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- NOVELL DOS ODI DRIVER FOR
- "PLUS" FAMILY LAN ADAPTER
-
- INSTALLING DOS ODI DRIVER
- -------------------------
-
-
- INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
-
- 1) Refer to Novell DOS ODI installation menu.
-
- 2) Copy the NET.CFG file to the directory where
- the ODI driver resides.
-
- Note: There is no need to use the NET.CFG file
- if the EtherCard PLUS adapter is an
- AT adapter configured for the default
- settings (Base I/O Address = 280, Interrupt
- IRQ = 3, RAM Base Address = D000).
-
- If a NET.CFG file already exists on the directory,
- follow these steps to update that file:
-
- a) Copy the new NET.CFG file to the appropriate
- directory making sure to assign the new NET.CFG
- file a different name. For example:
-
- copy a:net.cfg c:\odi\newnet.cfg
-
- b) Append the contents of the new NET.CFG to the
- end of the existing NET.CFG file using this DOS
- command:
-
- append [existing NET.CFG];[new NET.CFG]
-
- where both the existing and new configuration
- files must include the current path designations.
-
- For example:
-
- append c:\odi\net.cfg;c:\odi\newnet.cfg
-
- This file is used to configure the entire system,
- not just the driver.
-
-
- USING NET.CFG
-
- 1) There is no need to use or edit the NET.CFG file
- if the EtherCard PLUS adapter is an AT adapter
- configured with the following default settings:
-
- Base I/O Address: 280
- Interrupt IRQ: 3
- RAM Base Address: D000.
-
- 2) If the adapter being used is software-configurable,
- then only the Base I/O Address must be specified,
- unless it is 280.
-
- 3) If the address specifies 280, change the Base I/O
- Address using the line in NET.CFG which reads
-
- Port #1 280 20
-
- and change 280 to the appropriate Base I/O Address
-
- 4) To change the Interrupt IRQ, use the line in NET.CFG which
- reads
-
- Int #1 3
-
- and change '3' to the appropriate Interrupt IRQ
-
- 5) To change the RAM Base Address, use the line in
- NET.CFG which reads
-
- Mem #1 000D0000 2000/10
-
- and change 'D0000' to the appropriate RAM Base
- Address.
-
- For example:
-
- Mem #1 000C8000 2000/10
-
- will cause the driver to use C8000 as the RAM
- Base Address.
-
- 6) When using NET.CFG with Micro Channel machines, use
- the PS/2 Slot entry. Find the line which reads
-
- PS/2 Slot ?
-
- and change the '?' to the desired slot number.
-
- Note: The '#' in the first column of the NET.CFG file
- denotes an ignored line. Remove this symbol from
- all used lines and insert them into all unused
- lines, or delete unused lines altogether.
-
- 7) To change the protocol name, use the line in NET.CFG
- which reads
-
- Protocol <name> ID <frame type>
-
- where <name> is the protocol name, ID is the protocol
- ID number, and <frame type> is the frame type being
- used for the protocol.
-
- For example,
-
- Protocol IPX 8137 Ethernet_II
-
- indicates that the protocol name is being changed to IPX -
- designated protocol ID 8137 - within the Ethernet II frame
- type.
-
- 8) To reassign the link-level frame type, use the line in
- NET.CFG which reads either
-
- Frame <name>
-
- or
-
- Envelope Type <name>
-
- For example, if you type this line,
-
- Frame ETHERNET_802.2
-
- The frame type is reassigned as Ethernet 802.2. The default
- frame type is ETHERNET_802.3.
-
-
- ERROR MESSAGES
-
- Here is the list of error messages the driver may display:
-
-
- "Unknown Board ID"
- The driver does not recognize the type of adapter installed.
-
- "Selected IRQ value is invalid for this adapter"
- The IRQ value either read from software-configurable
- adapter or specified in NET.CFG file is not one of the IRQ
- supported by the adapter.
-
- "Selected I/O base address is out of range"
- The I/O base address specified in the NET.CFG file for the
- AT-bus adapter is out of range.
-
- "Memory base address is invalid for this adapter"
- The memory base address is not usable for the configuration
- or the adapter installed.
-
- "Can not find Micro Channel adapter"
- The program could not find a micro-channel adapter in the
- machine.
-
- "Can not find an adapter at the specified configuration"
- The program could not find the adapter at the I/O base
- address specified in the NET.CFG for AT-bus adapter.
-
- "Incorrect setting in the NET.CFG file"
- The program either could not find a micro-channel adapter,
- or could not find a AT-bus adapter in the default configuration
- because there was no configuration specified in the NET.CFG file.
-
- "No PS/2 Slot specified, search for the first one"
- The program is searching for a micro-channel adapter since none
- was specified in the NET.CFG file.
-
- "Hardware failure during card initialize"
- The adapter did not pass the initialization process.
-
-
- EtherCard PLUS is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation.
- Other trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective companies.
-
- COPYRIGHT (c) 1991 Standard Microsystems Corporation
- All rights reserved