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6 Driver Options - Software Keywords
Operating System Keywords
Operating System Keywords
This section provides matrices for some additional keywords that may be used to configure the PCnet drivers based on the different driver environments. In addition, the correct syntax is provided for the Common Keywords described previously.
Novell NetWare DOS & OS/2 ODI Client Keywords
Keyword
Name
I/O Address
Interrupt
DMA
Ethernet
FRAME type
Syntax Description Range Default
IOP
IRQ
Described previously in “Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet
Family Adapter” on page 98.
DRQ
FRAME Refer to Ethernet Frame type from the
IEEE Specification.
Ethernet_802.2
Ethernet_802.3
Ethernet_SNAP
Ethernet_II
Ethernet_802.2
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NDIS 2.01 Driver Keywords
Keyword
Name
Syntax Description Range Default
I/O Address IO Address
PORT
IOBASE
Interrupt INTERRUPT
INT
DMA DMA
DMACHANNEL
Described previously in “Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet
Family Adapter” on page 98.
Transmit
Buffers
Receive
Buffers
Maximum
Multicasts
TXBUFFERS
RXBUFFERS
Transmit and Receive buffer sizes may be increased or decreased using Transmit and
Receive Buffer keywords. Increasing the
TXBUFFERS and RXBUFFERS values may increase performance, but will also decrease the amount of DOS memory available for programs.
Power of 2 4
Power of 2 4
MAXMULTICASTS To designate the maximum number of multicast addresses for the device.
N/A 10
NDIS 3.x Driver Keywords
Keyword
Name
Syntax Description Range Default
I/O Address IO Address
Interrupt INTERRUPT
Described previously in “Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet
Family Adapter” on page 98.
DMA
Net
Address
DMACHANNEL
Bus type designation
BUS_TO_SCAN Described previously in “PCNET Driver-Specific Keyword Matrix” on page 96.
NETADDRESS This keyword allows you to specify or overwrite the IEEE or Mfr address. This must be edited in PROTOCOL.INI or NT registry.
Any valid
IEEE address.
Not
Present
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Artisoft LANtastic Keywords
Keyword
Name
Syntax
I/O Address IOBASE
Interrupt IRQ
DMA DMA
@switch-file @switch-file
Description Range Default
Described previously in “Common Keyword Matrix for the HP Ethernet
Family Adapter” on page 98.
None
HELP HELP
VERBOSE VERBOSE
REMOVE REMOVE
BUSTYPE BUSTYPE
Multiplex
Interrupt
MPX
Specifies that further switches are to be taken from a switch file. Any switches after
N/A the @switch-file name will be used, and the switch settings take precedence over any settings in the switch file. Switch files may be invoked from within switch files.
Instructs PCNTLC.EXE to display information about the valid command line switches. For example: PCNTLC /Help
N/A
Causes the PCNTLC.EXE driver to be installed and detailed information about the configuration of the PCNTLC.EXE driver to be displayed. Refer to the messages section of the LANtastic manual for a detailed description of the VERBOSE output.
N/A
This command removes the PCNTLC.EXE driver from memory. TSR programs must be removed in the opposite order they were loaded. For example if PCNTLC.EXE was loaded followed by AILANBIO, then
AILANBIO must be removed before PCNTLC.
N/A
Described previously in “PCNET Driver-
Specific Keyword Matrix” on page 96.
00(ISA)
01(PnP)
10(VESA)
11(PCI)
12(PCI1)
13(PCI2)
Command used for a communications interface between TSR programs
C0-FF h
Not
Enabled
Not
Enabled
Not
Enabled
Not
Present
C7
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