Ositech Communications 614006-001, User'S Manual And Reference

Page 1: ...Trumpcard Ethernet LAN User s Guide and Reference...

Page 2: ...sion 3 0 How To Contact Us At Ositech Communications we make every effort to provide our customers with products that fit their needs and work well If you wish to communicate with technical support sa...

Page 3: ...ions This guide only describes the Ethernet LAN function of a single or multi function Trumpcard if your Trumpcard is multi function refer to the Installation Guide accompanying the PC Card for more d...

Page 4: ...e equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio or television technicia...

Page 5: ...t Network Characteristics 2 6 Connecting to 10Base2 Thin Ethernet Networks 2 7 Thin Coax Ethernet Segment 2 8 Thin Ethernet Network Characteristics 2 10 Media Access Module LED Indicators 2 11 Section...

Page 6: ...OS 3 16 Novell Netware for OS 2 3 17 Novell Unixware DLPI Driver 3 19 SCO UNIX LLI Driver 3 20 Section Four Appendices 4 1 APPENDIX A ODI Keywords 4 2 NET CFG Example 4 5 APPENDIX B NDIS Keywords 4 6...

Page 7: ...Module is required Two styles of connectors are provided on the Media Access Module enabling connection to the Network using RJ 45 to connect to 10BaseT or BNC to connect to 10Base2 Note This manual...

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Page 9: ...es and the following items A computer equipped with a PCMCIA Release 2 0 Type II PC Card slot PCMCIA Card and Socket Services Version 2 x or higher installed This is optional since the Trumpcard can b...

Page 10: ...PCMCIA slot of the computer Insert the Trumpcard into the slot until it is firmly seated Note These are general installation instructions that apply to most computers Please refer to the manual accomp...

Page 11: ...at one end that can be attached to an input port of a 10BaseT compatible concentrator the external Media Access Module is not required All the necessary interface is provided within the Trumpcard To d...

Page 12: ...ese steps For a multi function Trumpcard the Ethernet connection is identified on the back of the PC Card Insert the PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter connector on the Media Access Module into the one marked Et...

Page 13: ...the Trumpcard is wired for direct connection to an Ethernet 10BaseT Concentrator If the premises wiring scheme you are using does not match this wiring scheme then contact Ositech for assistance on ho...

Page 14: ...r The Trumpcard is compatible with 10BaseT concentrators from a variety of vendors Twisted Pair Network Characteristics Standard IEEE 802 3 10BaseT Data Rate 10 Mbits per second Maximum length of conn...

Page 15: ...connection is identified on the back of the PC Card insert the PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter connector on the Media Access Module into the one marked Ethernet Attach the T connector to the BNC connector on...

Page 16: ...5 meter cable segments all thin Ethernet cable segments in the network can be up to 185 meters long Five standard length cable segments may be connected in line using commercially available repeaters...

Page 17: ...be designed for 300 meter operation In addition all LAN adapters must be configured to operate with the extended segment length Note You cannot use Ethernet adapters to extend 185 meter segments to 3...

Page 18: ...Segment Length 185m 607 300m 984 Maximum number 3 coax plus 2 3 coax no repeater of segments repeater links links between nodes Maximum number 4 when using 2 2 of repeaters repeater links between nod...

Page 19: ...y is detected by the Media Access Module The Activity LED can be used as a simple method of determining if the Media Access Module is exchanging data with the network Link LED GREEN The Link LED light...

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Page 21: ...User s Guide and Reference 3 1 Operation Section Three Operation...

Page 22: ...es and can coexist with other client drivers i e Super Clients Flash ATA When operating with Card and Socket Services the Trumpcard software will support hot removal and insertion of the PC Card If Ca...

Page 23: ...ernet networking please refer to the Installation Manual accompanying the Trumpcard for details on how to operate the functions simultaneously Banyan VINES To install Banyan VINES version 4 x and late...

Page 24: ...ror Messages in Appendix C DEC PATHWORKS To install DEC PATHWORKS version 4 1 on a DOS NDIS workstation you can use the automated installation provided with PATHWORKS for the Ositech Trumpcard NDIS de...

Page 25: ...file should contain the following line CALL DECNET STARTNET Note Keyword specifications associated with the NDIS driver are explained in Appendix B Error Messages in Appendix C FTP Software LanWatch...

Page 26: ...BAT and PROTOCOL INI file modifications after installing LanWatch CONFIG SYS DEVICE C LW PROTMAN DOS I C NDIS DEVICE C LW FTPSOFT DOS DEVICE C NDIS OTCETH DOS AUTOEXEC BAT C LW NETBIND COM PROTOCOL IN...

Page 27: ...n select Continue 6 Remove any existing adapters and protocols from the Current Configuration menu that are not required 7 Select Ositech Trumpcard adapter from the Network Adapters menu and then sele...

Page 28: ...stalling the IBM Local Area Network Support Program LSP version 1 3 or later you may use the OEM Network adapter driver import capability for the Ositech Trumpcard NDIS device driver Follow the instru...

Page 29: ...EVICE C LSP OTCETH DOS DEVICE C LSP DXMA0MOD SYS 001 DEVICE C LSP DXME0MOD SYS DEVICE C LSP DXMT0MOD SYS O N For one NDIS adapter with only NETBIOS support the sequence is as follows DEVICE C LSP PROT...

Page 30: ...n until complete Your PROTOCOL INI file in your LANMAN directory should appear as follows PROTMAN_MOD DRIVERNAME PROTMAN NETBEUI_NIF BINDINGS OSITECH_MOD OSITECH_MOD DRIVERNAME OTCETH In your CONFIG S...

Page 31: ...mplete If you have setup to use both the WFW 3 11 and Novell ODI the following example shows the PROTOCOL INI CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT and NET CFG file changes made during the installation of Windows f...

Page 32: ...OTCETH Frame Ethernet_802 3 Frame Ethernet_II Frame Ethernet_802 2 Frame Ethernet_SNAP LINK DRIVER XXXX Frame Ethernet_802 3 Frame Ethernet_II Frame Ethernet_802 2 Frame Ethernet_SNAP Link Support Ma...

Page 33: ...Windows NT 3 5 the Trumpcard Network Drivers diskette contains the required files to allow Windows NT installer to import an OEM disk 1 From the Main Program Group select CONTROL PANEL and then NETWOR...

Page 34: ...31 4 Press ENTER to select the highlighted entry Ositech Trumpcard 5 Continue with the installation if prompted to re insert the OEM driver diskette be sure to enter the location path A WFW 31 as wel...

Page 35: ...2 environments The 3COM Etherlink driver will be used as an example but any NDIS driver will do 1 Follow the instructions for workstation installation in the installation manual 2 When prompted for t...

Page 36: ...ink driver Add any required settings using the keywords described in Appendix B Save the changes made to this file 8 Finally place a copy of the Trumpcard NDIS Device Driver OTCETH DOS from the DOS su...

Page 37: ...the instructions in the Workstation Basics and Installation for adapter installation using the Netware Client Install Any references to an ADAPTER OPTION DISKETTE means the Trumpcard driver diskette p...

Page 38: ...word specifications associated with the ODI drivers are explained in Appendix A Error Messages in Appendix C Novell Netware for OS 2 When installing Netware for OS 2 you may use the automatic installa...

Page 39: ...NP_COMPUTERNAME DEVICE C NETWARE NWREQ SYS IFS C NETWARE NWIFS IFS RUN C NETWARE NWDAEMON EXE rem DEVICE C NETWARE NETBIOS SYS rem RUN C NETWARE NBDAEMON EXE rem DEVICE C NETWARE VIPX SYS rem DEVICE...

Page 40: ...ver Disk using the pkgadd utility Note If the Trumpcard is a Multi Function PC Card additional steps may be required to complete the full installation Refer to the Installation Guide accompanying the...

Page 41: ...NSTALL shell script from the DOS formatted Network Drivers distribution diskette provided with the adapter The first step is to copy the INSTALL shell script to the UNIX tmp directory from the distrib...

Page 42: ...ch Trumpcard LLI Driver install diskette and to install the driver you need only execute the INSTALL shell script that you have copied to the tmp directory You can only execute the INSTALL script afte...

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Page 44: ...MEDIA media type Description Media type selected by the driver Default AUTO Accepted Values 10BASE2 or BASE2 10BASET or BASET AUTO Note If you are using the dual media Trumpcard network PC Card settin...

Page 45: ...word applies the Trumpcard driver will require the 4K memory window in order to determine the Trumpcard s presence If running a memory manager such as EMM386 or QEMM make sure to exclude the memory ra...

Page 46: ...r Auto Notes Specifying a socket number will limit the driver to only checking that socket for the presence of a Trumpcard LOOK AHEAD SIZE look ahead value Description Set the look ahead size to pass...

Page 47: ...and then Base2 MEM memory location Description Maps to 4K host memory location Default 0xC800 Note When Card Services is not present the only scenario in which this keyword applies the Trumpcard driv...

Page 48: ...dividual machine Note If this keyword exists the driver will return an error if unable to operate using the specified I O port If the keyword does not exist the default I O port will be 300 if Card Se...

Page 49: ...e of a possible PROTOCOL INI file follows protocol manager DRIVERNAME PROTMAN stack DRIVERNAME STACK BINDINGS OSITECH_NIF ositech_nif DRIVERNAME OTCETH MEDIA BASET MEM 0xD0000 EXCLUSIVE DISLINK INTERR...

Page 50: ...efault AUTO MEM parameter is invalid valid range is any hexademical address default C8000 ERROR MESSAGES Error messages will result in the network driver not being loaded into memory Correct the error...

Page 51: ...re that the requested resources i e IRQ or PORT do not conflict with other resources currently in use Failed to obtain IRQ Failed to release IRQ Failed to obtain I O Port Failed to release I O Port Fa...

Page 52: ...network driver requires that the computer as a minimum is a PC AT 80286 or higher Hardware not responding Run the diagnostic software accompanying the Trumpcard PC Card to verify that the hardware is...

Page 53: ...d The LSL is not loaded The LSL has no more room for a board using Frame xxxxxxxxxx The above error messages are specific to the Trumpcard Ethernet ODI drivers The error messages are self explanitory...

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