SCOUNIX.TXT Driver File Contents (Ne10100.zip)

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SCO Installation Notes for the 
Microdyne NE10/100 ISA Adapter

Updated February 1997
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If your system is not Plug and Play compatible, you must run the 
CONFIG program before starting operating system setup of 
the adapter. For more information, type GENERAL.TXT in \GENERAL
or view the Plug and Play Notes section of README - General
Introduction. CONFIG must be run under DOS.

NE10/100 ISA Driver Installation
==================================

The README file describes how to install the Microdyne NE10/100 ISA
Ethernet MDI driver (Version 1.2.0b) for SCO OpenServer Release 5.
The installation process consists of two major steps:

    Install the NE10/100 ISA MDI driver software 
    Install and configure the adapter and the driver

Install the Driver
------------------

To install the driver software, you'll need to create an
installation image for use by SCO OpenServer's Software Manager.
The file NE100I.SCO in the SCOUNIX directory contains a compressed
image. Follow the steps below to create the installation image that
can be used by SCO's Software Manager:

1. Insert the NE10/100 ISA driver disk into Drive A:

2. Run the command below to copy the NE100I.SCO file from the
Disk to the SCO OpenServer.

    #doscp A:\SCOUNIX\NE100I.SCO /tmp/VOL.000.000

NOTE that the name of the media file on the SCO OpenServer must be 
VOL.000.000 for the Software Manager to find it correctly.

3. Start the Software Manager either by double clicking the Software 
Manager icon on the desktop screen or by entering the following 
command after the UNIX prompt.

    #custom
      
4. From the Software Manager window, select Software from the
main menu, then:

    * Select the Install New option.
    * Select "From your_machine_name" to the question "What host do
      you want to install from?"	    
    * Select "Media Images" in the Media Device menu.
    * Enter /tmp for the Image Directory. 
    * Select the Full option to fully install the driver software
    * Exit Software Manager.

5. At this time you may delete the /tmp/VOL.000.000 file.
After running the Software Manager, the device driver and associated
files should be properly installed, but not yet actively configured
for use. To configure the device driver and attach the adapter to one
or more protocols, use the SCO's Network Configuration Manager (see
details in the next section).  

Configure the Adapter and Driver
-------------------------------------    

To configure the driver and adapter, and to bind them to one or more 
protocols, invoke the SCO OpenServer Network Configuration Manager.
You may start the Network Configuration Manager by double
clicking the: System Administration, Networks, and Network
Configuration Manager icons in succession. You may instead enter the
following command after the UNIX prompt.

    #netconfig

Then follow these steps:

1. Select the Hardware option from the main menu.

2. Select the "Add new LAN adapter" from the Hardware menu.

3. Highlight the Microdyne NE10/100 ISA Adapter from the 
adapter list, then select the Continue option.

4. Answer Yes to the question:

    Do you wish to search for a Microdyne NE10/100 ISA Adapter?

You may answer Yes or No to the question, but it is strongly
recommended answering Yes. (1) It will be help to find a
hardware malfunction of the adapter. (2) The Serial number of the
adapter will be read during the search. (3) It will display all
installed NE10/100 ISA adapters, with their Serial numbers.
   
If you answer No to the question you will see the following 

    Serial number:     0
    I/O Address:       200
    Interrupt Vector:  3
    Media:             AUTO
   
If you answer Yes to the question, then you will see a list of all 
installed NE10/100 ISA adapters with their serial numbers displayed.
	
5. Select the one you want to configure. Note: don't select the
adapter that has a driver actively loaded. Reconfiguring the base
I/O address and the interrupt number of an adapter with the driver 
successfully loaded in the UNIX kernel might hang up your system.

6. If the adapter is already activated by the supplied CONFIG program
by a Plug and Play BIOS, the next window will display the base I/O
address and interrupt number assigned to the adapter. Although you may
change them by selecting any values from the list that are not
conflicting with other installed devices, it is strongly
recommended that you use values assigned by the Config program or 
Plug and Play BIOS.

If the adapter has not been activated for some reason, you will see
		
    BASE_IO:          FFF
    Interrupt Vector: Both BASE_IO and Interrupt Vector need 
    to be assigned		
		
You must select a base I/O address and an interrupt number values
for the adapter, that are not used by any other device in the system. 
Note that the NE10/100 ISA adapter uses 32 contiguous I/O addresses 
starting from the base I/O address. You should make sure that no 
device will use any addresses in that range( base address + 0x20).
For example, if 0x300 is selected for the NE10/100 ISA adapter, no
other device can use any address between 0x300 and 0x31f.
		
7. In addition to the I/O address and IRQ number, netconfig will ask
you to configure the media type.  The default type [AUTO] will
configure the adapter and device driver to automatically detect the
media speed and duplex type (that is, 10Mbps vs. 100Mbps and
half-duplex vs. full-duplex).  For most environments this is the
best choice.  You can also force the adapter to operate in one
particular mode.  A list of the MEDIA keywords that netconfig uses
follows:

    MEDIA                  DESCRIPTION
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    AUTO         Auto detection of speed and duplex type [default]
    HALF10       10BaseT mode (10Mbps, half-duplex) only
    FULL10       10Mbps, full-duplex only
    HALF100      100BaseT mode (100Mbps, half-duplex) only
    FULL100      100Mbps, full-duplex only
       

8. You may select the Advanced Options to change the values for the
following parameters:

    Use 32-bit I/O
    Receive Early
    Network Address

The possible values for those parameters are listed below:

    Use 32-bit I/O:	NO, YES. Default to NO
    Receive Early:	OFF, ON. Default to OFF
    Network Address:	Default, or any other legal 12-hex-digit
                        Ethernet address
		
9. After you finish configuring the adapter and the driver, select OK
to continue the protocol configuration. See SCO's Manuals for
details.

10. After configuring the driver and binding the desired protocols, 
exit from the Network Configuration Manager, relink the UNIX
kernel, and rebuild the kernel environment.  

11. Reboot your system to make the device driver active.

If the driver can be successfully loaded for the adapter, a similar
message to that below will be displayed:

    F ne100iinit
    ne100i: Link Detected: 100Mb Half Duplex
    %ne100i  0x02A0-0x02BF 10 -  NE100I v1.2.0b ea=00:A0:C9:0B:39:2D

Installation Tips
======================

How to Re-configure an Installed Adapter
-----------------------------------------

Don't try to re-configure the base I/O port and the interrupt number
for an adapter if the driver has been successfully loaded. Writing
the new base I/O address and/or interrupt Number to a working adapter
may hang up your system.

To reconfigure the base I/O address and interrupt number for a working
adapter follow these procedures:

1. Start Network Configuration Manager 

2. Highlight the adapter to be reconfigured.

3. Select the Remove Network Device option in the Hardware menu

4. Answer Yes to the question: 
	
    Do you wish to remove the networking products highlighted above? 

5. Exit the Network Configuration Manager, rebuild the kernel
and Reboot the system. After the system is rebooted, then follow
the procedures in the Configure the Adapter and Driver section to
reinstall the adapter and the driver.

How to Install Multiple NE10/100 ISA Aapters
-------------------------------------------------

Up to four NE10/100 ISA adapters can be installed in one system. 
You may plug all adapters to be installed to the system at one time,
then follow the procedures in the Configure the Adapter and Driver 
section to configure them one by one. You may exit from the Network
Configuration Manager, rebuild the UNIX kernel and reboot the system
after all adapters are properly configured. 
   
It is strongly recommended that you run the CONFIG program on the 
NE10/100 ISA disk with the adapter on a machine running DOS to check
the resource and test the adapter. See details in Chapter 4 of the
User Guide.

Updating Previous Driver Versions
-------------------------------------

If you have previous versions (v1.1.0a and v1.1.1a) of the NE10/100
ISA MDI driver installed in your system, please follow these steps:

1. Start Software Manager

2. Highlight the previous version of the NE10/100 ISA MDI driver.

3. Select the Remove option from the Software option in the Main menu
to remove it. 

4. Follow the procedures in the Installation Section to install the
new driver software.

5. Start Network Configuration Manager.

6. Highlight the NE10/100 ISA adapter.

7. Select the Remove option from the Hardware menu.

8. Exit the Network Configuration Manager, rebuild the kernel, and
reboot the system.

9. Follow the procedures in the Configure the Adapter and Driver
section to reinstall the adapter and the driver.           
    
Troubleshooting Hints
-----------------------

If everything is configured properly the driver will display the
Ethernet address of the adapter during system initialization.  It
should look something like this:

    ne100i 0x0300-0x031F 5 - type=NE100I addr=08:00:17:6A:F2:8A

If the adapter configuration (done by CONFIG) and the configuration
of the device driver (done by netconfig) don't match, then you will
instead see something like this:

    ne100i 0x0300-0x031F 5 - adapter misconfigured or missing!

If you get the "adapter misconfigured or missing" message, then 
verify that that adapter configuration and the driver configuration
match.

Note that if your system uses a Plug and Play BIOS, it might enable
the NE10/100 ISA adapter with the I/O address and IRQ number that do
not match those you selected in the netconfig utility. To avoid this
issue, run the CONFIG program from DOS and check the values set in 
Custom. Then to set the I/O address and IRQ to the same values
in the netconfig utility.

If configurations match and an error occurs during system 
initialization you will see something like this:

    ne100i 0x0300-0x031F 5 - adapter initialization failure! 

The message is displayed when the driver detects a serious error
during initialization.

It is suggested that you run the CONFIG program on a DOS machine to
test your adapter. See details in the Chapter 4 of the User Guide.


If you see the following message:

    ne100i: Warning! Cable appears to be disconnected.
   
You should check the cable connection first. If cable
connection is OK, check your hub or switch that the adapter is
connected. If you are not using the AUTO mode for the Media
parameter, please make sure your Media selection matches
that of the connected hub and switch. 
   
Note: To view the available keywords supported by the Microdyne
NE10/100 ISA Adapter, go back to the main menu in README (DOS only)
and select Keywords or type the KEYWORDS.TXT file in the GENERAL
directory.
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  • 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.

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