Accton Technology Corporation
NDIS Driver Installation
Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 by Accton Technology Corporation.
All rights reserved.
Your adapter can use the drivers contained in the
\MSLANMAN.DOS and \NDIS subdirectory of your Driver Diskette.
They are used with 3Com's 3+Open, Microsoft's OS/2 LAN Manager OEM,
distribution packages Release 1.x or 2.x, and other compatible OEM
versions of LAN Manager.
The drivers named "ETHVL" conform to the Network Driver
Interface Specification (NDIS) defined by
Microsoft/3Com.
File Descriptions
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\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ACCTON\ACC1204\
ETHVL.DOS The DOS NDIS MAC driver
PROTOCOL.INI A sample section of a PROTOCOL.INI file
\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\NIF\
ACC1204.NIF Network Information File
\NDIS
EN1204D.NIF Network Information File for LAN Server (DOS)
README.TXT This file
ETHVL.DOS The DOS NDIS MAC driver
OEMSETUP.INF Network Information File for Windows for Workgroups
Initial Installation
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1. Install the adapter into the host PC.
2. Run diagnostics to test for proper installation.
Run ACCTEST.EXE and choose the TEST THE ADAPTER
option to run diagnostics.
Note
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The ACCTEST program will not run proper from the
OS/2 compatibility box.
Driver Installation on Microsoft LAN Manager v2.1 ( WORKSTATION )
==================================================================
1. Use SETUP utility provided by LAN Manager to install
the NDIS driver. Choose the "Configuration," "Network drivers...",
<Add New Config>, <Other Driver> options sequentially
and insert this diskette into your floppy drive. and
Then configure your system using the driver ETHVL.DOS
2. Modify the PROTOCOL.INI file if you are not using
the default adapter settings.
3. After completing the setup operation, the CONFIG.SYS file
should contain the NDIS driver.
4. Reboot your computer and follow the NDIS binding
procedure to use the NDIS driver.
Driver Installation on Microsoft LAN Manager v2.0 ( WORKSTATION )
===================================================================
1. Use SETUP utility provided by LAN Manager to install
the NDIS driver. Choose the "Import Network drivers"
option and insert this diskette into your floppy drive.
Then configure your system using the driver ETHVL.DOS
2. Modify PROTOCOL.INI file if you are not using the
default adapter settings.
3. After completing the setup operation, the CONFIG.SYS
file should contain the NDIS driver.
4. Reboot your computer and follow the NDIS binding
procedure to use the NDIS driver.
Sample PROTOCOL.INI File and Parameters
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[ACC1204_NIF]
;Default section of PROTOCOL.INI for ACCTON EtherCombo-VESA Ethernet Adapter
drivername = ETHVL$
; irq = 3
; iobase = 0x300
; ramaddress = 0xD000
; End of this sample file
Several parameters are included in the ACC1204_NIF section
of the PROTOCOL.INI file include the following:
irq Specifies the interrupt channel used by the adapter.
Acceptable values for this parameter are 2, 3, 4, 5,
10, 11, 12 ,and 15.
iobase Specifies the iobase address used by the adapter.
This parameter is given in hexadecimal values.
Acceptable value for this parameter are
0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360.
ramaddress Acceptable value for this parameter are 0xC000,
0xC400, 0XC800, 0XCC00, 0XD000,0XD400, 0XD800
and 0XDC00. Default is 0XD000. This parameter
cannot be detected automatically, so you must
give a value in PROTOCOL.INI, else it is default value 0XD000.
Additional Parameters in the PROTOCOL.INI file for
the Accton NDIS Driver Configuration. Values for the
following parameters are seldom used by the user. The
default values are used instead.
Keyword Parameter
MaxMultiCast 1 .. 1000 Default 10
Maximum number of MultiCast Addresses.
This configures the size of the MultiCast
Address Table.
MaxRequests 6 .. 64 Default 8
Maximum number of outstanding General Requests.
This configures the size of the General Request
Queue.
MaxTransmits 6 .. 64 Default 12
Maximum number of outstanding TransmitChain
commands. This configures the size of the
TransmitChain Request Queue.
ReceiveChains 6 .. 96 Default 12
Maximum number of outstanding ReceiveChain commands.
This configures the size of the ReceiveChain Request
Queue.
ReceiveBuffers 6 .. 96 Default 12
Configures the number of the Receive buffers in the
Receive Buffer Pool.
TransmitBufSize 128 .. 1514 Default 1514
Configures the size (in bytes) of buffers in the
Transmit Buffer Pool.
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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.