DEC Pathworks installation with NE2000 Compatible NDIS driver
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for
NIC-2002/UK series LAN Adapter
1. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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a. Insert the DEC PathWorks Client Setup diskette #1 into your
diskette drive (A: or B:)
b. Type 'NETSETUP' at A:> or B:> prompt, then press ENTER.
c. Unless you have an LK250 keyboard, Select "NO".
d. Select the DECNET transport option and press ENTER.
e. Insert the DNET TRNSPRT diskette #1 into the diskette drive (A: or B:).
f. Specify the destination drive letter (C or D)
g. Are you creating an initial workstation diskette? Select "NO".
h. Type in the node name and address (i.e node number). Press ENTER.
i. Type in the server node name and address (i.e node number). Press ENTER.
j. Select "Ethernet" when prompted by "Select the network adapter type".
k. Select "(Other NDIS)" when prompted by "Select the network adapter".
l. Enter full drive, path and filename for NDIS driver:
A:\ or B:\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ETHNE\ACCNE\ETHNE.DOS
m. Enter full drive and path for the PROTOCOL.INI file:
A:\or B:\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ETHNE\ACCNE\
n. Select "WRITE KEY DISK" to start installation.
When prompted to copy files ETHNE.DOS and PROTOCOL.INI, insert
NIC-2002 driver diskette into the drive specified in step l & m
o. Follow the prompts until complete.
p. At the Configuration screen, press F10 to exit to C:\
q. Using a text editor to edit PROTOCOL.INI at DECNET sub-directory
remove the semicolon (;) from the statement "NI_IRQ = 5"
under [DATALINK], then check if the IRQ value in
the new [ETHNE.DOS] IRQ statement matches the NI_IRQ value
in the [DATALINK] statement and Adapter IRQ value when set.
Sample configuration files:
2. CONFIG.SYS
shell=c:\command.com /P /E:526
device=c:\decnet\hiMEM.sys
device=C:\dos\EMM386.EXE ram 1024
dos=high, UMB
devicehigh=c:\decnet\protman.sys /I:D:\DECNET
devicehigh=c:\decnet\ethne.dos
rem device=c:\decnet\nddrv.sys
rem device=c:\decnet\npdrv.sys
FILES=50
BUFFERS=50
LASTDRIVE=v
STACKS=9,256
3. PROTOCOL.INI file for Pathwork v 4.1
; PROTOCOL.INI file create by DNETOMO.V41 V4.1.060
; via DNETWIK.V41 V4.1.047
[protocol manager]
DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
[IPX4MAC]
DRIVER = IPX$MAC
BINDINGS = ETHNE.DOS
[DATALINK]
DRIVERNAME = DLL$MAC
LG_BUFFERS = 16
SM_BUFFERS = 6
OUTSTANDING = 32
HEURISTICS = 0
BINDINGS = ETHNE.DOS
;Specify IRQ level used by workstations network adapter
NI_IRQ = 3
[ETHNE.DOS]
; PROTOCOL.INI for NE2000 Compatible Ethernet adapter
drivername = ETHNE$
; irq = NI_IRQ = Adapter IRQ Setting
irq = 3
iobase = 0x300
; End of this sample file
4. AUTOEXEC.BAT
echo off
break on
cls
prompt $p$g
REM Insert any keyboard internationalization and character set information here.
if not exist \decnet\STARTNET.BAT goto nostartup
call \decnet\STARTNET
goto end
:nostartup
echo ** WARNING ** STARTNET.BAT file not found. Network functions not performed
:end