NDIS.TXT Driver File Contents (GFC2208.zip)

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		    Generic Vendor Inc.		    
		       GFC2208 PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter
			    
			  NDIS 2 Driver Installation
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	   Copyright (C) 1999 Generic Vendor Inc.	    
			     All rights reserved.			    
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The drivers you need are in the directories MSLANMAN.DOS, MSLANMAN.OS2 and
NDIS.  The NDIS drivers contained in these subdirectories are used with 3Com
3+Open, Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager OEM distribution, Release 1.x or 2.x,
and other compatible OEM versions of LAN Manager.  The driver can also used
with IBM LAN Server 3.0, 4.0, Banyan VINES, ARTISOFT LANtastic 5.0, 6.0,
Wollongong Pathway Access, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups v3.11,
DEC PATHWORKS, Sun PC-NFS etc.



The drivers named GFC2208 conform to the Network Driver Interface Specification
(NDIS) defined by Microsoft/3Com.

Included in MSLANMAN.DOS, and NDIS subdirectories are the following files:

\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\gfc\GFC2208\

	GFC2208.DOS		The DOS NDIS MAC driver
	PROTOCOL.INI		A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file

\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\NIF\

	GFC2208.NIF		Network Information File

\MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\gfc\GFC2208\

	GFC2208.OS2		The OS2 NDIS MAC driver
	PROTOCOL.INI		A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file

\MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\NIF\

	GFC2208.NIF		Network Information File


\NDIS\

	NDIS.TXT		This readme file

	WFW311.TXT		The Installation guide for Windows for
				Workgroups v3.11

	LANMAN.TXT		The Installation guide for LAN Manager

	LANSVR.TXT		The Installation guide for Lan Server

	BANYAN.TXT		The Installation guide for Banyan VINES

	LANTASTI.TXT		The Installation guide for ARTISOFT 
				LANtastic 5.0, 6.0

	PATHWORK.TXT		The Installation guide for DEC PATHWORKS

	PCNFS.TXT		The Installation guide for Sun PC-NFS


\NDIS\DOS\

	GFC2208.NIF		Network Information File for IBM Lan Support
				Program
	GFC2208.DOS		The DOS NDIS 2 driver
	OEMSETUP.INF		Network Information File for Windows for 
				Workgroups v3.11
	PROTOCOL.INI		A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file


\NDIS\OS2\

	GFC2208O.NIF		Network Information File for IBM LAN Server
				3.0, 4.0
	GFC2208.OS2		The OS2 NDIS 2 driver
	PROTOCOL.INI		A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file


Sample PROTOCOL.INI Files and Parameters
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[ETHPCI_NIF]

  DriverName = GF2208$
; Slot = 1            ;; {1-4}
; SIA_Mode = AUTODETECT
; {SIA_Mode = UTP, UTP_FD,UTP_100,UTP_100FD, AUTODETECT}

There are several parameters included in the ETHPCI_NIF section of the
PROTOCOL.INI file. However, the only parameter that you should specify
is the "drivername."

If you change other parameter settings, such as the SIA_MODE, make sure
that it matches the hardware setting.  Otherwise, the adapter may fail.

If you don't specify these settings, Generic Vendor's NDIS 2
driver will automatically detect them.


SLOT        Specifies which network adapter is used by the driver.  If you have
            only one Generic Vendor's GFC2208 PCI Adapter 
	    in your machine, this parameter is unnecessary!  For two or more 
	    Generic Vendor's PCI LAN cards, this parameter 
	    is required and cannot be omitted from PROTOCOL.INI. For the 
	    first GFC2208 adapter, Slot=1, and the second one, Slot=2, third,
	    Slot=3,..., etc.

SIA_MODE    Specifies the medium type used by the adapter.
            Acceptable values for this parameter are AUTODETECT, UTP, UTP_FD
            ,UTP_100 and UTP_100FD. If you didn't specify this settings it
            would be AUTODETECT for GFC2208.

            UTP:	10BaseT, UTP_100: Fast Ethernet (100BaseTx)
            UTP_FD: 	10BaseT with Full_Duplex
            UTP_100FD:	100BaseTx with Full_Duplex

            Default:	AUTODETECT


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