3 NDIS 2.x Driver Notes (OS/2*, LAN Manager*, others) v1.1 General NDIS 2.x Driver Notes for Compaq 10 and 10/100 Controllers and the NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC ======================================================================== Location of Driver: \NDIS\DOS\N100.DOS \NDIS\N100.OS2 Support files: \NDIS\DOS\N100EDS.NIF \NDIS\N100EO2.NIF \NDIS\DOS\OEMSETUP.INF \NDIS\MSLANMAN.BAT \NDIS\PROTOCOL.INI \NDIS\DOS\PROTOCOL.INI \NDIS\STNDNIF\N100DOS.NIF \NDIS\STNDNIF\N100OS2.NIF Sample Configuration Files -------------------------- CONFIG.SYS (for DOS will contain) DEVICE=C:\path\PROTMAN.DOS /I:C:\path DEVICE=C:\path\N100.DOS CONFIG.SYS (for OS/2* will contain) DEVICE=C:\path\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:C:\path DEVICE=C:\path\N100.OS2 PROTOCOL.INI (may contain) [PROTMAN] DriverName = PROTMAN$ [NETBEUI_XIF] Drivername = netbeui$ Sessions = 6 NCBS = 12 Bindings = "N100_NIF" LANABASE = 0 [N100_NIF] Drivername = N100$ General Notes -------------- Several network operating systems use a standard 2.0.1 version NDIS driver to talk to the network controller. The Compaq Controller's NDIS driver conforms to the Microsoft NDIS 2.0.1 specification. The NDIS subdirectory on the Compaq disk contains the files needed to use the controller with one of these operating systems. The files and their purpose are listed below. N100.DOS: NDIS driver for DOS workstations. N100.OS2: NDIS driver for servers & OS/2 workstations. N100DOS.NIF: The standard DOS NIF file used with Microsoft LAN Manager* installations. Other network operating systems may use these during their installation. If so, copy the N100.DOS and this NIF file into the same directory and reference that directory. N100OS2.NIF: The standard OS/2 NIF file used with Microsoft LAN Manager* installations. Other network operating systems may use these during their installation. If so, copy the N100.OS2 and this NIF file into the same directory and reference that directory. N100EDS.NIF: The Extended Network Information file (NIF) that IBM LAN Support uses during its installation process. Specify the \NDIS directory when installing so the installation procedure will find the correct NIF file. N100EO2.NIF: The Extended Network Information file (NIF) that IBM OS/2 uses during its installation process. Specify the \NDIS directory when installing so the installation procedure will find the correct NIF file. PROTOCOL.INI: A fragment of the general PROTOCOL.INI file. This fragment contains information specific to the Compaq 10/100 Controller and NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC. Be sure your file contains this fragment. Some installation procedures create this file for you. This file is provided as an example of what the Compaq 10/100 Controller or NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC section could look like. OEMSETUP.INF: The version located in the \NDIS subdirectory on the driver disk is used by IBM's LAN requester for DOS version 4.0. MSLANMAN.BAT: Executing this file creates the directory structure required for a Microsoft LAN Manager installation. Other NDIS installations may also look for this structure: \MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ETHERNET\N100\N100.DOS (DOS) or \MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\ETHERNET\N100\N100.OS2 (OS/2) Hints and Tips -------------- 1. Parameters for the PROTOCOL.INI file are listed below. DRIVERNAME: (required) If you have a single controller, use the syntax in the Sample Configuration file section. If you are installing multiple controllers, each controller must have a unique driver name. Additional instances of the driver would be referenced by DRIVERNAME=N100x$, where "x" is a unique number 2 through 9. SPEED: (Compaq 10/100 controllers and NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC only) (optional; parameters are [Auto / 10 / 100]) The parameter disables Auto-Speed Detect and causes the controller to function at the speed indicated. If the FORCEDUPLEX parameter is assigned to either 1 or 2, the SPEED parameter is required because auto-speed sensing is disabled if the duplex mode is forced. Auto-negotiate devices cannot detect speed changes in this configuration until the driver is reloaded.[Example: SPEED=100] FORCEDUPLEX: The Compaq 10/100 Controllers and NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC support auto-negotiate, full and half duplex at 10 or 100 Mbps. This parameter disables Auto-Negotiate capability and forces the controller to operate in Half or Full Duplex mode. The SPEED parameter must be specified and must be valid if the default of Auto- negotiate is changed. Options for FORCEDUPLEX are Auto (for auto- negotiate), 1 (for half), 2 (for full). [Example: FORCEDUPLEX = 2] SLOT: (required for multiple controllers) This parameter is optional if only one controller is present. If it is specified but is incorrect, a message indicates that the value doesn't match the configuration but the driver finds the controller and loads anyway. This parameter is required if more than one controller is present in either one bus or multiple PCI buses of a system. The parameter tells the driver which controller it controls. The SLOT number is the encoded value of the PCI controller's device location. To determine the slot number, load the driver with only the DRIVERNAME parameter specified. The driver reports all the slots that have PCI controller(s) installed. You can determine which card is in which slot by using SETUP.EXE and matching the Ethernet addresses of the controller to the device number specified in View Configuration. [Example: SLOT=0x1C] NODE: (optional) This value sets the controller's Individual Address, overriding the value read from the controller EEPROM. The address must consist of 12 hexadecimal digits, enclosed in double quotes. The value can not be all zeros. The value can not have the Multicast bit set. So, use only the hexadecimal digits 2, 6, A, or E as the second digit of the twelve required in the NODE ADDRESS parameter. Use any hexadecimal digits in all other positions. [Example: NODE = "02AA00123456"] * Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.