32-bit PCI LAN Adapter
NDIS/3 DRIVER FOR WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS 3.11 INSTALLATION
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A) Install NDIS 2/3 driver to the WFW 3.11
B) Setup Real Mode (NDIS 2) Driver Parameters on WFW311
C) Setup Protect Mode (NDIS 3) Driver Parameters on WFW311
A) Install NDIS 2/3 driver to the WFW 3.11
The drivers named ETHPCI.DOS(NDIS 2), ETHPCI.386(NDIS 3)
contained in the directory WFW311.
NDIS Driver Installation on Windows for Workgroups 3.11
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1. Run Windows by typing WIN from the DOS prompt.
2. Click the "Network" icon in the Main Program
Group.
3. Click the "Network Setup" icon from the Network window.
4. Select "Drivers" item from the Network Setup dialog box.
5. Select "Add Adapters" item in the Option dialog box.
6. Select "Unlisted or Updated Network Adapter" when the
Install driver field appears.
7. Type destination drive (A: or B:) in your PC
8. Insert the 32-bit PCI Series (Fast) Ethernet Driver Diskette in your floppy drive
and press <Enter> to start the installation process.
9. When the "32-bit PCI Series (Fast) Ethernet Adapter Driver"
dialog box appear. Select the installed adapter & driver from the
following options:
10/100M (-NWAY) PCI LAN Adapter NDIS 2/3 driver
10.Follow screen instructions to complete the process.
11.Restart your computer.
B) Setup Real Mode (NDIS 2) Driver Parameters on WFW311
There are 4 parameters can be set in driver installation & reconfiguration
1. Slot number: the PCI board index, range is 1..16, default is 1.
This parameter is used to distinguish activated board
when multiple 32-BIT PCI LAN boards are enabled by the
driver.
2. Sia Mode: the connection type of the LAN board,
can be selected from TP, BNC, TP_FULL_DUPLEX
and AUTODETECT, default is AUTODETECT.
3. Data Rate: for 10/100M PCI LAN board only.
MB10 : speed is 10 Mbps,
MB100: speed is 100 Mbps.
4. Tx FIFO threshold: transmit FIFO threshold level
LW128 : threshold is 128 bytes (100Mbps), 72 bytes (10Mbps),
LW256 : threshold is 256 bytes (100Mbps), 96 bytes (10Mbps),
LW512 : threshold is 512 bytes (100Mbps), 128 bytes (10Mbps),
LW1024: threshold is 1024 bytes (100Mbps), 160 bytes (10Mbps),
FP : Disable early transmit.
Sample Configuration Files
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1. CONFIG.SYS File
FILES=30
buffers=30
STACKS=9,256
DEVICE=c:\windows\HIMEM.sys
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
rem device=C:\WINDOWS\protman.dos /i:C:\WINDOWS
rem device=C:\WINDOWS\ethpci.dos
rem device=C:\WINDOWS\workgrp.sys
LASTDRIVE=y
2. PROTOCOL.INI File on Windows for Workgroups
[network.setup]
version=0x3100
netcard=ethpci,1,ETHPCI
transport=ms$netbeui,MS$NETBEUI
lana0=ethpci,1,ms$netbeui
[protman]
DriverName=PROTMAN$
PRIORITY=MS$NETBEUI
[ETHPCI]
DriverName=ETHPCI$
SIA_MODE = AUTODETECT
[MS$NETBEUI]
DriverName=netbeui$
SESSIONS=10
NCBS=32
BINDINGS=ETHPCI
LANABASE=0
3. AUTOEXEC.BAT File
C:\WINDOWS\net start
C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\WINDOWS;
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
C) Setup Protect Mode (NDIS 3) Driver Parameters on WFW311
There are 6 parameters can be set in driver installation & reconfiguration
1. Burst Length : the PCI bus busrt length, validate data are
1 dword, 2 dwords, 4 dwords, 8 dwords, 16 dwords,
32 dwords.
default value is 16 dwords (1 dword = 4 bytes)
2. PCI Mechanism: the PCI configuration space access mechanism, validate
data are AutoDetect, Mechanism 1 and Mechanism 2,
default value is AutoDetect.
When AutoDetect is selected, driver would first use
Mechanism 2 to search LAN adapter, if the search failed,
i.e. no LAN adapter was found, Mechanism 1 should be
applied to the next search.
3. Connection Type: default is Auto Detection.
The connection types for 10M PCI board are
Auto Detection ; perform automatically media
; detection during driver
; initialization.
Twisted Pair ; RJ-45 connector.
Twisted Pair - Full Duplex ; communication in full duplex mode,
; speed is 20Mbps
Twisted Pair - No Link Test ; support Hub which does not generate
; link pulses
The following two parameters is used for 10/100 PCI board only.
AutoSense ; perform automatically media
; detection during driver
; initialization.
10 Mbps ; RJ-45 connector, line speed is
; 10 Mega bits per second.
10 Mbps Full_Duplex ; communication in full duplex mode,
; speed is 20Mbps.
100 Mbps ; RJ-45 connector, line speed is
; 100 Mega bits per second.
100 Mbps Full_Duplex ; communication in full duplex mode,
; speed is 200Mbps.
4. Receive Buffers : the number of data buffers used for packet reception,
validate data are 8, 16, 32, 48 and 64,
default is 16.
The following two parameters is used for 10/100M (-NWAY) PCI board only.
5. Store And Forward : Cut Through : Enable eraly transmit.
Store And Forward : Disable early transmit.
default is Store And Forward.
6. Transmit Threshold : the transmit FIFO threshold level when Store and
Forward is disabled.
10Mbps: 72, 96, 128, 160 bytes
100Mbps: 128, 256, 512, 1024 bytes
default is 160 or 1024 bytes.
Sample Configuration Files
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1. CONFIG.SYS File
FILES=30
BUFFERS=30
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\WFW311\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WFW311\IFSHLP.SYS
STACKS=9,256
2. AUTOEXEC.BAT File
C:\WFW311\SMARTDRV.EXE
C:\WFW311\net start
PATH C:\WFW311;
SET TEMP=C:\WFW311\TEMP
3. SYSTEM.INI
[386Enh]
netcard=ethpci.386
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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.
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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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