D-Link DE-650 PCMCIA LAN adapter Installation ================================ 1. We provide PCMCIA enable programs for the DE-650 card, please see as the following: 1-1. D-Link Client Driver: \NECPC\INSTALL\NCD.EXE : NCD.EXE is an integration version of open adapter utility. 1-2. DE-650 MAC drivers: \NECPC\NETWARE\IPXNEC65.EXE : IPX driver \NECPC\NETWARE\ODI.DOS\NEC65ODI.COM : ODI driver \NECPC\NDIS\NEC65.DOS : NDIS driver \NECPC\PCNFS\NEC65PD.COM : Packet driver 2. The loading procedure of a MAC driver : 2.1 Loading IPX driver: The content of CONFIG.SYS should include the following statements: DEVICE=[\pathname]\SSDEV.SYS DEVICE=[\pathname]\NCD.EXE The content of AUTOEXEC.BAT should include the following statements: : IPXNEC65 ;Use only I/O 00D0h, MEMORY DA00h, IRQ 5 NETX : 2.1 Loading ODI driver: The content of CONFIG.SYS should include the following statements: DEVICE=[\pathname]\SSDEV.SYS DEVICE=[\pathname]\NCD.EXE The content of AUTOEXEC.BAT should include the following statements: . . LSL NEC65ODI ;with NET.CFG for configuration IPXODI NETX : 2.1 Loading NDIS driver: The content of CONFIG.SYS should include the following statements: DEVICE=[\pathname]\SSDEV.SYS DEVICE=[\pathname]\NCD.EXE DEVICE=[\pathname]\PROTMAN.DOS [/i:] DEVICE=[\pathname]\NEC65.DOS ;with PROTOCOL.INI for configuration 2.1 Loading Packet driver driver: The content of CONFIG.SYS should include the following statements: DEVICE=[\pathname]\SSDEV.SYS DEVICE=[\pathname]\NCD.EXE The content of AUTOEXEC.BAT should include the following statements: NEC65PD [interrupt value] [IRQ] [I/O] [MEMORY] ************************************* D-Link Cilent Driver for NEC: NCD.EXE ************************************* NCD.EXE v1.21 Two methods can be used to execute NCD.EXE: Method 1 -------- From DOS prompt, A>NCD [/mem:hhhh] [/irq:h] [/iop:hhh] [/slt:n] [/adp:n] Example: A>NCD /mem:da00 /irq:5 /iop:00d0 /slt:0 Method 2 -------- In DOS config.sys device=NCD [/mem:hhhh] [/irq:h] [/iop:hhh] [/slt:n] [/adp:n] Example: device=NCD /mem:da00 /irq:5 /iop:00d0 /slt:0 Parameters are options. Their descriptions: Usage : ncd [/mem:hhhh] [/irq:h] [/iop:hhh] [/slt:n] ncd [/hlp] ncd [/chk] /parameter: [h]ex;[n]umber;[w]word (range, interval, default) /mem:hhhh (DA00,400,DA00) -- Attribute memory base /irq:h (2-7,1,5) -- IRQ number /iop:hhh (00D0-FED0,20,00D0) -- I/O base /slt:n (1-?,1,1) -- Slot # /chk -- List PCMCIA environment =========================================== == More explanations for parameters of NCD.EXE ============================== =========================================== 1. Normal parameters for the Client driver base: /irq:h (2-7,1,5) /iop:hhh (00D0-FED0,20,00D0) /slt:n (1-?,1,0) 2. Help and diagnostic parameter: /? -- Fro help /chk -- For check and display the PCMCIA environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: 1. When you use "NCD /CHK" for display PCMCIA environment information, please use screen hard copy -- "Prn Scr" to print out the information. If you use DOS reddirector (">" or ">>" ...) to log into a file. by issue BIOS function call for printing. Next version will be fixed. A. NOTES & TROUBLESHOOTING ========================== [NOTES] * Using Memory Menagement program with PCMCIA system: If you use Memory Management program with PCMCIA system, please watch out for possible memory conflict. Understanding of the occupied memory area is necessary. Our MAC driver will use 32 bytes I/O windows (e.g. 00D0h-01Dfh), 16K memory windows (e.g. DA00h-DDFFh) and one IRQ channel (e.g. 5). [TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE] 1. Running the NCD.EXE file after the machine strtup. 2. Running the network MAC driver for your Network Operation System. 3. If the result is failure, try to change the memory window, I/O window, IRQ of NCD.EXE and netwrok MAC driver. Recommend to change the memory window first. 4. If you used high memory management program, make sure wether the memory windows conflict. Refer to above NOTES in APPENDIX A. 5. If it still cannot work fine, contact with your machine's vendor to check out: 1) Are there any I/O, memory window and IRQ was occupied by this machine? 6. Refer to appropriate installation section in this document for advance information. If you cann't find out the information in this document, and DE-650 cann't work with your machine; please run NCD.EXE with parameter /chk, and then contact with D-Link Technical Support and fax it to D-Link. Note: When you use "NCD /CHK" for display PCMCIA environment information, please use screen hard copy -- "Prn Scr" to print out the information. or use DOS reddirector (">" or ">>" ...) to log into a file. [TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE] PROBLEM: Driver was loaded sucessfully, but the notebook cannot connect to the network. REMEDY: three possible causes: (1) The problem is usualy caused by a mistmached IRQ value. The network MAC driver and the Client driver must use the same IRQ. Please check the configuration of the PCMCIA system. (2) Check for possible damage on the PCMCIA card. (3) Check for loose connector on the media coupler, or faulty cable.