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Installing Network Drivers
The Adaptec setup diskette included with your adapter contains network drivers for most popular environments. Depending on your adapter, the Adaptec setup diskette provides drivers for Novell NetWare, Windows NT, LAN Manager, Windows for Work- groups, Windows 95, IBM OS/2 Warp, and more. Additional drivers are available directly from Adaptec or your operating system ven- dor. See the \readme.txt file for details.
Always use the latest driver version available for your adapter. Drivers are updated regularly on Adaptec’s World Wide Web, FTP, BBS, and CompuServe forum sites to provide enhanced perfor- mance and new features. See Technical and Product Support on page ii.
Installation Instructions and Optional Keywords
Installation, configuration, and optional parameters for the drivers are updated regularly. The \readme\ subdirectory contains supple- mental installation instructions, as well as information about optional driver keywords.
Driver Naming Conventions
PCI and Quartet adapters use the EMPCI driver.
Full Duplex Support
To implement Full Duplex on your network, you need both an adapter and a switch that support Full Duplex. Full Duplex support allows an adapter to send and receive data at the same time, dou- bling available bandwidth. Servers tend to benefit from Full Duplex,
PCI Ethernet and Fast Ethernet Adapters User’s Guide
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