
                Accton Technology Corporation
             NDIS Driver Installation Overview
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Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 by Accton Technology Corporation.
All rights reserved.

The driver you need are in the directories MSLANMAN.DOS, 
MSLANMAN.OS2 and NDIS. The NDIS drivers contained in
these subdirectories 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 ETHNE conform to the Network Driver 
Interface Specification (NDIS) defined by Microsoft/3Com.

Included in MSLANMAN.DOS, MSLANMAN.OS2, and NDIS subdirectories
are the following files:

\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\ACCTON\ACCNE\
    
    ETHNE.DOS           The DOS NDIS MAC driver
    PROTOCOL.INI        A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file

\MSLANMAN.DOS\DRIVERS\NIF\
    
    ACCNE.NIF           Network Information File

\MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\ACCTON\ACCTNE\
    
    ETHNE.OS2           The OS/2 NDIS MAC driver
    PROTOCOL.INI        A sample section of PROTOCOL.INI file

\MSLANMAN.OS2\DRIVERS\NIF\
    
    ACCNE.NIF           Network Information File

\NDIS
    
    EN165XO.NIF         Network Information File for LAN Server (OS/2)
    EN165XD.NIF         Network Information File for LAN Server (DOS)
    NDIS.TXT            This readme file
    ETHNE.OS2           The OS/2 NDIS MAC driver
    ETHNE.DOS           The DOS NDIS MAC driver
    OEMSETUP.INF        Network Information File for Windows 
                        for Workgroups v3.1

\NDIS\WFW\
    
    WFW.TXT             The Installation guide for 
                        Windows for Workgroups v3.1

\NDIS\LANMAN\
    LANMAN.TXT          The Installation guide for 
                        LAN Manager

\NDIS\LANSVR\
    LANSVR.TXT          The Installation guide for Lan Server

\NDIS\BANYAN\
    BANYAN.TXT          The Installation guide for Banyan VINES

\NDIS\PATHWAY\
    PATHWAY.TXT         The Installation guide for Wollongong Pathway
                        Access.

\NDIS\PATHWORK\
    PATHWORK.TXT        The Installation guide for DEC PATHWORKS

\NDIS\PCNFS\
    PCNFS.TXT           The Installation guide for Sun PC-NFS


Verifying Installation
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Verify for proper adapter installation by running
the diagnostic program using 1STEP.

Note that only runs under DOS and will not run under
the OS/2 environment.

Sample PROTOCOL.INI Files and Parameters
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[ACCNE_NIF]

;  Default section of protocol.ini file for the Accton Adapter
    drivername = ETHNE$
    irq = 3
    iobase = 0x300
; End of this sample file

There are several parameters included in the ACCNE_NIF
section of the PROTOCOL.INI file. However, the only parameter
that you should specify is the "drivername."

If you change other parameter settings, such as the IOBASE
or IRQ, make sure that it matches the hardware setting.
Otherwise, the adapter may fail.

If you don't specify these settings, Accton's NDIS driver 
will automatically detect them.

irq         Specifies the interrupt channel used by the adapter.
            Acceptable values for this parameter are 2, 3, 4, 5,
            10, 11, 12 ,and 15. However, some of the mentioned Accton
            adapters do not support all the acceptable values.

iobase      Specifies the iobase address used by the adapter.
            This parameter is given in hexadecimal values.
            Acceptable value for this parameter are 0x240, 0x280,
            0x2C0, 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360.


List of Additional Parameters in the PROTOCOL.INI file 
for the NDIS Driver Configuration
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Note that values for the following parameters are seldom
changed by the user. Most of the time the default
values are used.

Keyword         Parameter

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 General Requests.
                This configures the size of the General Request
                Queue.

MaxTransmits    6 .. 64  Default 12
                Maximum number of outstanding TransmitChain commands.
                This configures the size of the TransmitChain Request
                Queue.

ReceiveChains   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.

Troubleshooting and Error Messages
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To check for problems, please run the Test Adapter option
from 1Step.

Error Message:
        ERROR: Adapter card not found or I/O port error.
Possible Causes:
        1. The adapter is not installed correctly in its slot.
        2. I/O port failure due to incompatibility between
           the computer and the card
Solution:
        Run the 1Step program to determine reason for the error.

Error Message:
        ERROR: Incorrect Media Setting or Bad Transceiver
Possible Causes:
        1. The transceiver failure.
        2. Cable breaks.
        3. Loose cable connection.
Solution:
        Run 1Step's diagnostic program to determine the cause
        of the problem.

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