Local Area Network Software Driver Support
                   For Ethernet PCMCIA Adapter

                   Packet Driver Installation

The driver PCMPD.COM can be used for Ethernet PCMCIA adapter.

To load the packet driver , type PCMPD 0X60.

PCMPD syntax:

PCMPD [-d] [-n] [-w] [-u] [-h] <PD_INT_NO> [IRQ] [IO_BASE]

where:

[-d]           The "-d" option does not start LAN card until this driver is
               called by the higher layer programs first.

[-n]           Your  NOVELL server uses NOVELL ISO-like packets. Your NOVELL
               workstation uses  NOVELL 8137 packets. You can use this option
               to convert NOVELL 8137 packets into  NOVELL ISO-like packets.

[-w]           Steve Wallace added a hack to let the packet drivers run under
               Windows. This is not to be construed with the proper solution,
               which is to write a TCP/IP package for Windows.

               This hack is enabled only when you use the '-w' switch.

[-u]           This option unloads the Packet Driver.

[-h]           This option displays the on-line help.

<PD_INT_NO>    This specifies the software interrupt (IRQ) where  you'll
               load the packet driver. It must be in the range 0x60 to 0x80.

               The PC/TCP kernel, by default, is loaded at interrupt 0x61 (so
               don't load the packet driver there!)

[IRQ]          This specifies the hardware interrupt (IRQ)  where your card
               will be indicated whether the ring buffer is empty or not.

[IO_BASE]      This specifies the I/O address .


Example:

The following command line loads the  NE & PCMCIA
Packet Driver at software interrupt 60h, at I/O address 300, at hardware
interrupt 3( NE2000 MODE )

PCMPD 0x60 3 0x300 or PCMPD 0x60 or PCMPD  0x60 3 0x300

Note: The default I/O address is 300 .
Note: The default hardware interrupt is 5
Note: The placement of 0x prior to the parameters.


After the Packet Driver is loaded, you can run the PC/TCP kernel ETHDRV.EXE.
The PC is then ready for PC/TCP communications.

To run PC/TCP applications, You need to load PC/TCP Kernel
    ("ETHDRV.EXE").

    a. Refer to PC/TCP manual, Command Reference
       section, Chapter 2.3.
    b. The following example will load the Kernel and
       allocate 8 packet buffers.  Increasing the
       # of packet buffers (from the default of 5) prevents
       dropping packets due to a buffer shortage.

        ETHDRV -p 8 <Enter>

    c. At this point, you are ready to run PC/TCP applications
       (e.g., 'ftp', 'telnet').
       example ftp 192.72.24.202 , 192.72.24.202  is host address.
       Regard to host address , you must know its address.

      For information regarding the "FTP's PC/TCP Network
      Software for DOS" packages, please
      contact:

      FTP Software, Inc.
      26 Princess Street
      Wakefield, MA  01880
      (617) 246-0900

How to Communicate with NCSA TelNet.

1. Make sure you have the correct version of NCSA Telnet
   for the PC. You need version 2.3 or later to support
   the packet driver interface.

2. Install the NCSA software onto your system. Please
   refer to the NCSA documentation for detailed instructions.

3. Load Packet Driver (pcmpd 0x60):

   a. Refer to "Packet Driver Syntax" section above.
   b. To view the hint screen, type

      pcmpd -h <Enter>

   c. The following example will load the packet driver
      using interrupt vector 60 (hex).The IO_BASE
      and IRQ will be read from the software
      configured adapter:

      pcmpd 0x60   <Enter>

4. At this point you are ready to run NCSA applications
   (e.g., 'ftp', 'telnet', etc.)
   for example : ftp 192.72.24.202 , 192.72.24.202  is host address.


      For information regarding NCSA's products please
      contact:

      National Center for Supercomputing Applications
      264 Computing Applications Building
      605 E. Springfield Ave.
      Champaign, Ill. 61820
      (217) 244-0638
      telbug@ncsa.uiuc.edu
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