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│ ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION │
│ ETHERPOCKET LAN MANAGER DRIVER INSTALLATION GUIDE │
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│ 08/19/1993 VERSION 2.11 │
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│ Copyright 1989-1993 ACCTON Technology Corporation │
│ All rights reserved. │
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The drivers contained in this diskette are for the following
ACCTON EtherPocket lan adapters:
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│ Product Name Product Number │
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│ EtherPocket-10T EN2201 │
│ EtherPocket-CX EN2202 │
│ EtherPocket-Duo EN2209 │
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They are used with 3Com 3+Open, Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager OEM
distribution, Release 1.x or 2.x, and other compatible OEM
versions of LAN Manager. The drivers named ETHPOCK conform to
the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) defined by
Microsoft/3Com.
Included in MSLANMAN.DOS and MSLANMAN.OS2 subdirectorys are the
following files:
\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ACCTON\ACCEP\
ETHPOCK.DOS The DOS NDIS MAC driver
PROTOCOL.INI A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file
\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\NIF\
ACCEP.NIF Network Information File
\MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\ACCTON\ACCEP\
ETHPOCK.OS2 The OS/2 NDIS MAC driver
PROTOCOL.INI A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file
\MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\NIF\
ACCEP.NIF Network Information File
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INITIAL INSTALLATION
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1) Install the adapter. Proper installation can be verified
by running the diagnostic program under DOS. Note that the
diagnostic program will not run properly from the OS/2
compatibility box.
2) Use SETUP utility provided by LAN Manager to inatall the
ACCTON'S NDIS driver . Choose the "Import Network drivers"
option and insert THIS DRIVER DISKETTE to diskette drive and then
you can configure your system to ACCTON'S driver ETHPOCK.DOS
( or ETHPOCK.OS2 )
3) Modify the PROTOCOL.INI file if you are not using the default
setting.
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ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS IN THE PROTOCOL.INI FILE FOR THE
ACCTON ETHERPOCKET LAN MANAGER DRIVER CONFIGURATION.
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Keyword Parameter
IRQ 5, 7 Default 7
Interrupt number of this printer port.
It is not necessary to set this parameter, because
the driver can detect this number automatically.
LPT 1 .. 4 default 4
The printer port number that you used.
It is not necessary to set this parameter, because
the driver can detect this number automatically.
MaxMultiCast 1 .. 1000 Default 10
Maximum number of MultiCast Addresses. This
configures the size of the MultiCast Address
Table.
MaxRequests 6 .. 64 Default 8
Maximum number of outstanding GeneralRequests.
This configures the size of the GeneralRequest
Queue.
MaxTransmits 6 .. 64 Default 12
Maximum number of outstanding TransmitChain
commands. This configures the size of the
TransmitChain Request Queue.
MaxReceives 6 .. 96 Default 12
Maximum number of outstanding ReceiveChain
commands. This configures the size of the
ReceiveChain Request Queue.
ReceiveBuffers 6 .. 96 Default 12
Configures the number of the Receive buffers
in the Receive Buffer Pool.
TransmitBufSize 128 .. 1514 Default 1514
Configures the size (in bytes) of buffers in
the Transmit Buffer Pool.
ReceiveBufSize 128 .. 1536 Default 256
Configures the size (in bytes) of buffers in
the Receive Buffer Pool.
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Note 1: It is not a good recommendation for the EtherPocket
OS/2 LAN Manager Driver to be used as a server driver.
Note 2: Values for the preceding parameters are seldom changed
by the user. Most of the time, the default values are
used.
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Trademarks:
Microsoft OS/2 LAN Manager is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
3Com, 3+, 3+Open and EtherLink II are registered trademarks of 3Com
Corporation.
