BROW - Intel PCI NIC Boot ROM/WOL Utility
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RUNNING BROW
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BROW.EXE can be run with any of the following command line options:
OPTIONS:
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-ALL
Selects all adapters found in system.
-EXITCODES
Brings up exit code help.
-HELP or -?
Brings up command line help.
-NIC=XX
Selects a specific adapter (1-8).
-BOOTENABLE
Enables Boot ROM.
-BOOTDISABLE
Disables Boot ROM.
-WOLDISABLE or -WOLD
Disables WOL bit.
-WOLENABLE or -WOLE
Enables WOL bit.
-SETUPENABLE or -STE
Enables Setup Menu
-SETUPDISABLE OR -STD
Disables Setup Menu.
-TITLEENABLE OR -TLE
Enables Initial Title Message.
-TITLEDISABLE OR -TLD
Disables Initial Title Message.
-PROTOCOLENABLE OR -PROE
Enables Changing the Boot Protocol Option.
-PROTOCOLDISABLE OR -PROD
Disables Changing the Boot Protocol Option.
-ORDERENABLE OR -ORDE
Enables Changing the Boot Order Option.
-ORDERDISABLE OR -ORDD
Disables Changing the Boot Order Option.
-LWSENABLE OR -LWSE
Enables Changing the Legacy OS Wakeup Support Option.
-LWSDISABLE OR -LWSD
Disables Changing the Legacy OS Wakeup Support Option.
EXAMPLES:
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Example 1:
To Disable WOL on all Intel Network Adapters, call
BROW like this:
BROW -ALL -WOLDISABLE
Example 2:
To Enable WOL on a the second Intel Network Adapter
found in your system, call BROW like this:
BROW -NIC=2 -WOLENABLE
Example 3:
To Disable the Boot ROM on all Intel Network Adapters,
call BROW like this:
BROW -ALL -BOOTDISABLE
Example 4:
To Enable the Boot ROM on the first Intel Network Adapter
found in your system, call BROW like this:
BROW -NIC=1 -BOOTENABLE
NOTE:
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* If you run BROW without any command line options,
BROW will display a listing of all of the Intel
Network adapters found in your system.
* BROW won't read/write any adapters, unless you
specify which adapters you want to read/write to.
You can use the -NIC=xx option to select a single
adapter, or user the -ALL option to select all of the
adapters in your system.
DOS ERROR CODES:
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BROW returns error codes to the DOS command line,
a description of the error codes is found below.
CODE NAME: VALUE:
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SUCCESS 0
OPERATOR TERMINATION 1
INVALID NIC 2
BAD COMMAND LINE PARAM 3
EEPROM CHECKSUM FAILURE 4
EEPROM READ FAILURE 5
EEPROM WRITE FAILURE 6
EEPROM DUMP FAILURE 7
BAD FILE 8
NO MEMORY 9
NO NICS FOUND 10
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