hide random home http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software/dlc.htm (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)
Data Link Control (DLC) Protocol IMAGEMAP

Data Link Control (DLC) Protocol

Data Link Control (DLC) Protocol
(Download: 202K, self-extracting Zip file, published: February 13, 1996)

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For Individual Users

This protocol is not used for general networking with Microsoft® Windows® 95.

For Information Systems Professionals

The Data Link Control (DLC) protocol is used primarily to access IBM mainframe and IBM® AS/400 computers. The 32-bit DLC protocol software for Windows 95 enables a network administrator to add support for 32-bit and 16-bit DLC programs.

Host terminal emulation programs use this protocol to communicate directly with mainframe computers.
The 32-bit protocol software:

  • Supports Windows-based 32-bit programs that use CCB2.
  • Supports 16-bit programs (MS-DOS™ and Windows) that use CCB1.
  • Provides connectivity to local area printers connected directly to the network. For example, you can use DLC to print to a printer (such as a Hewlett-Packard® LaserJet 4Si) that uses an HP JetDirect network adapter to connect directly to the network.
  • Conforms to the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) 3.1 and is compatible with Token-Ring, FDDI, or Ethernet network adapter drivers.
Download Instructions
  1. Create a temporary folder on your hard disk.
  2. Click the link "Data Link Control Protocol."
  3. Save the file in the new folder.
  4. In that folder, double-click the file Msdlc32.exe to extract the program files.
  5. For more information, double-click Readme.doc.
  6. In addition to the Readme, Dlc32.hlp contains specific instructions for single- and multiple-desktop installations.