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T1108 ODI workstation driver installation

Novell ODI driver installation

1. Using other COM files supplied by Novell NetWare, load the
   workstation driver with the following commands:

       File                        Version
       ------------                ---------
       LSL.COM                     2.00 or higher
       TR2KODI                     1.00 or higher
       IPXODI.COM                  2.00 or higher
       NETX.EXE                    3.31 or higher

2. Create a NET.CFG file to select configuration options.  In addition
   to the standard configuration options defined by NetWare, the
   following options can be used:  MAX FRAME SIZE, SPEED (Token Ring
   -only), NOCONFIG, WS0, and BIT16.

MAX FRAME SIZE allows alteration of the maximum frame size on the
network.  The value can range from 30 to 4202.

SPEED allows alteration of the adapter speed.  Currently, only 4 and
16 (corresponding to 4Mb/s and 16Mb/s Token Ring) are supported.

WS0 allows setting up for zero wait state pseudo DMA operations.  This
can increase throughput on certain machines.

NOCONFIG ignores configuration register if one is present and utilizes
defaults or keywords, DMA, IRQ and SPEED selections.

BIT16 allows setting up sixteen bit pseudo DMA operations.  This can
significantly increase throughput on machines/ adapters that support it.

If no options are selected, the driver will default to: PORT=A20,
INT=2, NODE ADDRESS=BIA (burned in address).  These
values will not change unless explicitly altered in the NET.CFG
file.  For example, to set up a card at I/O address A20, interrupt 9,
and to override the node address to 00001A004001,
put the following in the NET.CFG:

LINK DRIVER TR2KODI
        PORT A20
        INT 9
        NODE ADDRESS 00001A004001

WS0 and BIT16 are valid only with pseudo DMA, and are mutually
exclusive.  To set up a card at I/O address A40, interrupt 2, and
sixteen bit pseudo DMA, put the following in the NET.CFG:

LINK DRIVER TR2KODI
        PORT A40
        BIT16

Default values of pseudo DMA and INT=2 will be used.

All drivers look for a 16 bit self-configuration register, which will
override all keywords except "PORT", "BIT16" and "WSO" in the
configuration files.

If no options are specified and no configuration register is present,
the adapter will default to Port I/O address A20h, INT 2/9, pseudo DMA
(programmed I/O) data transfer, node address, the BIA (burned in address),
Token Ring topology, and speed at 16 Mbps.

For more information on NET.CFG options refer to the Novell DOS ODI
manual.

Using NDIS with ODI (ODINSUP)
=============================

The Novell ODI allows to use a workstation simultaneously as a
client of a NetWare server and of a LAN Manager server.
This is done using the ODINSUP program, available from Novell
NetWare.

       File                        Version
       ------------                ---------
       LSL.COM                     2.00 or higher
       TR2KODI                     1.00 or higher
       ODINSUP.COM                 x.00 or higher
       NETX.EXE                    3.31 or higher

Sample files are given below to illustrate this:

    CONFIG.SYS
    ----------
    files=10
    buffers=10
    fcbs=10,10
    LASTDRIVE=E
    shell=a:\command.com /p /e:256
    DEVICE=A:\NDIS\PROTMAN.DOS /i:A:\NDIS
    DEVICE=A:\NDIS\NETBEUI.DOS

    AUTOEXEC.BAT
    ------------
    prompt $p$g$
    path a:\;a:\odi;a:\ndis
    doskey
    pause
    lsl
    tr2kodi
    odinsup
    netbind
    net start workstation ws1
    net use d: \\sammy\cdisk
    ipxodi
    netx
    f:
    login supervisor


    PROTOCOL.INI
    ------------
    [PROTOCOL MANAGER]
      DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$

    [NETBEUI_XIF]
      Drivername = netbeui$
      BINDINGS = tr2kodi

    NET.CFG
    -------
    Protocol ODINSUP
      Buffered
      bind TR2KODI

    Link Driver TR2KODI
      Frame TOKEN-RING
      Frame TOKEN-RING_SNAP


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