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- Configuring Packet Drivers
-
-
- This file lists the three types of packet drivers provided in this release
- of PC/TCP software.
-
- 1. Crynwr packet drivers supported by FTP Software, Inc.
-
- 2. Serial line packet drivers developed and supported by FTP Software, Inc.
-
- 3. Packet drivers provided as a courtesy by network card vendors.
- These packet drivers are not supported by FTP Software, Inc.
-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- 1. Crynwr Packet Drivers
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- The following chart lists the Crynwr packet drivers that you can use
- with the PC-210 kernels and that are supported by FTP Software, Inc.
-
- The left-hand column lists the network interface cards and the
- appropriate packet driver for each.
-
- The right-hand column explains the command line that loads the packet
- driver and lists the required settings and defaults. You can add
- this line to your autoexec.bat file or type it at the DOS prompt.
-
- FTP Software, Inc. recommends that you load the packet driver at
- software interrupt vector (int_vec) 0x60.
-
- NOTE: Some of the boards in this chart use DOS upper memory. If a
- board does use upper memory, it is clearly marked in the text
- and you should refer back to this note. If a board uses upper
- memory, its packet driver may conflict with your memory manager.
- Your memory manager must exclude the RAM area that the packet
- driver is using. For more information, refer to the memory manager
- and network card documentation or to the chapter "Running PC/TCP
- with Memory Managers" in the User's Guide.
-
-
- Available Options
-
- You can use any of the following options in the packet driver command line:
-
- -d Most drivers can also be used in a PROM boot environment.
- See PROMBOOT.NOT in the \CRYNWR.DOC directory on Unsupported
- Disk A for instructions about using the -d and -n options
- for that purpose. Use this option to delay the adapter's
- initialization until the first time the packet driver is accessed.
-
- -i Use this option with client software that expects to find
- an IEEE 802.3 packet driver. Many Crynwr Ethernet packet
- drivers implement both IEEE 802.3 (class 11) and Ethernet II,
- or Bluebook, (class 1) framing. The packet driver specification
- only allows a driver to report one class. The default is to
- report Ethernet II. Using -i changes the reported class to
- IEEE 802.3.
-
- -n Use this option if you want the Crynwr packet drivers to
- convert Ethernet II frames into Novell's version of the
- IEEE 802.3 frame type (and back). NetWare can use two different
- framing types on Ethernet, IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet II. The BYU
- packet driver shell requires Ethernet II.
-
- -p Use this option to disable promiscuous mode. You can achieve a
- small level of security by disabling promiscuous mode; however,
- do not mistake this for real security.
-
- -u Use this option to unload the packet driver.
-
- -w Use this option if you are using Windows applications that
- access the packet driver directly. Generally, this option is
- not necessary.
-
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- SUPPORTED CRYNWR PACKET DRIVER CHART
- ______________________________________________________________________
-
- 3COM 3C501 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- 3c501.com
- drive:\path\3c501 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt number; default = 3
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\3C501 0x60 3 0x300
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- 3COM 3C503 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- 3c503.com
- drive:\path\3c503 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr cable_type
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; range is 2 to 5; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
- cable_type can be thick = 0, thin = 1, automatic = 65535;
- default cable_type = 65535
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\3C503 0x60 2 0x300 1
-
- The 3c503 can use shared memory, but the driver automatically
- determines that parameter from the hardware.
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- 3COM 3c505 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- 3c505.com
- drive:\path\3c505 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\3C505 0x60 2 0x300
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- 3COM 3c507 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- 3c507.com
- drive:\path\3c507 [options] int_vec io_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- io_addr is the I/O address.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\3C507 0x60 0x300
-
- The 3c507 determines its parameters by reading the
- board. The only time you need to specify the parameters
- is when you have multiple 3c507s in the same machine.
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- 3Com 3c509 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- 3c509.com
- drive:\path\3c509 [options] int_vec [id_port|io_port|board_num]
-
- The required setting:
-
- int_vec, the software interrupt.
-
- Optionally, the 3c509 driver can use one of three additional
- parameters: the id port, the I/O port, or the board number.
-
- If the number is between 0 and 0xff, it is the board number.
- If the number is between 0x100 and 0x1ff, it is an ID port.
- Otherwise, it is an I/O port number.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\3C509 0xff
-
- The 3c509 determines its parameters by reading the board.
- The only time you need to specify the parameters is when you
- have multiple 3c509 cards in the same machine or if you
- have an I/O conflict with the default id_port (0x110).
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- 3COM 3c523 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- 3c523.com
- drive:\path\3c523 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 3
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
- base_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\3C523 0x60 3 0x360 0xd000
-
- You can run the 3c523 packet driver by specifying only a
- software interrupt. The driver can read the rest of the
- parameters from the PS/2 configuration.
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- AT&T Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- at&t.com
- drive:\path\at&t [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x360
- base_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\at&t 0x60 2 0x360 0xD000
-
- The AT&T packet driver supports the StarLAN 1, StarLAN 10 NAU,
- EN100, and StarLAN Fiber NAU network boards.
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- David Systems (DSI)
- Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- davidsys.com
- drive:\path\davidsys [options] int_vec hard_int
- io_addr delay_mult
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt.
- io_addr is the I/O address.
- delay_mult is a system-dependent timing loop; default = 10
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\davidsys 0x60 2 0x300 10
-
- The delay multiplier is a timing loop used for I/O to the card.
- a reasonable value is calculated during initialization, but on
- some fast systems it may need to be somewhat larger. The
- multiplier is divided by ten, then multiplied by the calculated
- delay. The default multiplier is 10 (actually 1.0).
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- D-Link DE-600 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- de600.com
- drive:\path\de600 [options] int_vec
-
- The only required setting:
-
- int_vec, the software interrupt.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\de600 0x60
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- DEC, DE100,
- DE200, DEPCA Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- depca.com
- drive:\path\depca [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr mem_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt;default = 5
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
- mem_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- The packet driver will resolve the io_addr automatically
- if io_addr is set to '?'.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\depca 0x60 5 ? 0xd000
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- Intel EtherExpress
- Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- exp16.com
- drive:\path\exp16 [options] int_vec [io_addr]
-
- The only required setting:
-
- int_vec, the software interrupt.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\exp16 0x60
-
- The io_addr is only needed if there is more than one
- EtherExpress card in your system. Otherwise, the driver
- will search for the adapter and get its parameters from it.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- Novell NE1000 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- ne1000.com
- drive:\path\ne1000 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 3
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\ne1000 0x60 3 0x300
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- Novell NE2000 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- ne2000.com
- drive:\path\ne2000 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x300
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\ne2000 0x60 2 0x300
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- Racal-Datacom NI5210
- Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- ni5210.com
- drive:\path\ni5210 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x360
- base_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\ni5210 0x60 2 0x360 0xD000
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- Racal-Datacom NI6510
- Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- ni6510.com
- drive:\path\ni6510 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; defaults to address found through
- an auto-sense routine.
-
- These parameters do not need to be set unless the auto-sense
- routine fails, or otherwise disrupts operation of your PC.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\ni6510 0x60
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- Racal-Datacom NI9210
- Load your packet driver with a line in this form:
- ni9210.com
- drive:\path\ni9210 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x360
- base_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\ni9210 0x60 2 0x360 0xD000
-
- You can run the ni9210 packet driver by specifying only a
- software interrupt. The driver can read the rest of the
- parameters from the PS/2 configuration.
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- UBNICPC Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- ubnicpc.com
- drive:\path\ubnicpc [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 2
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x360
- base_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\ubnicpc 0x60 2 0x360 0xD000
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
- UBNICPS2 Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- ubnicps2.com
- drive:\path\ubnicps2 [options] int_vec hard_int io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt.
- io_addr is the I/O address.
- base_addr is the memory base address.
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\drv\ubnicpcs2 0x60 2 0x360 0xD000
-
- The defaults are the contents of the POS registers, so
- the only time you need to use the parameters is if you are
- using two NIC-PS/2 boards in one machine.
-
- Note: This board uses DOS upper memory.
- _______________________________________________________________________
-
- SMCWD (formerly Western Digital WD8003E)
- Load the packet driver with a line in this form:
- smc_wd.com
- drive:\path\smc_wd [options] int_vec [-o] hard_int
- io_addr base_addr
-
- The required settings:
-
- int_vec is the software interrupt.
- hard_int is the hardware interrupt; default = 3
- io_addr is the I/O address; default = 0x280
- base_addr is the memory base address; default = 0xD000
-
- Example: c:\pctcp\smc_wd 0x60 3 0x360 0xD000
-
- The SMC_WD driver runs the SMC (formerly Western Digital)
- E, EBT, EB, ET/A, and E/A Ethernet cards.
-
- The smc_wd cards do not enable their memory until
- configuration time. Some 386 memory mappers will map memory
- into the area that the card intends to use. You should be
- able to configure your software to leave this area of memory
- alone. Also, the driver will refuse to map memory into
- occupied memory. The occupied memory test fails on some
- machines, so the optional switch -o allows you to disable the
- check for occupied memory.
-
- If you get the error "PROM ADDRESS Invalid", use EZSETUP to
- reset all the parameters again. Occasionally, programs write
- to locations that don't belong to them. This can corrupt the
- EEPROM checksum on the card. Use EZSETUP to restore the
- correct checksum.
-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
- 2. Serial Line Packet Drivers
-
-
- FTP Software, Inc. developed and supports the following packet drivers.
- ______________________________________________________________________________
-
-
- ppp16550
- Usage
-
- ppp16550 [-v vector] [-p x] [-b baud] [-a ioaddr] [-i irq]
- [-n number] [-z size]
- [-m] [-c] [-t] [-l] [-u] [-k]
-
- ppp16550 [-? | -version]
-
- Description
-
- Use the ppp16550 command to load the PPP packet driver,
- which works in conjunction with the PPP kernel (PPPDRV.EXE),
- letting you transfer data across a serial line connection.
- You must load the packet driver before you load the kernel.
- To load the packet driver automatically at system startup,
- put the ppp16550 command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- Note: \x110011If the comscrpt command uses a [pctcp serial n]
- section in your PCTCP.INI file, the values it finds will
- override any values set with the serial port options (-p, -b,
- -a, -i, -m) of this packet driver.
-
- Command Line Options
-
- -a ioaddr
- Specifies the I/O address of the serial port. This option
- overrides the -p option.
-
- -b baud
- Specifies the baud rate of an RS-232 line.
- The default is 2400.
-
- -c
- Removes the port entry from the RBDA serial port table.
-
- -i irq
- Specifies the hardware interrupt request line of the serial
- port. This option also overrides the -p option.
-
- -k
- Enables PAP authentication protocol support.
-
- -l
- Prints LCP statistics held in the packet driver.
-
- -m
- Enables RTS/CTS hardware flow control on an RS-232 line.
-
- -n number
- Specifies the number of internal buffers.
-
- -p x
- Specifies the number of the communications serial port
- (i.e., COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4). The default is 1.
-
- -t
- Prints statistics held in the packet driver.
-
- -u
- Unloads the packet driver from the specified vector.
-
- -v vector
- Specifies the software interrupt vector of the packet driver.
- The default is 0x60.
-
- Note: \x110011You can use any available software interrupt
- from 0x20 to 0xFF, inclusive, with the following exceptions:
- interrupt 0x61 (the pppdrv kernel uses it by default) and
- 0x67 (the Expanded Memory Manager (EMM) uses it). When you
- specify the software interrupt, you must precede it with the
- characters 0x.
-
- -z size
- Specifies the internal buffer size.
-
-
- Examples
-
- To load the PPP packet driver at vector 0x63, enter
-
- C:\> ppp16550 -v 0x63
-
- Packet Driver loaded at vector 0x63
- name: PPP16550
- version: 2.30, class: 18, type: 2, functionality: 2
- I/O Address: 0x03F8
- Hardware IRQ: 4
- Baud Rate: 2400
- Line Attributes: 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit, No Parity
- RTS/CTS hardware flow control: Disabled
- Number of internal buffers : 3, buffer size (in bytes) : 64
- PAP protocol support not loaded
- UART is not an NS16550, 8250 mode enabled
-
- To unload the PPP packet driver from vector 0x63, enter
-
- C:\> ppp16550 -v 0x63 -u
-
- Packet Driver found at vector 0x63
- Packet Driver has been unloaded
-
-
-
- _________________________________________________________________
- slp16550
-
- Usage
-
- slp16550 [-v vector] [-p x] [-b baud] [-a ioaddr] [-i irq]
- [-m] [-c] [-t] [-u]
- slp16550 [-? | -version]
-
- Description
-
- Use the slp16550 command to load the SLIP packet driver,
- which works in conjunction with the SLIP kernel
- (SLPDRV.EXE), letting you transfer data across a serial
- line connection. You must load the packet driver before
- you load the kernel. (To load the packet driver
- automatically at system startup, put the slp16550 command
- in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.)
-
- Note: \x110011If the comscrpt command uses a [pctcp serial n]
- section in your PCTCP.INI file, the values it finds will
- override any values set with the serial port options
- (-p, -b, -a, -i, -m) of this packet driver.
-
- Command Line Options
-
- -a ioaddr
- Specifies the I/O address of the serial port. This option
- overrides the -p option.
-
- -b baud
- Specifies the baud rate of the RS-232 line.
- The default is 2400.
-
- -c
- Removes the port entry from the RBDA serial port table.
-
- -i irq
- Specifies the hardware interrupt request line of the serial
- port. This option also overrides the -p option.
-
- -m
- Enables "Request to Send/Clear to Send" (RTS/CTS) hardware
- flow control on an RS-232 line.
-
- -p x
- Specifies the number of the communications serial port
- (i.e., COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4). The default is 1.
-
- -t
- Prints statistics held in the packet driver.
-
- -u
- Unloads the packet driver from the specified vector.
-
- -v vector
- Specifies the software interrupt vector of the packet driver.
- The default is 0x60.
-
- Note: \x110011You can use any available software interrupt
- 0x20รป0xFF, with the following exceptions: interrupt
- 0x61 (the slpdrv kernel uses it by default) and 0x67
- (the Expanded Memory Manager (EMM) uses it). When you
- specify the software interrupt, you must precede it with
- the characters 0x.
-
- Examples
-
- To load the SLIP packet driver at interrupt 0x63, enter
- the following:
-
- C:\> slp16550 -v 0x63
-
- Packet Driver loaded at vector 0x63
- name: SLP16550
- version: 2.30, class: 6, type: 1, functionality: 1
- I/O Address: 0x03F8
- Hardware IRQ: 4
- Baud Rate: 2400
- Line Attributes: 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit, No Parity
- RTS/CTS hardware flow control: Disabled
-
- To unload the SLIP packet driver from vector 0x63, enter
- the following:
-
- C:\> slp16550 -v 0x63 -u
-
- Packet Driver found at vector 0x63
- Packet Driver has been unloaded
-
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- 3. Vendor-supplied Packet Drivers
-
-
- The following packet drivers were developed and supplied by the identified
- card manufacturer. FTP Software does not support these packet drivers and
- assumes no responsibility for their functionality or performance.
- _____________________________________________________________________________
-
- 3C5X9D.COM
-
- 3Com EtherLink III Packet Driver v1.0
- (C) Copyright 1993 3Com Corp. All rights reserved.
-
-
- usage: 3C5X9PD [switches] <pkt_int_num> [parameter=X]
-
- Switches:
-
- -u Uninstall driver
- -n NetWare conversion. Converts 802.3 packets into 8137 packets.
- -w Windows. Use this switch for running the driver under MS Windows.
-
- Optional parameters:
-
- SLOT - EtherLink III's slot number (EISA and Microchannel
- IOBASE - EtherLink III's I/O base address
-