GUI Installation Process

Device Driver Installation with Multi-Protocol Transport Services (MPTS)

This process can only be used for installation if PROTOCOL mode is being used.  The MPTS GUI is only designed to handle a "simple" NDIS binding environment.  A simple binding environment is one in which there are only 2 layers, one or more MAC drivers and the protocols that bind to these drivers.  The SERVICE mode takes advantage of the multi-layer nature of NDIS, inserting itself in the "stack" between the MAC and the protocols.  The MPTS GUI cannot handle this environment and a manual installation is required.
 
Step
Detailed Instruction
1 Insert the NTRACE CD in the CD-ROM drive.  Throughout the following instructions, "Z:" will be the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive.
2 Copy NTR.MSG to an appropriate location.  Please see the File Listing for more information on determining the correct location.

The most common installation would be:

COPY Z:\MESSAGE\NTR.MSG X:\IBMCOM 

Where "X:" is the drive on which MPTS is installed.  This assumes that MPTS is either installed on the boot drive OR that the LANTRAN.LOG file is being created in the X:\IBMCOM directory.  

3 Start MPTS.EXE from an OS/2 window.
4 Push the  CONFIGURE" button on the "Multi-Protocol Transport Services" dialog box..
5 Select "LAN Adapters and Protocols" and then push the "CONFIGURE" button.
6 Under the Protocol section select "Other Protocols".
7 Enter X:\PROTOCOL where X: is the drive letter assigned to the Network Trace program CD.
8 Push the "OK" button.
9 At this time the Network Trace protocol is known to the MPTS.  The "LAN Adapters and Protocols" screen is now displayed and "GCD Network Trace" has been added to the Protocols window.  Both NTRACE.OS2 and NTRACE.NIF have been copied to the \IBMCOM\PROTOCOL directory.
10 Highlight "GCD Network Trace" in the Protocols window.
11 Highlight a LAN Adapter in the Current Configuration window.
12 Select the "Add" button in the Protocol section.
13 The "GCD Network Trace" protocol is now listed under the LAN adapter.
14 Several of the default parameters my be edited by highlighting "GCD Network Trace" in the Current Configuration window and pushing the "Edit" button.  Pressing F1 provides a brief description of each parameter. 
15 To exit from MPTS press the "OK" button.
16 Press "Close" on the "Configure" dialog box.
17 Press "Exit" on the "Multi-Protocol Transport Services" dialog box.
18 Press "Exit" on the "Update CONFIG.SYS" dialog box.
19 Use E.EXE or some other editor of your choice to review the CONFIG.SYS file to ensure NTRACE.OS2 is the last protocol loaded.   This is assured if NTRACE.OS2 is the last line in CONFIG.SYS.  A "quick and dirty" method for looking for conflicts, is to search on "\IBMCOM\PROTOCOL" with case sensitivity turned off.  This will show you the most probable modules that are protocols.  This is not foolpoof!
20 This completes the installation procedures.  To activate these changes you must reboot the system. 

If the device driver is successfully loaded, the following output should be visible during the bootup of the machine:

The following may be displayed if the driver successfully loads, however LANMSGDD logging is not available (LANTRAN.LOG or FFST):


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