Ether16 LAN Card Setup for Packet Driver Networks ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: Before You Begin Setup Technical Support -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE YOU BEGIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Packet drivers are general drivers used by many operating systems, especially TCP/IP software packages. If the network system that is installed specifically mentions support for packet drivers, then it is likely that it will be able to the provided packet driver without problems. The most important thing to remember when installing packet drivers is the software interrupt vector. The default interrupt vector for packet drivers is 0x62 hexadecimal. Most network operating system supporting packet drivers will try to automatically search for packet drivers already loaded in the computer's memory. However, some packages will require a provided interrupt vector for the packet driver. Furthermore, some packages can only work with certain interrupt vectors. which require a software interrupt vector parameter when loading. Please see the section at the end of this document for description on packet driver parameters. Since the Ether16 Ethernet adapters are software configurable, the packet driver will automatically detect the hardware parameters. If the packet driver can properly read the adapter's MAC address during loading, then the hardware is normally working properly. User's Guide 컴컴컴컴컴컴 The packet drivers are located on the Ether16 disk 1 under the PKTDRV directory. Both SYS and COM versions of the driver are included--you can use either method. The SYS version is for use in the CONFIG.SYS file, while COM is for use in the AUTOEXEC.BAT. Their syntax is as follows: DEVICE = ETHER.SYS [/option] or ETHER.COM [/option] Packet Driver Parameters: is the software interrupt vector number used by the packet driver program. This can be from 96 to 128. [/option] includes the following: /? Show available parameters /d Delay Initial - The driver program will not initialize the network interface card until the packet driver program is accessed by its upper layer program. /w The -w parameter is for use only in the Windows environment. /u Unload the packet driver. /n NetWare conversion. Convert 802.3 packets to 8137 packets /auto Automatically detect connected media. * This is the default setting for media type. /utp Switch media type to UTP. /bnc Switch media type to BNC. /aui Switch media type to AUI. * If the selected media type does not exist on the adapter, the driver will automatically detect the connected media. /sa Search all Ether16 Ethernet adapters. If there is more than one Ethernet card in the system, the driver will ask you to select which card to work with. * The default setting is to work with the first detected adapter. /earlytx Enable early transmit option. * The default setting is disabled. HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are a variety of methods that you can use to get FREE technical help or sales information about Linksys products. Support Hotline (949) 261-1288 Fax (949) 261-8868 BBS (949) 261-2888 (8-N-1) E-mail support@linksys.com World Wide Web http://www.linksys.com