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- These instructions were included with the NE2000 compatible driver on
- Hobbes (\os2\32bit\network\ndis\ns2000.zip).
-
- Note that the instructions below are completely irrelevant to our purposes
- since they are for IBM's LAPS setup routine. We are doing it the hard way,
- installing the driver manually :-).
-
- Original text follows.
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-
- The two files included with this README document provide an OS/2 NDIS driver
- for the National Semiconductor NS2000 ethernet adapter, an NE2000-compatible
- adapter. The files included are NS2000.NIF and NS2000.OS2. You may want to
- store these files, along with this documentation, on a floppy disk for later
- use in case you need to restore the system.
-
- I received these files from a person who claims that they are available on
- National Semiconductor's support BBS, wherever that is. All I know is that
- these files have ended my five-week quest to get IBM's TCP/IP for OS/2
- working with my NE2000-compatible ethernet adapter.
-
- INSTALLING THE DRIVER
-
- I've only tested this driver with LAPS, as part of an IBM TCP/IP for OS/2
- installation. All I had to do to install the driver is edit the NIF file,
- copy both files to my \IBMCOM\MACS directory, and configure LAPS to use the
- NS2000 driver. However, I should make clear right now that I don't know
- much about networking at the transport layer, so follow these installation
- instructions at your own risk.
-
- 1) Edit the NIF file.
- You must be certain that three pieces of information in the NIF file
- are correct: the file path, the interrupt, and the I/O base address.
-
- (a) PATH: Under the [FILE] section of the NIF file, use the "Path" line to
- specify the path where your other NDIS drivers are. The default is:
-
- Path = C:\IBMCOM\MACS
-
- I'm not sure if the spaces around the "=" sign are important; it is
- probably best to leave them there, just in case.
-
- If you installed to a disk other than drive C, or to a directory other
- than C:\IBMCOM\MACS, you should edit the Path line to specify the correct
- directory. If you aren't sure, look for a directory containing mainly
- *.NIF and *.OS2 files, probably in a directory called MACS.
-
- (b) INTERRUPT: Under the [interrupt] section of the NIF file, use the
- "default" line to specify the interrupt, or IRQ, of your NE2000-compatible
- ethernet adapter. For example, my card runs on IRQ 10, so I've specified:
-
- default = 10
-
- If your ethernet adapter runs on an IRQ other than 10, edit the line to
- specify the correct IRQ. IMPORTANT: be sure you are working under the
- [interrupt] section of the NIF file.
-
- (c) I/O BASE ADDRESS: Under the [iobase] section of the NIF file, use the
- "default" line to specify the memory address that your NE2000-compatible
- ethernet adapter uses for I/O. You specify this number in hexadecimal
- notation. For example, my card uses address 320 hexadecimal, so I've
- specified:
-
- default = 320
-
- If your ethernet adapter uses an address other than 320 hex, edit the line
- to specify the correct IRQ. IMPORTANT: be sure you are working under the
- [iobase] section of the NIF file.
-
- 2) Copy the edited NS2000.NIF and NS2000.OS2 to the directory you specified
- in step 1(a), above. Again, the default is the directory \IBMCOM\MACS on
- your boot drive.
-
- 3) Change directory to the directory where LAPS is installed (normally the
- \IBMCOM directory on your boot drive) and start the LAPS configuration
- program, LAPS.EXE. When it starts, press the "Configure" button. An
- adapter configuration window appears.
-
- (a) If you have previously tried to use another driver that didn't work,
- you should remove it from the list at the bottom of the configuration
- window before you install the new drivers.
-
- (b) Scroll through the list of NDIS drivers in the top-left pane of the
- configuration window until you find "NS2000 (NE2000-compatible)". Click
- on the NS2000 entry in the list to select it, then press the "Add" button
- under the drier list. You should see an entry for the NS2000 driver appear
- in the bottom pane of the configuration window.
-
- (c) Scroll through the list of protocols in the top-right pane of the
- configuration window until you find a protocol (TCP/IP, for example) that
- you want to run on your ethernet adapter. Click on the protocol entry to
- select it, the press the "Add" button under protocol list. You should see
- an entry for the protocol appear under the NS2000 entry in the bottom pane
- of the configuration window.
-
- (d) Close the configuration window and exit LAPS.
-
- (e) Shut down and reboot. Watch the screen for messages about the NS2000.
- If there are no error messages, your card should be up and running.
-
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