Jan. 1996
Pocket Lan Ethernet Card
Packet Driver Program
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* General Installation Tips *
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Packet drivers are general drivers used by many operating systems, specially
TCP/IP software packages. If the network system you are installing
specifically mentions support for packet drivers, then it is most likely that
you will be able to use our provided packet driver without any problems.
The most important thing to remember when installing packet drivers is the
software interrupt vector. The default interrupt vector for packet
drivers is 0x62 hexadecimal. Most softwares supporting packet drivers will
try to automatically search for any packet drivers already loaded in the
computer's memory. However, some software packages will require you to
provide the interrupt vector of the packet driver. Furthermore, some software
packages can only work with certain interrupt vectors. With these software
packages, you have to add a software interrupt vector parameter when loading
the packet driver. Please see the section at the end of this document for
description on packet driver parameters.
Since the adapters included in the Pocket Lan Ethernet adapter are all
software configurable, the packet driver will automatically detect the
hardware parameters. If the packet driver can properly read the adapter's
MAC address during loading, then chances are the hardware is working
properly.
This driver diskette contains specific installation instructions for the
following software packages:
File Description
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3SHARE.TXT 3Com 3+ Share installation text file
PCNFS.TXT Sun PC-NFS installation text file
PCTCP.TXT FTP PC/TCP installation text file
Packet Driver Parameters:
<packet_int_no> is the software interrupt vector number used by the
packet driver program. This can be from 96 to 128.
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.