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- OS/2 Warp Connect Driver for NE2000 Compatible Network Adapters
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Compiled by Timothy F. Sipples
- Inspired by Lee Gordon
-
- Revised June 20, 1995
-
- Quick Start
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-
- 1. Obtain a blank, formatted diskette and label it "OS/2 Warp Connect
- Driver for NE2000 Compatibles."
-
- 2. Copy the files in this package (NE2000WC.OS2 and NE2000WC.NIF) to
- the diskette.
-
- 3. Install OS/2 Warp Connect.
-
- 4. When prompted for the type of network adapter installed, insert the
- "OS/2 Warp Connect Driver for NE2000 Compatibles" diskette you have
- created in Drive A and click on the "Other Adapters" button. Proceed
- to install the driver from the diskette.
-
- 5. Scroll through the list of network adapters and select "Novell NE2000
- Compatible."
-
- 5. Click on the Settings button and verify that the base I/O port address
- and interrupt (IRQ) settings match those used by your network adapter.
- If not, make changes as necessary to either your adapter's own
- configuration or to OS/2 Warp Connect Settings for the network adapter.
- Press F1 if you need help in setting either value.
-
-
- Detailed Instructions
- ---------------------
-
- Lee Gordon's excellent instructions on how to use a Novell NE2000 compatible
- network adapter with OS/2 Warp Connect inspired me to pre-configure this
- driver package according to his instructions. In this package you will
- find the necessary driver files to use OS/2 Warp Connect with most NE2000
- compatible network adapters. (You can also use this driver with just about
- any OS/2 2.x and OS/2 Warp based networking software, not just OS/2 Warp
- Connect.)
-
- OS/2 Warp Connect includes a driver for the Eagle NE2000plus network
- adapter, one of the most popular adapters in the NE2000 family (and
- certified by Novell). Unfortunately many NE2000 adapters are not quite
- compatible with the Eagle. Lee Gordon's comments follow, with revisions:
-
- "There are many different NE2000 clones on the market. When they work,
- they work well. And they can be bought for as little as $25 each! This
- package may help you install them (or at least some of them).
-
- "1. Get the NE2000 to work in your computer.
-
- "a. NE2000s use 32 I/O addresses, usually set to initially occupy 300-31F.
- These addresses often conflict with other devices in your system. Also, if
- your NE2000 requires software setup and you have another device that uses
- memory addresses in that range (300 or 310), your NE2000's setup program may
- not be able to find the NE2000. Find out which addresses your other
- devices use and remove conflicting adapters, at least during configuration.
- Find an address that does not conflict with the other devices or change the
- addresses your other devices use.
-
- "b. In general, addresses 340-35F seem to work well and avoid conflicts,
- but pay attention to section (a).
-
- "c. Pay equally close attention to interrupt (IRQ) conflicts. IRQ 10 or
- 11 seems to be a good choice generally.
-
- "d. If your NE2000 requires software setup (rather than using switches
- or jumpers on the adapter itself), start plain DOS from a diskette before
- you run the setup program.
-
- "e. When choosing NE2000 compatible adapters, look for one that has a
- diagnostic test for data transfer with another computer (usually equipped
- with the same brand adapter). Connect your NE2000 to another computer
- with a two meter ethernet cable and make sure they can talk to one another.
- If you removed adapters to set up the NE2000, put them back in the system
- and retest to make sure the NE2000 still works. Watch out -- some NE2000
- adapters come without any software at all!
-
- "f. NE2000 diagnostic programs include several different loopback tests.
- Good adapters have been known to fail the loopback tests.
-
- "2. If OS/2 Warp or OS/2 Warp Connect fails to find your NE2000 adapter,
- halts or crashes can occur. (OS/2 Warp Connect should be able to properly
- detect most NE2000 compatible adapters, but exceptions remain because of
- the wide variety of designs.) To explicitly inform OS/2 Warp that your
- NE2000 is installed, add the following line to CONFIG.SYS:
-
- BASEDEV=RESERVE.SYS /IO:340,32
-
- where 340 is the base port I/O address used by your NE2000. If you have
- configured your NE2000 to use a different base address, change this
- line accordingly. This line tells OS/2 Warp to reserve 32 port I/O
- addresses starting at 340 (hex).
-
- "3. If OS/2 Warp Connect is already installed with networking, double
- click on the MPTS icon to install the driver included with this package.
- Click on 'Other Adapters' to add the driver to your OS/2 Warp Connect
- installation (to copy it to the \IBMCOM\MACS directory). Scroll through
- the list of network adapters and select 'Novell NE2000 Compatible.'
- Be sure to edit the adapter settings (by clicking on the Settings button)
- to verify the correct interrupt (IRQ) and port I/O address settings."
-
- Direct technical support is not available for this driver package, but
- discussion of OS/2 Warp Connect (and this driver package) takes place in
- the comp.os.os2.networking.misc newsgroup on the Internet.
-
- The NE2000WC.OS2 file included in this package is identical to the freely
- available NE2000.OS2 driver file, part of the NE2000.ZIP package on the
- Internet's ftp-os2.nmsu.edu and ftp-os2.cdrom.com anonymous ftp sites. The
- NE2000WC.NIF is new and original, with lots of help text.
-
- Make sure that any future network adapter purchases you make include a
- driver under one of the following names:
-
- "OS/2 2.x NDIS Driver"
- "IBM LAN Server Driver"
- "OS/2 Warp Driver"
- "OS/2 Warp Connect Driver"
- "Lotus Notes (OS/2 2.x) Driver"
-
- You can ask for opinions and recommendations on network adapters in the
- same comp.os.os2.networking.misc newsgroup.
-