Microsoft KB Archive/158455

= Supported Network Adapters for Remoteboot Clients and WinNT 4.0 =

Article ID: 158455

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q158455



SUMMARY
This article lists the supported network adapters for remoteboot clients.



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 \RPL\BBLOCK\NETBEUI\adapter directory, where "adapter" is the name of the particular network adapter.

Additional query words: nt rpl remote boot

Keywords: kbnetwork KB158455

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