Software that was written back in the day by
IBM to
modify the
settings stored in the
ISA Token Ring adapter's
EEPROM chip. Then to, the
dismay of many, the
higher-ups insisted that the software be
ported (I use the term loosely) to work with ALL their TR adapters. The end result is that the ISA Lanaid software works amazingly well, the
PCI version is
flaky, and the
PCMCIA version is next to useless, as PCMCIA Token Ring adapters have no EEPROM, something IBM
management would seem to have overlooked. Instead, it attempts to write to a
DOS configuration file, which is damn near useless as
Windows ignores it entirely.
When I spoke with some IBMers about this, they appraised me of the fact that the Lanaid software has not been updated since the early nineties and will not be updated any time soon. And, joy of joys, PCMCIA Lanaid has begun to
malfunction due to recent changes in the
bus standards for the PC card slots.