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STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
Packet Driver
For Ethernet LAN Adapters
INSTALLATION GUIDE
This software is licensed by SMC for use by its customers only.
Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Standard Microsystems Corporation.
All rights reserved.
This installation guide describes:
o Basic packet driver use.
o Software interrupts.
o How to use the packet driver to connect to a NetWare 2.2 server
using the BYU packet driver shell.
o How to use the packet driver to connect to a NetWare server
using the Intel packet driver shell.
o Using the packet driver with SMC adapters.
Note: This driver supports all 8432, 8432 (Enhanced), and 9332 Ethernet
adapters.
BASIC PACKET DRIVER USE
The following section describes basic packet driver use. Since
different networks have different requirements, you can include the
following switches in your command lines as needed.
-d This switch delays the adapter's initialization until the first
time the packet driver is accessed. Use this switch if your
workstation loads the operating system over the network using a
Boot ROM on the SMC adapter.
-n This switch configures the driver to change 8137-formatted
packets seen by the client into IEEE802.3 packets. Unless you
use the BYU's NetWare packet driver shell, you can omit this
switch. If you want to use 8137 packets, use "econfig" to
configure Intel's PDIPX103 packet driver shell.
-p This switch disables promiscuous mode. A small level of security
can be achieved by disabling promiscuous mode; however,
disabling promiscuous mode should not be mistaken for real
security.
-w This switch is used with Microsoft Windows for nonresident DOS
TCP stacks, such as NCSA Telnet and PC-Gopher. Alternatively,
you can use the Windows freely copyable utility, winpkt.
-i The SMC packet driver can be used with both Ethernet_II and
IEEE 802.3 frame types. The packet driver specification, however,
only allows a driver to report one class which, by default, is
Ethernet_II. If you use the packet driver with client software
that expects to find an IEEE 802.3 packet driver instead of an
Ethernet_II packet driver, use this switch to configure the
driver to use IEEE 802.3-formatted packets.
SOFTWARE INTERRUPTS
A packet driver provides services for client programs. These programs
access the packet driver by issuing software interrupts.
Any software interrupt between the hexadecimal addresses of 0x60
through 0x80 can be used with the packet driver, with the following
exceptions:
o 0x67 is reserved for the EMS specification.
o 0x70 through 0x77 are reserved for hardware IRQ lines 8 through 15.
After you choose a software interrupt, assign that interrupt to the
packet driver, and install the packet driver. The client programs
will then automatically locate the packet driver by searching for
the packet driver's signature at software interrupts from 0x60
through 0x80.
MEDIA/SPEED KEYWORDS
Following the optional slot number parameter are several optional
keywords. If you specify media then you must specify speed (and
vice-versa). These select the media:
AUTONEGOTIATE - (Negotiated -- default)
MII - Media Independent Interface
UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
BNC - British Naval Connector (thinwire)
AUI - Attachment Unit Interface (thickwire)
S10 - Starlan 10 (pre-standard 10Base10 -- no link beat)
Other keywords select the speed. FOUR and SIXTEEN are for Token
Ring. TEN and HUNDRED are for Ethernet. FD is for full duplex
interfaces.
INSTALLING THE PACKET DRIVER
The command line has the name of the packet driver, any dash options
(as listed above), the software interrupt, and any optional
parameters, such as slot number, or media/speed keywords. The
simplest command line is "pktpwr 0x7e". A more complex line would be
"pktpwr 0x7e aui", or "pktpwr 0x7e hundred fd".
CONNECTING TO A NetWare 2.2 SERVER USING THE BYU PACKET DRIVER SHELL
If you want to connect to a NetWare 2.2 server that, by default, is
configured to use IEEE 802.3-type packets, use the following command
line examples.
PKTPWR -n 0x7e
BYUIPX
NETX
In this command line:
o PKTPWR denotes the SMCPower adapter.
o -n configures the driver to change 8137-formatted packets seen by
the client into IEEE802.3 packets.
o Software interrupt setting 0x7e is the hexadecimal address 7E,
which allows packet driver clients to use interrupt 7E to
communicate with the packet driver.
CONNECTING TO A NetWare SERVER USING THE INTEL PACKET DRIVER SHELL
If you want to connect to a NetWare server using the Intel packet
driver shell, pdipx103, use the following command line:
PKTPWR 0x7e
PDIPX
NETX
In this line:
o PKTPWR denotes the SMCPower adapter.
o 0x7e is the hexadecimal address 7E, which allows packet driver
clients to use interrupt 7E to communicate with the packet driver.
USING THE PACKET DRIVER WITH TWO SMCPower ADAPTERS IN ONE MACHINE
You can use the packet driver with two adapters in the same machine.
The first packet driver will use the first adapter found, which will
be in virtual slot number 16, the first PCI slot. The second packet
driver should specify virtual slot number seventeen, which is the
second PCI slot.
pktpwr 0x7d
pktpwr 0x7e 17
In these lines:
o PKTPWR denotes the SMCPower adapter.
o 0x7d is the hexadecimal address 7D, which allows packet driver
clients to use interrupt 7D to communicate with the packet driver.
Similarly for 0x7e.
o 17 is the Virtual slot number.
This commercial computer software and documentation is provided with
RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
Government is subject to restrictions set forth in subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software
clause at DFARS 252.227-7013, or subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of the
Commercial Computer Software -- Restricted Rights clause at
FAR 52.227-19, or Alternate III of the Rights in Data -- General
clause at FAR 52.227-14, as applicable. The manufacturer /
subcontractor is Standard Microsystems Corporation, 80 Arkay Drive,
Hauppauge, NY 11788.
SMC and Standard Microsystems are registered trademarks; and EtherEZ,
EtherCard Elite 16 Ultra, EtherCard Elite 16T Ultra, EtherCard Elite
16C Ultra, EliteSeries, EZStart, and SuperDisk are trademarks of
Standard Microsystems Corporation. Other product and company names
are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.