Windows for Workgroups Driver Installation (Revised 3/5/98) Copyright 1998 Compaq Computer Corp. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- The installation procedures will automatically copy all required files to your default Windows directory and will modify your SYSTEM.INI and PROTOCOL.INI files. The driver options you select determine which files are copied and how your system files are changed. File Locations - The DOS ODI driver (CPQNF3.COM) is located in the \DOSODI subdirectory on Disk 2. - The NDIS 2.0 driver (NETFLX3.DOS) and support files are located in the root directory on Disk 1. - The NDIS 3.0 driver (CPQNF3.386) and support files are located in the root directory on Disk 1. Installation Options You can install Windows for Workgroups network support in any of the following three ways: NetWare Network Access Only You will use NetWare for network access, and WFW will have access to any available NetWare drives. You will not access the Microsoft network, nor will you use WFW as a peer-to-peer operating system. NetWare and Microsoft Network Access You will be able to access the Microsoft network and use WFW as a peer-to-peer operating system. WFW will have access to any available NetWare drives. Microsoft NDIS Network Access Only You will be able to access the Microsoft network only by using an NDIS 2.0 driver. You will not be able to directly access NetWare drives. NOTE: For Client32 installation on Windows for Workgroups, see CLIENT32.TXT on the root of Disk #2. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Installing the Windows for Workgroups NetWare ODI Driver Before installing: Be sure Windows for Workgroups is installed on the workstation. Locate the Windows for Workgroups installation diskettes and the Compaq driver diskette. Make a copy of the Compaq driver diskette. Then store the original and install from the copy. Installing the driver: 1. Exit Windows (if running). 2. Copy all files listed below to a directory on your hard drive: LSL.COM Link Support Layer (provided by Novell). CPQNF3.COM Workstation driver, in the \DOSODI directory on the driver diskette. IPXODI.COM IPX protocol stack (provided by Novell). (req) Workstation requester file, such as NETX.COM, NETX.EXE or VLM.EXE (provided by Novell). NET.CFG Configuration file for the workstation driver. 3. Verify that you can attach to a NetWare file server. Switch to the directory where you copied the files listed in Step 2, and enter the commands listed below, in the order shown: LSL CPQNF3 IPXODI {NETX or VLM} F: If the commands are successful, the F:\LOGIN prompt appears. If not, carefully repeat Steps 2 and 3. Most likely, the problem is that all the files are not located in the same directory, or you entered the commands in the wrong order. 4. Start Windows, open the Network group, and double-click Network Setup. 5. The Network Setup dialog opens, showing the current network options and all currently installed network adapters. Click the Networks button. 6. On the Networks dialog, select the option to install support for both Windows for Workgroups peer-to-peer networking and NetWare or support for NetWare only: (WFW and NetWare) Select Install Microsoft Windows Network. Under Additional Network Support, choose Other. (NetWare only) Select Install Windows support for the following network only. 7. Select your network operating system from the drop-down list and click OK. For example, to connect to a NetWare v3.11 network, select "Novell NetWare (Workstation Shell 3.x)". 8. (WFW and NetWare) On Network Setup dialog, click the Drivers button. The Network Drivers dialog opens. Click Add Adapter, select IPXODI Support Driver (ethernet), and click OK. NOTE: You will need to edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to add the ODI driver. Sample statements need to appear in the following order: LSL CPQNF3 ODIHLP IPXODI VLM or NETX 9. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. Restart Windows to put the changes into effect. NOTE: If you receive error 58, you have incomplete entries in your protocol.ini and net.cfg files. Edit those files and replace any instance of xxxx with the ODI driver name. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Installing the Windows for Workgroups NDIS Driver Before installing: Make sure that Windows for Workgroups is installed on the workstation. Locate the Windows for Workgroups installation diskettes as well as the Compaq driver diskette. Make a copy of the Compaq driver diskette; store the original and install from the copy. Installing the driver: 1. Start Windows, open the Network group, and double-click Network Setup. 2. The Network Setup dialog opens, showing the current network options and all currently installed network adapters. Click the Networks button if you have not yet installed Windows for Workgroups network support; otherwise, go to step 4. 3. On the Networks dialog, select Install Microsoft Windows Network, and click OK. 4. On the Network Setup dialog, click the Drivers button. 5. The Network Drivers dialog opens. Click on Add Adapter, select Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter (typically the first selection), and click OK. 6. The Install Driver dialog opens, prompting you to insert a diskette. Insert the Compaq diskette, type A:\ (or B:\) at the prompt, and press <Enter>. 7. After the disk is read, the Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter dialog opens. Choose your Compaq controller and click OK. 8. The driver will appear in the Networks Driver Box. At this point go into the Setup Options window to configure your controller. When prompted to select a controller driver, select the appropriate option: Real Mode NDIS Selects the NDIS v2.0 driver Driver (*.DOS) only. Enhanced Mode NDIS3 Selects the NDIS3 Driver Enhanced mode driver only. ODI Driver To use the DOS ODI driver with WFW as a peer-to-peer operating system, follow the NetWare instructions. See Installing the Windows for Workgroups NetWare ODI Driver. 9. Make any changes needed. (See the Parameters section.) If you need full-duplex operation, change the Duplex option (which defaults to half-duplex). 10. Click OK until the controller appears in the Network Drivers dialog. 11. Click OK and follow the prompts to complete the installation. Restart Windows to put the changes into effect. NDIS 2 with Two Controllers Only: Before you restart, make these changes to your system files: PROTOCOL.INI: Under CPQNF3x, enter NTFLX3 for - DriverName, and set MAXTRANSMITS and MAXRECEIVES to 3. - SYSTEM.INI: Under Network Drivers, be sure "netcard" has only one entry: netcard=NETFLX3.DOS. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NDIS 2.0 PROTOCOL.INI Parameters The NDIS 2.0 driver has several parameters you can modify in the PROTOCOL.INI file. Use the default values whenever possible, as they maximize the performance of the driver: Entry Min. Max. Default DRIVERNAME 1 char.+$ 8 char.+$ NTFLX3$ NETADDRESS -- 12 HEX digits -- MAXREQUESTS 3 100 3 MAXTRANSMITS 3 100 4 MAXRECEIVES 3 100 4 MAXMULTICASTS 1 32 16 MAXFRAMESIZE 64 1514 1514 Possible values: Default: DUPLEX AUTO, HALF, FULL AUTO MEDIASPEED AUTO, 10, 100 AUTO CONNECTOR AUTO, UTP AUTO SQE AUTO, ON, OFF AUTO DRIVERNAME Identifies the network device driver. Do not change this option. NETADDRESS Overrides the network address of the controller. Use this entry only if there are duplicate addresses on the network. The network address value is a hexadecimal string of 12 digits enclosed in double quotes. The opening and closing quotes are required. An example of a network address is: NETADDRESS="20805F123456" MAXREQUESTS Specifies the maximum number of general requests that can be pending at one time. MAXMULTICASTS Specifies the maximum number of multicast addresses that can be set on the controller at one time. MAXTRANSMITS Specifies the maximum number of buffers that can be queued for transmission at one time. MAXRECEIVESS Specifies the maximum number of receive buffers that can be queued at one time. MAXFRAMESIZE Specifies the size of the RECEIVE and TRANSMIT buffers, in bytes. Ethernet frame sizes must be between 60 and 1514 bytes. DUPLEX Specifies whether to use Half- or Full-Duplex operation on a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps controller. The duplex option must match the duplex setting of the Ethernet hub/switch to which the controller is attached. This keyword has two possible values: FULL (enables Full-Duplex operation) and HALF (enables Half-Duplex operation). IMPORTANT: Exercise caution when setting this value. Setting this option incorrectly could cause data corruption and/or poor network performance. MEDIASPEED Specifies the operation media speed setting, which must match the type of Ethernet hub being used. This keyword has three possible values: 1) AUTO (the card will determine the proper speed, 2) "10" (forces 10- Mbps operation), and 3) "100" (forces 100-Mbps operation). Be sure to use quotes when explicitly setting the speed. (e.g., MEDIASPEED = "100"). Note: AUTO works only when the DUPLEX keyword is set to HALF. CONNECTOR Specifies which connector to use when several are available. The CONNECTOR keyword can have two possible values: 1) AUTO (the driver tries to determine which connector is active; use this value if you have a BNC connector), and 2) UTP (forces use of RJ-45 connector). SQE (Signal Quality Check Enable) Specifies whether to enable or disable SQE detection when using a BNC connector. This keyword has three possible values: 1) AUTO (the driver attempts to determine the proper setting based on the module attached), 2) ON (forces SQE detection on), and 3) OFF (forces SQE detection off).Download Driver Pack
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