PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Installation
for NetWare DOS ODI Driver
Contents
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- Introduction
- Getting Started
- First installation from CD ROM
- Manual Installation
- How to creat Diskettes for installation
- Installation from Diskettes
Introduction
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The ODI driver program allows you to run multiple protocol
stacks and install up to two network adapters in a workstation.
This ODI driver supports the Port, Node Address, Protocol and
Frame options for creating your own NET.CFG file. For more
information on these keywords, please refer to Novell's
"NetWare ODI shell for DOS - NET.CFG options". This installation
assumes that the drivers are working properly.
Getting Started
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The NOVELL installation diskettes or CD ROM are needed to
complete this install.
First installation from CD ROM
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1. Please make sure CD ROM player work fine under DOS environment.
2. Run INSTALL.BAT and press any key to accept the agreement.
Ex. >INSTALL
3. Select "Client Installation" in Select the type of installation
desired window.
4. Select "NetWare DOS/WINDOWS Client (VLM)" in Select Client to
be installed window.
5. Specify your target directory, installation default path is
C:\NWCLIENT. (suggestion: DON'T CHANGE)
6. Allow system to modified your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS.
7. Specify YES to install support for MS Windows, if you accept.
8. Move the highlight bar to Select the driver for your network
board and press <Enter>.
9. Select "OTHER DRIVERS" under Network Board.
10. Please insert release driver diskette into floppy disk.
11. Specify the full path of ODI for DOS driver, A:\<PATH>.
Ex. A:\
12. Select "PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" for Ethernet Adapter.
13. Move to "Highlight here and press <Enter> to install".
14. Press <Enter> after you configure correctly, then installation
will copy necessary file to your hard disk.
15. Restart your system and connect to NetWare server.
Manual Installation
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1. Assume you have installed NetWare Client for DOS system.
2. Copy <PATH>\FETPCI.COM file from released diskette into the
NetWare client directory containing LSL.COM, IPXODI.COM,
NETx.COM or VLM.COM, VLM files.
Ex. >COPY A:\FETPCI.COM C:\NWCLIENT
3. A typical Client for DOS startup batch file includes:
Content of STARTNET.BAT
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SET NWLANGUAGE=English
C:\NWCLIENT\LSL.COM
C:\NWCLIENT\FETPCI.COM
C:\NWCLIENT\IPXODI.COM
C:\NWCLIENT\VLM.EXE
F: ; According FIRST NETWORK DRIVE of
NET.CFG
LOGIN XXXX ; Login to server, XXXX is user name
; Notes: C:\NWCLIENT\VLM.EXE /PS=SSSS ; SSSS is server name
Parameters supported by the NET.CFG for FETPCI.COM driver
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Link Driver FETPCI
frame Ethernet_802.3
;frame Ethernet_802.2
;frame Ethernet_II
;frame Ethernet_SNAP
Protocol IPX 00 Ethernet_802.3
;Protocol IPX E0 Ethernet_802.2
;Protocol IPX 8137 Ethernet_II
;Protocol IPX 8137 Ethernet_SNAP
;Optional driver keywords:
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AUTOSENSE ;Autosense media type
;10BaseT ;Force the driver to 10Mbps half duplex mode.
;10BaseTFD ;Force the driver to 10Mbps full duplex mode.
;100BaseTX ;Force the driver to 100Mbps half duplex mode.
;100BaseTXFD ;Force the driver to 100Mbps full duplex mode.
How to creat Diskettes for installation
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1. Please make sure CD ROM player work fine under DOS environment.
2. Run INSTALL.BAT and press any key to accept the agreement.
Ex. >INSTALL
3. Select "Diskette Creation" in Select the type of installation
desired window.
4. Select "NetWare DOS/WINDOWS Client (VLM)" in Select the
Diskette set to be created window.
5. Following screen's instruction.
Installation from Diskettes
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1. Run INSTALL program and press any key to accept the agreement.
Ex. >INSTALL
2. Please reference above "First installation from CD ROM".
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.