EtherFast 10/100 PC Card Setup
for Sun PC-NFS 5.0
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Before You Begin
Setup
Technical Support
Before You Begin
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Thanks for choosing the EtherFast 10/100 PC Card from Linksys. Before
attempting to install the card, we highly recommend that you read
the User Guide that came with your card in order to install both your
PCMCIA socket & card services AND your network driver.
Setup
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Getting Started
Please read all methods below and choose the one that matches your
configuration.
Method 1 -- NDIS Driver
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When using PC-NFS concurrently with LAN Manager, select the "NDIS"
option from the PC-NFS installation screen. This option works with
the NDIS driver included in the provided driver diskette. Copy the
files listed below into the \NFS directory of your hard disk. These
files will be used in the installation.
File Description
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NFS-NDIS.SYS PC-NFS driver program
PC100.DOS NDIS driver program
PROTMAN.SYS MS PROTOCOL MANAGER
NETBIND.EXE MS LAN MANAGER Netbind
The following lists the contents of the configuration files:
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SWITCHES=/F SET TZ=EST5EDT
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM @PROMPT $p$g
DOS=HIGH,UMB PATH=C:\NFS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;
BUFFERS=10,0 C:\LANMAN\NETBIND
FILES=40 SET TEMP=C:\DOS
STACKS=0,0 SET NFSDRIVE=C
LASTDRIVE=G SET NFSPATH=C:\NFS
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P SET TN_DIR=C:\NFS\TELNET
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /l40 C:\NFS\PRT *
DEVICE=C:\NFS\SOCKDRV.SYS C:\NFS\NET INIT
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\PROTMAN.SYS /I:C:\LANMAN
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\NFS-NDIS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\PC100.DOS
PROTOCOL.INI
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[PROTOCOL MANAGER]
DriverName = PROTMAN$
[PC100]
DRIVERNAME = PC100$
[NFS-NDIS]
DriverName = NFSLINK$
Bindings = PC100
To use the NDIS driver, the user needs to obtain a PC-NFS 5.0
QUIKNDIS diskette which will install all but the PC100 driver.
Method 2 -- Packet Driver
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When using PC-NFS independently, select the "OTHER" option from the
PC-NFSinstallation screen. This option works with the PACKET driver
included in the provided driver diskette. Copy the files listed
below into the \NFS directory of your hard disk. These files will be
used in the installation.
File Description
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PDNFS.SYS PC-NFS driver program
PC100PD.SYS Packet driver program
The following lists the contents of the configuration files:
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SWITCHES=/F SET TZ=EST5EDT
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM @PROMPT $p$g
DOS=HIGH,UMB PATH=C:\NFS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;
BUFFERS=10,0 SET TEMP=C:\DOS
FILES=40 SET NFSDRIVE=C
STACKS=0,0 SET NFSPATH=C:\NFS
LASTDRIVE=G SET TN_DIR=C:\NFS\TELNET
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P C:\NFS\PRT *
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /l40 C:\NFS\NET INIT
DEVICE=C:\NFS\SOCKDRV.SYS
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PC100PD.SYS
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PDNFS.SYS
Method 3 -- ODI Driver
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When using PC-NFS concurrently with NetWare 3.1x/4.0, select the
"ODI" option from the PC-NFS installation screen. This option works
with the ODI driver included in the provided driver diskette. Copy
the files listed below into the \NFS directory of your hard disk.
These files will be used in the installation.
File Description
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NFSODI.SYS PC-NFS driver program
PC100.COM ODI driver program
LSL.COM NetWare Link Support Layer
IPXODI.COM NetWare IPX/SPX Protocol
NETX.EXE NetWare Workstation Shell
The following lists the contents of the configuration files:
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SWITCHES=/F SET TZ=EST5EDT
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM @PROMPT $p$g
DOS=HIGH,UMB PATH=C:\NFS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;
BUFFERS=10,0 SET TEMP=C:\DOS
FILES=40 SET NFSDRIVE=C
STACKS=0,0 SET NFSPATH=C:\NFS
LASTDRIVE=G SET TN_DIR=C:\NFS\TELNET
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P LSL
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /l40 PC100
DEVICE=C:\NFS\SOCKDRV.SYS C:\NFS\PRT *
DEVICE=C:\NFS\NFSODI.SYS /b2 C:\NFS\NET INIT
IPXODI
NETX
NET.CFG
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Link driver PC100
Frame Ethernet_802.3
Frame Ethernet_II
Protocol IPX 0 Ethernet_802.3
If your Novell FILE SERVER is configured to use the Ethernet_802.3
frame type, add a /b2 switch to the line DEVICE=C:\NFS\NFSODI.SYS
in your CONFIG.SYS file and add an entry in your NET.CFG file
defining the two frames types.
HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.