Ether16 LAN Card Setup
for Sun PC-NFS 5.0
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Contents:
Before You Begin
Setup
with NDIS
with Packet Driver
Technical Support
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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If your computer does NOT have a plug-and-play motherboard,
the following notes apply to you:
1. Before attempting to install the Ether16 LAN Card's network
software drivers, you MUST configure the card's internal
settings with the SETUP program included on Ether16 disk 1
under the UTILITY directory. Use the program to set the
card's interrupt (IRQ) and I/O settings. For directions
on using SETUP, see your Ether16 user guide.
2. Most network software packages like Windows 95, Windows NT,
Novell NetWare, etc., include a "generic" network driver
that will work with a wide range of network cards. This
generic driver is called a "Novell NE2000" compatible driver,
and it is fully supported by the Ether16 card. If your
network software package asks you to choose the name of
the network card you're installing from a list of available
adapters, and you find "NE2000" or "Novell NE2000" listed,
you don't need to follow the directions below---simply choose
to install the NE2000 driver and the Ether16 Card will be
ready for use. THE ETHER16 IS ONLY NE2000 COMPATIBLE
WHEN THE CARD'S PLUG-AND-PLAY MODE IS TURNED OFF. If
your PC has a plug-and-play motherboard, and you wish to
use the generic NE2000 driver, you must run the Ether16
SETUP program and turn the card's plug-and-play mode off.
Setup
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Method 1 -- NDIS Driver
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When using PC-NFS concurrently with LAN Manager, select the "NDIS"
option from the PC-NFS installation screen. This option works with
the NDIS drivers from the NDIS\DOS directory
of Ether16 disk 1. Copy the
files listed below into the \NFS directory of your hard disk. These
files will be used in the installation.
File Description
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NFS-NDIS.SYS PC-NFS driver program
ETHER.DOS NDIS driver program
PROTMAN.SYS MS PROTOCOL MANAGER
NETBIND.EXE MS LAN MANAGER Netbind
The following lists the contents of the configuration files:
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SWITCHES=/F SET TZ=EST5EDT
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM @PROMPT $p$g
DOS=HIGH,UMB PATH=C:\NFS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;
BUFFERS=10,0 C:\LANMAN\NETBIND
FILES=40 SET TEMP=C:\DOS
STACKS=0,0 SET NFSDRIVE=C
LASTDRIVE=G SET NFSPATH=C:\NFS
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P SET TN_DIR=C:\NFS\TELNET
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /l40 C:\NFS\PRT *
DEVICE=C:\NFS\SOCKDRV.SYS C:\NFS\NET INIT
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\PROTMAN.SYS /I:C:\LANMAN
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\NFS-NDIS.SYS
DEVICE=C:\LANMAN\ETHER.DOS
PROTOCOL.INI
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[PROTOCOL MANAGER]
DriverName = PROTMAN$
[ETHER]
DRIVERNAME = ETHER$
[NFS-NDIS]
DriverName = NFSLINK$
Bindings = ETHER
Method 2 -- Packet Driver
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When using PC-NFS independently, select the "OTHER" option from the
PC-NFS installation screen. This option works with the PACKET driver
included in the provided driver diskette. Copy the files listed
below into the \NFS directory of your hard disk from
the PKTDRV directory of Ether16 disk 1. These files will be
used in the installation.
File Description
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PDNFS.SYS PC-NFS driver program
ETHER.SYS Packet driver program
The following lists the contents of the configuration files:
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SWITCHES=/F SET TZ=EST5EDT
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM @PROMPT $p$g
DOS=HIGH,UMB PATH=C:\NFS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;
BUFFERS=10,0 SET TEMP=C:\DOS
FILES=40 SET NFSDRIVE=C
STACKS=0,0 SET NFSPATH=C:\NFS
LASTDRIVE=G SET TN_DIR=C:\NFS\TELNET
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P C:\NFS\PRT *
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /l40 C:\NFS\NET INIT
DEVICE=C:\NFS\SOCKDRV.SYS
DEVICE=C:\NFS\ETHER.SYS
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PDNFS.SYS
Method 3 -- ODI Driver
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When using PC-NFS concurrently with NetWare 3.1x/4.0, select the
"ODI" option from the PC-NFS installation screen. This option works
with the ODI driver included in the provided driver diskette. Copy
the files listed below into the \NFS directory of your hard disk
from the netware\odi.dos directory of Ether16 LAN Card disk 1.
These files will be used in the installation:
File Description
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NFSODI.SYS PC-NFS driver program
ETHER.COM ODI driver program
LSL.COM NetWare Link Support Layer
IPXODI.COM NetWare IPX/SPX Protocol
NETX.EXE NetWare Workstation Shell
The following lists the contents of the configuration files:
CONFIG.SYS AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SWITCHES=/F SET TZ=EST5EDT
DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE
DEVICE=C:\EMM386.EXE NOEMS RAM @PROMPT $p$g
DOS=HIGH,UMB PATH=C:\NFS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;
BUFFERS=10,0 SET TEMP=C:\DOS
FILES=40 SET NFSDRIVE=C
STACKS=0,0 SET NFSPATH=C:\NFS
LASTDRIVE=G SET TN_DIR=C:\NFS\TELNET
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS /P LSL
DEVICE=C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /l40 ETHER
DEVICE=C:\NFS\SOCKDRV.SYS C:\NFS\PRT *
DEVICE=C:\NFS\NFSODI.SYS /b2 C:\NFS\NET INIT
IPXODI
NETX
NET.CFG
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Link driver ETHER
Frame Ethernet_802.3
Frame Ethernet_II
Protocol IPX 0 Ethernet_802.3
If your Novell FILE SERVER is configured to use the Ethernet_802.3
frame type, add a /b2 switch to the line DEVICE=C:\NFS\NFSODI.SYS
in your CONFIG.SYS file and add an entry in your NET.CFG file
defining the two frames types.
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