Ethernet 10BaseT PC Card (NP10T) Setup
for Packet Driver Networks
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Before You Begin
Setup
Before You Begin
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Thanks for choosing the NP10T Ethernet 10BaseT PC Card. Before
attempting to install the card, we highly recommend that you read
the User Guide that came with your card in order to install both your
PCMCIA socket & card services AND your network driver.
Setup
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Packet drivers are general drivers used by many operating systems,
especially TCP/IP software packages. If the network system that is
installed specifically mentions support for packet drivers, then
it is likely that it will be able to the provided packet driver
without problems.
The most important thing to remember when installing packet drivers
is the software interrupt vector. The default interrupt vector for
the packet drivers is 0x62 hexadecimal. Most network operating
system supporting packet drivers will try to automatically search for
packet drivers already loaded in the computer's memory. However,
some packages will require a provided interrupt vector for the packet
driver. Furthermore, some packages can only work with certain
interrupt vectors. which require a software interrupt vector parameter
when loading. Please see the section at the end of this document for
description on packet driver parameters.
Since the PCMCIA Ethernet are software configurable, the
packet driver will automatically detect the hardware parameters.
If the packet driver can properly read the adapter's MAC address
during loading, then the hardware is normally working properly.
To load the packet driver into memory, simply run the
NP10TPD.COM file located on the Ethernet PC Card driver
disk under the PKTDRV directory.
The NP10TPD.COM program has the following parameters:
NP10TPD.COM <packet_int_no> <int> <i/o address>
where...
<packet_int_no> is the software interrupt vector number used by the
packet driver program. Options include: 96 to 128.
<int> is the hardware interrupt used by the card. This should match
the PCMCIA drivers interrupt selection for the card. Options
include: 3,4,5,6,9,10,11, or 15.
<i/o address> is the hardware i/o address used by the card. This
should match the PCMCIA drivers i/o address selection for
the card.
For example, to run the driver program with an interrupt of
6, you might type:
NP10TPD.COM 0x62 6
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.