SMC Networks, Inc.
SMC 10/100 PC Card
DOS ODI Driver Installation
1. Enable the PC Card.
SMCOPEN.EXE is the PC Card MS-DOS enabling program. You
have to run SMCOPEN.EXE to enable PC Card before bringing up
the DOS ODI driver.
The syntax for SMCOPEN is:
SMCOPEN [/IRQ:x][/IOP:xxx]
* IRQ - interrupt (IRQ) number to be used by PC Card.
This number must not be in use by any other device
in the system.
* IOP - Starting I/O port address in hexadecimal format.
PC Card requires 32 consecutive free I/O port
addresses.
The default value for IRQ is 3. The default value for IOP is
0x300.
Example: The following command enables PC Card with IRQ 5 and
I/O port address 300:
SMCOPEN /IRQ:5 /IOP:300
If you installed EMM386.EXE in CONFIG.SYS, please exclude memory
address range D000-DFFF or D400-D7FF from EMM386.EXE. SMCOPEN.EXE
uses this space to read configuration information from the adapter.
[Example]
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D400-D7FF
or
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-DFFF
2. Load the PC Card DOS ODI Driver.
The directory "\DOSODI" on the Driver Disk contains the
PC Card DOS ODI driver. You need the following files to bring
up the DOS ODI driver.
a. LSL.COM: supplied by Novell.
b. SMC8041.COM: PC Card DOS ODI driver. Included on this Diskette.
c. IPXODI.COM: supplied by Novell.
d. VLM.EXE: supplied by Novell.
e. NET.CFG: optional configuration file.
A sampe batch file STARTNET.BAT is provided in this directory.
This batch file executes the above commands in correct sequence
automatically. After you run this batch file, and if there is a
Novell Netware Server on the network, you can login to the Netware
Server.
You can specify optional parameters for the DOS ODI driver in the
NET.CFG file. The following is a sample of this file:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Protocol
Bind SMC8041
LINK DRIVER SMC8041
Port 300
IRQ 5
; NWAY
; S10
; S10FD
; S100
; S100FD
NetWare DOS Requester
FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F
NETWARE PROTOCOL = NDS BIND
----------------------------------------------------------------
The NET.CFG keywords are explained below:
PORT This keyword specifies the starting IO Address in hexadecimal
format. The default value is 300.
This value must match the one reported by SMCOPEN.EXE.
IRQ This keyword specifies the IRQ value to be used by PC CARD.
The default value is 5.
This value must match the one reported by SMCOPEN.EXE.
NWAY This keyword specifies the connection type to be NWAY, or
Auto-negotiation. Since the default connection type is
NWAY, this keyword is redundant.
S10 If this keyword is specified, the connection type is forced to
10Mbps and half duplex.
S10FD If this keyword is specified, the connection type is forced to
10Mbps and full duplex.
S100 If this keyword is specified, the connection type is forced to
100Mbps and half duplex.
S100FD If this keyword is specified, the connection type is forced to
100Mbps and full duplex.
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.