Installing and Configuring the NetWare Driver
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Press Esc.
You are prompted to save the changes.
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Press Enter to save the changes.
The configured Protocol to Network Interface Bindings screen appears.
18
Press Esc to Exit.
The Main menu appears.
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Restart the server.
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Press Esc to exit from the program.
Installing Multiple NICs
To support more than one NIC in a PC running NetWare, change the AUTOEXEC.NCF file
to the following format:
load 3C99X.LAN slot=<slot1> NAME=<name1> FRAME=<frametype1>
bind ipx to <name1> net=<net1>
load 3C99X.LAN slot=<slot2> NAME=<name2> FRAME=<frametype2>
bind ipx to <name2> net=<net2>
The values <slot1> and <slot2> are the numbers of the PCI slots in which the NICs are
physically installed. To view the numbers of these PCI slots, use the 3Com Configuration
and Diagnostic program for DOS. See “Verifying the PCI Slot Number” below
for instructions.
The values <name1> and <name2> are unique names assigned to each NIC by your
system administrator. The values <name1> and <name 2> must be different.
The frame parameters <frametype1> and <frametype2> can be one of the following:
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Ethernet_802.2
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Ethernet_802.3
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Ethernet_II
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Ethernet_SNAP
Make sure the frame type for the server and the workstation is the same. For example, if
the server uses Ethernet_802.2, the workstation must also use Ethernet_802.2.
The values <net1> and <net2> are unique numbers assigned by the system administrator
to each NIC. Make sure <net1> and <net2> are different numbers.
Refer to the appropriate Novell NetWare manuals for further information.
Verifying the PCI Slot Number
To verify the PCI slot number in which a NIC is installed:
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Boot the NetWare server with the -na option.
This option prevents the AUTOEXEC.NCF file from loading. For example, enter:
server -na
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Issue the load command for the NIC LAN driver without a slot parameter.
For example, enter:
load sys:\system\3c99x.lan
