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DOS NDIS2

DOS NDIS2

Driver Installation

This section describes how to perform the following tasks:

• Verify that the required OS support files are installed on your system.
• Install the driver software in the DOS NDIS2 environment.
• If necessary, reconfigure the driver software after installation.  

Pre-Installation Requirements

A network device driver must be installed before the NetXtreme™ Ethernet Adapter can be used with your DOS NDIS2 system.

Before you can successfully install the adapter driver for DOS NDIS2, the network device must be physically installed in the system and networking software, such as Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2, must already be running on your system.

Installing DOS NDIS2 Driver on LAN Manager 2.2

Ensure that the system has Microsoft LAN Manager 2.2 installed, with a protocol like NetBEUI configured.

1. Create a directory on your hard disk to store the NDIS 2.01 driver.

Example: C:\LANMAN 
Copy the B57.DOS file into this directory. 

2. Edit the CONFIG.SYS file by appending the following section to the end of the file:

   DEVICE = C:\LANMAN\PROTMAN.DOS
   DEVICE = C:\LANMAN\B57.DOS
   DEVICE = C:\LANMAN\NETBEUI.DOS

3. Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file by adding the following section:

   C:\ LANMAN\NETBIND.EXE
   C:\LANMAN\NET START WORKSTATION
   C:\LANMAN\NET USE <drive letter>: \\<server name>\<resource name>

4. Edit the PROTOCOL.INI file (located in C:\LANMAN) to configure the driver to bind with NETBEUI or any other protocols.

   Example:

   [PROTOCOL MANAGER]
   DriverName = PROTMAN$

   [NETBEUI_XIF]
   DriverName = netbeui$
   BINDINGS = B57

   [B57]
   DriverName = "B57$"                  

5. Reboot your system to complete the installation.

NOTE: The driver will load during system configuration and display the Broadcom banner, adapter name, MAC address, IRQ number, detected line speed, and the adapter's BusNum and DevNum. If the driver fails to load, an initialization fail message will be displayed.

Verifying or Modifying Adapter Parameters

Configuration Parameters for the B57.DOS Driver in PROTOCOL.INI

The following example uses BUSNUM and DEVNUM key words in the PROTOCOL.INI:

Where: BUSNUM = PCI bus number and DEVNUM = PCI device number

Example:

[B57]

DriverName = "B57$"
BusNum = 3
DevNum = 14

NOTE: The first two keywords are used concurrently.  Do not use them unless you are familiar with PCI device configurations. These two keywords are needed when multiple adapters are installed in your system and when a specific adapter needed to be loaded in a certain order. BUSNUM specifies the PCI bus number and DEVNUM specifies the device number given to the board when configured by the PCI BIOS. A PCI device scan utility is needed to find this information. The values are in decimal.

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