1. 2400r40.zip Driver
2. NW312.TXT File Contents

NW312.TXT Driver File Contents (2400r40.zip)

Novell NetWare 3

Contents
I.                   Special Considerations
II.                 Files Needed for Installation
III.               Driver Installation
IV.               Removing an Existing Driver
V.                 Determining the MAC Address
VI.               Multiple Adapters 

I.  Special Considerations
Configuration of the AT-2400 PCI Ethernet adapter resources are under PCI 
control. For most applications, no setup other than normal installation of the 
network software is necessary. To change port settings, to manually view the 
card's configuration or to run Diagnostics, use the CardAssistant setup program, 
set2400.exe. 

The SET2400 utility only runs on DOS. If you do not have a DOS boot partition on 
your Windows NT drive, boot DOS from floppy. 

II. Files Needed for Installation
The following files are required for installation:
\nwserver\at2400.LAN--Server driver 

III. Driver Installation
NOTE: Your version of NetWare may require a patch and driver/NLM update from 
Novell's web site to load current ODI compliant LAN drivers. The URL is: 
http://support.novell.com/

1. Install the NetWare file server support files to the DOS partition as 
described in the Novell documentation.
2. Copy the at2400.LAN file from <cd-drive>:\drivers\at2400\nwserver on the 
CardAssistant disk to the directory where the Novell server files are located.
3. Load SERVER.EXE to start the file server, and set up hard disk support as 
directed in the Novell documentation.
4. At the server console, issue the load statement(s) in this order:

LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\NBI
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\MSM
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\ETHERTSM
LOAD <DRIVE>:<PATH>\at2400

Where <DRIVE> and <PATH> are the drive and directory where you copied the NLMs 
and the at2400.LAN file.

5. Bind the IPX protocol to the driver by typing: BIND IPX TO at2400 NET=n
where n is the node address Novell uses for routing IPX packets. This number is 
arbitrary if there is the only one server on the network, but if there are 
multiple servers on the same network, it must match the other servers' external 
network number.

Note: The default frame type for Novell file servers is now Ethernet_802.2. If 
you require Ethernet_802.3, specify NAME=ETHERNET_802.3 on the command line when 
loading the driver.

To load multiple frame types for a single card, enter a LOAD and BIND statement 
for each frame type.

You need to supply a name on each load line in order to avoid being prompted for 
which board to bind IPX to. If you do not have the name option in the 
AUTOEXEC.NCF, it will not execute completely without user intervention. Example:

LOAD at2400 FRAME=ETHERNET_802.3 NAME=IEE8023
BIND IPX TO IEE8023 NET=11111
LOAD at2400 FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 NAME=IEE8022
BIND IPX TO LAN8022 NET=22222

Also: If you have a PCI-1 bus in your system, add BUSTYPE=PCI1 to the command 
line, e.g., LOAD C:\nwserver\at2400 BUSTYPE=PCI1. Otherwise the driver may not 
find the card. If you don't know which bus you have, try loading without the 
option. If it loads, you don't need it.

6. Add the load and bind statements you need to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF 
file so the adapter driver loads automatically each time the server starts.

IV.  Removing an Existing Driver 
To de-install a server driver, type LOAD INSTALL at the server console prompt, 
and use the EDIT AUTOEXEC.NCF option to remove previous drivers. Refer to your 
Novell NetWare documentation for further information.
V. Determining the MAC Address
To determine a MAC address for a card:
1. Boot the computer into DOS with no drivers loaded.
2. Insert the CardAssistant diskette in the floppy drive and launch SET2400: 
type a:\SET2400.
3. The main screen shows a table listing the network adapters installed in 
the computer. Write down the address(es) listed in the "MAC" column of the 
table.

VI. Multiple Adapters 
If you have multiple network adapters installed in the system, the keyword 
"SLOT" identifies each to the driver at2400.LAN. If you have multiple adapters 
in a single server, each adapter must have a different network number and SLOT 
number. Also, you might want to name each adapter. So add the options in LOAD 
commands to distinguish particular cards. For example:
LOAD at2400 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 NAME=LAN_A SLOT=1
BIND IPX TO LAN_A NET=11
LOAD at2400 FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 NAME=LAN_B SLOT=2
BIND IPX TO LAN_B NET=22

Add the load and bind statements you need to the server's AUTOEXEC.NCF file so 
that the 2400 adapter drivers load automatically each time the server starts.
To implement multiple 2400 cards in a Netware 3.x server, add the following line 
to your STARTUP.NCF: 
SET RESERVED CACHE BUFFERS BELOW 16 MEG = 64

In an IPX internal router configuration (a server with two adapters, each 
connected to a different network), the data transfer rate across the router can 
be low. This happens if client workstations have CPU speeds equal to or higher 
than the server. You might be able to increase the data transfer rate by adding 
the following line to STARTUP.NCF:
SET MAXIMUM INTERRUPT EVENTS = 100000
The default setting is 10.

If you have problems loading the driver on multiple adapters and the 
initialization fails due to "Insufficient RCBs," increase the number of buffers 
allocated to the server. Add the following to STARTUP.NCF:
SET MINIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 100 (or larger)
SET MAXIMUM PACKET RECEIVE BUFFERS = 500 (or larger)
The MINIMUM value you specify must be at least 30 times the number of 2400 PCI 
adapters in the computer.

Recommended settings:
1-3 adapters:  100
4 adapters:    150
The MAXIMUM you can specify depends on the amount of memory in the server, but 
it must be greater than the MINIMUM.