

Section 4 is provided for users that are not familiar with Artisoft 
command line options used to load the driver and attach to the Netbios
interface.

Section 5 is provided for users that are not familiar with Artisoft 
command line options used to load and configure to the AILANBIO.EXE
interface.


SECTION 2 - Contents of this diskette
-------------------------------------
To help you install and use this product, the following files are 
included in this directory:

RELEASE.TXT  - This file

ILANAT.COM   - InterLan AT Lantatsic Driver


SECTION 3 - Sample AUTOEXEC.BAT File
------------------------------------
The following commands are typically added to AUTOEXEC.BAT on DOS-based
systems to load the driver and bind it to the standard Artisoft Netbios 
stack:

    ILANAT
    AILANBIO



SECTION 4 - Command line option for ILANAT.COM File
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The following table summarizes the command line options that can
be specified at load or unload time. This information is taken from 
the Artisoft Users' Manual Rev 1.0, Chapter 7. 

@indirect_file 	 - Specifies a file where further ILANAT.COM switches
	           are found.

HELP or ?	 - Display information about the command line switches 
		   allowed.

IOBASE=XXX 	 - Specifies the Input/Output port address base for the 
		   ILANAT adapter. XXX must be replaced with one of the 
		   valid port addresses for the ILANAT which are, 300,
		   320, 340 or 380. 


MPX=		 - Specifies which multiplex interrupt number the ILANAT
		   will use to communicate with AILANBIO.EXE. 

PACKET_SIZE=XXXX - Specifies the maximum packet size of transmitted data.
		   You may need to change this value if you are using 
		   bridging software that does not support a 1500 byte 
		   packet length. The default value is 1500.

TRANSMIT_BUFFERS=XX 
		 - Specifies the number of buffers used to transmit data
		   to a remote node. The default value is 20, the range is 2 
		   to 80. Increasing the number of transmit buffers may 
		   help performance, but will use more memory.

REM/REMOVE 	 - Removes the ILANAT.COM from memory. You must remove 
		   Terminate and Stay Resident(TSR) programs in the 
		   opposite order they were loaded. 

VERBOSE		 - Specifies that detailed information about the driver 
		   and its configuration is to be displayed.

XEROX		 - Specifies that the driver id to send and receive data
		   packets in the Xerox format. When you use this switch, 
		   the ILANAT will be able to send and receive both Xerox
		   and 802.3 type packetrs.


SECTION 5 - Command line option for AILANBIO.EXE File
-----------------------------------------------------
The following table summarizes the command line options that can
be specified at load or unload time. This information is taken from 
the Artisoft Users' Manual Rev 1.0, Chapter 8. 

@indirect_file 	 - Specifies a file where further AILANBIO.EXE switches
	           are found.

ACK_TIMEOUT=XXX  - Specifies the time in ticks(55ms) that AILANBIO will 
		   wait for an acknowledgement. Data will be re-sent 
		   after this time period. 

ADAPTER=XXX	 - Specifies which adapter this instance of AILANBIO.EXE 
		   will attach.



MAX_NCBS=XXX	 - Specifies the maximum number of NCBs that this invocation
		   of AILANBIO.EXE can support. The default value is 8 with 
		   the valid range from 1 to 255.

SESSIONS=XXX     - Specifies the number of sessions allocated at initialization 
		   of NETBIOS. The default value is 32 with the valid range 
		   from 1 to 254.

MAX_SESSIONS=XXX - Specifies the maximum sessions that this invocation 
		   of AILANBIO.EXE can support. The default value is 32
		   with the valid range from 1 to 254.

MAX_NAMES=ddd	 - Specifies the maximum number of NETBIOS applications
		   that can be run with this instance of AILANBIO.EXE.

HELP or ?	 - Display information about the command line switches 
		   allowed.

MPX=hh	 	 - Specifies which multiplex interrupt number AILANBIO
		   will use to communicate with the adapter. 

NCBS=ddd	 - Specifies the number of NCBs to be allocated. The 
		   default is 32 with a valid range of 1 to 255.

REMOVE		 - Removes the ILANAT.COM from memory. You must remove 
		   Terminate and Stay Resident(TSR) programs in the 
		   opposite order they were loaded. 

VERBOSE		 - Specifies that detailed information about the driver 
		   and its configuration is to be displayed.

RETRY_PERIOD=XXX - Specifies the amount of time between transmission
		   of inquire-type messages. The default value is 1 with
		   a valid range of 0 to 255.

RUN_BURST=XXX    - Specifies the time in ticks(55ms) AILANBIO.EXE will 
		   run before returning control back to normal CPU 
		   processing. The default value is 1 with a valid range 
		   of 0 to 255.

TIMEOUT=XXX	 - Specifies the amount of time in 1/2 second increments
		   that the NETBIOS will wait before causing SESSION STATUS,
		   ADD NAME and CALL/LISTEN to timeout. You may want to 
		   increase this number if you have a slow link. The default 
		   value is 8 with a valid range of 1 to 255.

