Ether16 LAN Card Setup
for Solaris x86 R2.4
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Contents:
Before You Begin
Setup
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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Follow these steps to install the driver for Solaris:
1. Copy all of the files from the SOLARIS directory on disk 2
to your computer's Solaris directory.
2. Execute chmod +x setupisa.
3. Execute ./setupisa.
The program displays the following message:
Do you wish to add or delete the network board ? (a/d/q) [q]
The following describes each option for the above prompt:
(1) a or A - add network board
When you select this option, setupisa checks the number of boards already
installed in the system. If there are already four boards, the program
displays:
The system can only support four boards !
If not, the following message appears:
Do you wish to add Board 0 ? (y/n) [y] or 'q' to quit:
Type "y" to start the driver addition process. To quit or stop the
process, type "n" or "q". If you type "y", the following message
appears:
Does your machine support the PnP BIOS ? (y/n) [n]
Type "y" if your system implements the PnP BIOS. If not, type "n".
NOTE:
If the board of ISA Family is a non-plug and play card, please use
setup program in DOS to change IO base address and IRQ number if
conflict.
The following messages appear:
Please choose the media mode that you want.....................
0. Twisted pair connection.
1. BNC connection.
2. AUI connection.
3. Automatic detection between TP BNC and AUI.
4. Use EEPROM setting.
Enter number of media mode selection (0 1 2 3 4) [3] or 'q' to quit:
Answer this prompt accordingly. If you type "0", this message appears:
Media mode : Twisted pair.
Hostname of Board 0: aaron
If etc/hosts does not include loghost, the following appears:
Input IP Address of Log Host: 192.9.200.66
If etc/hosts does not specify the defaultGateway, this appears:
Input IP Address of Default Gateway: 192.9.200.254
After which, this message appears:
Do you want to change the above setting ? (y/n) [n] :
Type "n" to use the specified settings. Otherwise, type "y".
If you answer "n", the program copies d22e into the /kernel/drv
directory, and creates d22e.conf with the following contents:
name="d22e" class="sysbus" PnP=1 media="UTP"
intr=5,3,5,4,5,5,5,9,5,10,5,11,5,12,5,15 reg=0x0,0,0 multisize=20;
The program then copies d22e.conf into the /kernel/drv directory.
The program will also modify the hosts file as shown:
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127.0.0.1 localhost
192.9.200.66 aaron loghost
192.9.200.254 defaultGateway router
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The program also creates hostname.d22e0 with the following line:
aaron (just includes host name of machine)
then copies it into the /etc directory.
You can repeat the same procedure if you are adding another adapter.
(2) d or D - delete network board
When you select this option, setupisa checks the number of boards already
installed in the system. If there are no boards installed, the program
displays:
There is no more Board can be deleted !
Otherwise, the program displays:
Do you wish to delete Board 0 ? (y/n) [n] or 'q' to quit:
Type "y" to delete. Otherwise, type "n" or "q". Typing "y"
displays the following messages:
Hostname of Board 0: aaron
[1] d22e.conf will be modified
[2] hosts will be modified
[3] hostname.d22e0 will be deleted
For more information about the hosts and hostname.d22e0, please refer
to Chapter 3 of the SunOS manual.
4. Add the drives into system. Type:
add_drv -i <'identify string'> <module_name>
Example :
add_drv -i 'Linksys Ether16' d22e
5. Reboot your system to activate the driver.
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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.
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