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Networking Connectivity
Intel® Desktop Adapters
Packet Driver Installation Notes

Location of Driver: \PACKET\EPROPKT.COM

Sample Configuration Files

AUTOEXEC.BAT
EPROPKT 0x7e
PDIPX < for use with NetWare

General Installation

The packet driver doesn't support Plug and Play (PnP) on the PRO/10. Turn off the (PnP) feature on the PRO/10 adapter. This feature is disabled by running SoftSet2. From the main menu, select Change Adapter Configuration, Advanced Options Menu.

Load the packet driver using the software interrupt and any optional switches if required.

Usage:

epropkt [options] <packet_int_no> <hardware_irq> <io_addr>

Example:

EPROPKT -i 0x7e 10 0x320

[Options]:

-i - Force driver to report itself as 802.3 instead of Ethernet II.

-d - Delayed initialization. Used for diskless booting

-n - NetWare conversion. Converts 802.3 packets into 8137 packets

-w - Windows hack, obsoleted by winpkt

-p - Promiscuous mode disable

-u - Uninstall

<packet_int_no>

This is the software interrupt used by the packet driver. It is the only required parameter. A packet driver needs to have a software interrupt assigned to it for other programs to access it. The recommended interrupt is 0x7e (126). This interrupt number can be entered as hexadecimal or decimal.

<hardware_irq>

This is the IRQ setting for the EtherExpress™ PRO/10 adapter. If you are using a hardware IRQ for the EtherExpress board other than 3, you will need to add this parameter. This interrupt number can be entered as

hexadecimal or decimal.

<io_addr>

This is the I/O address setting for the EtherExpress™ PRO/10 adapter. This is an auto sensing packet driver which means it will scan I/O addresses until it finds the adapter. Therefore, this parameter is not necessary. If you do add this parameter, it must be in hexadecimal format. For example, io address 320 would be represented by 0x320.

This applies to:
EtherExpress™ PRO/10 and PRO/10+ ISA adapters
EtherExpress™ PRO/10 PCI Adapter
EtherExpress™ PRO/10+ PCI Adapter



Solution ID: CS-010546
Date Created: 15-Apr-2004
Last Modified: 17-Jul-2011
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