Nov 1995 EZ-2000+ Series ETHERNET CARD NDIS Driver Installation Overview ================================= The NDIS driver programs in this disk support all EZ-2000+ Series Ethernet cards. Directory Contents --------- ----------------------------- \NDIS\DOS NDIS driver for DOS \NDIS\OS2 NDIS driver for OS/2 EZ-2000+ NDIS driver program for DOS follows the Microsoft's NDIS spec v2.0.1. It could support the following popular operating system for NDIS drivers: most popular operating systems supporting NDIS drivers: 3Com 3+ Open Banyan Vines MS LAN Manager IBM LAN Server IBM LAN Support Program WIN/TCP Pathway DEC Pathworks Sun PC-NFS MS Windows for Workgroups The softwares listed above are just part of the available applications using NDIS driver. Newer versions of the softwares may have been released. The following installation procedures should serve as a good reference. In general, any software that uses NDIS 2.0.1 driver is functionally compatible with the EZ-2000+ NDIS drivers provided in this diskette. ********************************* * NDIS PROTOCOL.INI User Guide * ********************************* This guide lists the available PROTOCOL.INI keywords for all NDIS device drivers. Most of the keywords are optional and have default values. The asterisk symbol (*) indicates the list of adapters where the keyword is applicable. IOADDRESS - This keyword specifies the base I/O port address used by the Network Interface Card. This value must match the base I/O address jumper setting on your NIC. If this keyword is not present, the default value will be 300h. INTERRUPT - This keyword specifies the interrupt line used by the NIC. This value must match the IRQ jumper setting on your NIC. If this keyword is not present, the default value will be 3. DRIVERNAME- This keyword specifies the NIC driver's name. NETADDRESS- This keyword specifies the node address (hex) used by your network interface card. This option is used only if you want to override the node address burned in your NIC. In this case, the specified address will be used instead of the NIC's actual node address. MEDIA - This keyword specifies the media of adapter connected to the network. It can be AUTODETECT, TP, BNC, AUI.