The EtherExpress(TM) NDIS driver conforms to Microsoft's 2.0.1 NDIS
specification and is fully certified by Microsoft. The NDIS driver uses
a Protocol.ini file as an initialization file.
Keywords TRANSCEIVER, IOCHRDY, and IRQ were added in the 2.21 version of
the driver. They were added to support Windows for Workgroups.
If either TRANSCEIVER or IRQ is in the Protocol.ini file, all the
keyword value will be written to the EEPROM on the EtherExpress 16. If
a keyword is not in the Protocol.ini file, the default value will be
used.
The EtherExpress section of the Protocol.ini file should begin with the
name of the driver enclosed in square brackets (example: [EXP16]). If
EXP16 is not used, then the name should be defined somewhere earlier in
the Protocol.ini file.
Valid values: EXP16$
The dollar sign is a delimiter. If there is more than one
EtherExpress 16 card referenced in the Protocol.ini, include the
board number in the drivername. (2nd board: EXP162$, 3rd board:
EXP163$, etc.)
Note: Old versions of the NDIS driver require you to put EXP17$
instead of EXP162$ when loading the NDSI driver more than
once.
IOADDRESS = 0x300 DEFAULT is 0x300
Valid values: 0x300, 0x310, 0x320, 0x330, 0x340, 0x350, 0x360,
0x370, 0x200, 0x210, 0x220, 0x230, 0x240, 0x250, 0x260, 0x270
TRANSCEIVER = value DEFAULT is Thin Net (BNC/COAX)
Valid values: Thick Net (AUI connector), Thin Net (BNC/COAX),
Twisted-pair (RJ45 connector)
IOCHRDY = value DEFAULT is Late
Valid values: Early, Late, Never
Note: IOCHRDY should be set to Late unless the EtherExpress board is
in 8-bit mode. If this is the case, set IOCHRDY to Never. DO
NOT SET IOCHRDY TO EARLY OR YOU MAY DAMAGE THE ETHEREXPRESS
CARD.
IRQ = value DEFAULT is 3
Valid values: EE16 ISA bus 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11
E16 MCA bus 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
The default IRQ for the EE MCA in the IBM SC program is 11. The
POS register is not rewritten so verify the IRQ value in SC matches
Protocol.ini.
Note: The NDIS driver only looks at the valid value until the first
space. For example Thick is a valid entry for Thick Net (AUI
connector).
NOTE: EXP16.DOS does not support the NODEADDRESS parameter. The
ethernet node address of the EtherExpress16 cannot be changed
in the protocol.ini