SMC Networks, Inc.
SMC 10/100 PC Card
NDIS2 DRIVER FOR LAN MANAGER INSTALLATION
Contents:
1. Enable the PC Card
2. NDIS Driver Installation for LAN Manager v2.2
3. PROTOCOL.INI Keywords
4. Sample Configuration Files
1. Enable the PC Card
SMCOPEN.EXE is the PC Card MS-DOS enabler program. You have
to run SMCOPEN.EXE to enable PC Card before loading the
NDIS2 driver.
After the PC Card NDIS2 driver is installed, a line similar to
the following is added in the CONFIG.SYS file to load the NDIS2
driver at DOS initialization:
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\SMC\PCCard\SMC8041.DOS
For this NDIS2 driver to be successfully loaded, you must add a
line in CONFIG.SYS to load SMCOPEN.EXE to enable the Card first.
The line to load SMCOPEN.EXE must precede the line to load the
NDIS2 driver.
The syntax to load SMCOPEN.EXE in CONFIG.SYS is:
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\SMC\PCCard\SMCOPEN.EXE [/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 HEX 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 10 and
I/O port address 300:
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\SMC\PCCard\SMCOPEN.EXE /IRQ:10 /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 memory space to read information stored on the Card.
[Example]
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D400-D7FF
or
DEVICE=EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-DFFF
If you run SMCOPEN.EXE with non-default IRQ and IOP values, you
have to inform the NDIS2 driver which resource values to use in the
PROTOCOL.INI file. This file resides in the directory where the
Microsoft LAN Manager software was installed, in most cases this is
the C:\LANMAN.DOS directory.
For example, if on your system IRQ 10 and I/O Base address 300 are
free to be used by the PC Card, then you specify a line
in CONFIG.SYS to load SMCOPEN.EXE as described above. Since IRQ 10
is not the default value, you have to tell the NDIS2 driver the
interrupt value to use. You can use any text editor to edit the
C:\LANMAN.DOS\PROTOCOL.INI file. In this file you locate the
[SMC8041_NIF] section, and add the INTERRUPT keyword and its value
in this section as follows:
INTERRUPT = 10
Please consult the sample configuration files at the end of this file
for more examples.
2. NDIS Driver Installation for LAN Manager v2.2
1. Enter 'SETUP' in the LAN Manager directory and press <Enter>.
The Microsoft LAN Manager Setup screen appears.
2. Select "Configuration" from the menu and then select "Network
Drivers".
3. Select <Add New Config> to display a list of Network Adapter Drivers.
4. Select <Other Driver> and Setup prompts you to insert your
network driver disk and enter the new path.
5. Insert the PC Card Driver Disk into the Floppy drive. Enter the
drive letter of the Floppy (e.g. A:\) and choose <OK>.
6. Select the following driver from the available driver list:
"SMC 10/100 PC Card"
7. The "Network Protocol" screen appears. Use the SPACEBAR to select
the desired protocols to install. If you have chosen the
MS TCP/IP protocol, you will be prompted to enter the related
TCP/IP Settings.
8. Choose <OK> to confirm your configuration. A Configuration Complete
message appears on the screen.
9. Press <Save> to save the configuration.
10. If the LAN Manager Setup program asks for other driver files,
please enter the path where the LAN Manager system files can
be found. Wait for the installation to complete.
11. Press the F3 key to exit the Setup program.
12. Copy the PC Card enabler program SMCOPEN.EXE from the
\ENABLER directory on the Driver Floppy to a directory
on the hard disk, and add a line in CONFIG.SYS to load
SMCOPEN.EXE as described in the first section of this file.
If necessary, modify the PROTOCOL.INI file for the IRQ and
I/O base address values and the connection type desired.
13. Restart the system.
3. PROTOCOL.INI Keywords
In [SMC8041_NIF] section of the PROTOCOL.INI file, you can specify
the following keywords:
IOBASE 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.
INTERRUPT This keyword specifies the IRQ value to be used by
PC Card. The default value is 3.
This value must match the one reported by SMCOPEN.EXE.
The following are the possible values for the CONNECTIONTYPE keyword:
NWAY Sets the connection type to be NWAY, or Auto-negotiation.
Since the default connection type is NWAY, this keyword
is redundant.
S10 Forces the connection type to 10Mbps and half duplex.
S10FD Forces the connection type to 10Mbps and full duplex.
S100 Forces the connection type to 100Mbps and half duplex.
S100FD Forces the connection type to 100Mbps and full duplex.
4. Sample Configuration Files LAN Manager 2.2
Sample CONFIG.SYS File
LASTDRIVE=Z
BUFFERS = 35
FILES = 35
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /p /E:1024
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\SMC\PCCard\SMCOPEN.EXE
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\PROTMAN\PROTMAN.DOS /i:C:\LANMAN.DOS
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\SMC\PCCard\SMC8041.DOS
Sample PROTOCOL.INI File
[PROTMAN]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
DYNAMIC = YES
PRIORITY = NETBEUI
[NETBEUI_XIF]
Drivername = netbeu$
SESSIONS = 6
NCBS = 12
BINDINGS = "SMC8041_NIF"
LANABASE = 0
[SMC8041_NIF]
; PROTOCOL.INI section for SMC PC Card
DRIVERNAME = SMC8041$
IOBASE = 0X300
INTERRUPT = 3
; CONNECTIONTYPE = NWAY
; CONNECTIONTYPE = S100FD
; CONNECTIONTYPE = S100
; CONNECTIONTYPE = S10FD
; CONNECTIONTYPE = S10
Sample AUTOEXEC.BAT File
@echo off
PROMPT $P$G
PATH=C:\DOS;
@REM ====== LANMAN 2.1 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES
SET PATH=C:\LANMAN.DOS\NETPROG;%PATH%
NET START WORKSTATION
LOAD NETBEUI
@REM ====== LANMAN 2.1 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES
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.
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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.
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