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Readme File for sk98odi.com v6.07 DOS ODI Driver supporting
the SysKonnect SK-98xx and SK-95xx Adapter families
This file contains
The driver sk98odi.com is the Novell ODI 16-bit DOS Client MLID driver
for the SysKonnect SK-98xx and SK-95xx Adapter families.
The driver supports only the second generation (V2.0) of
SysKonnect SK-98xx and SK-95xx Adapter families
SK98ODI.COM the driver
SK98ODI.INS installation skript for Novell VLM client
NET.CFG SAMPLE configuration file
latest VLM client from Novell
When installing the VLM package for DOS follow the steps below to
install sk98odi.com:
1. Start the Netware Client Installation.
2. Start the dialog for choosing the driver for your network adapter.
3. Select "OTHER DRIVERS".
4. Enter the path where the files sk98odi.com and sk98odi.ins are located.
5. Select "SysKonnect SK-98xx and SK-95xx Adapter families".
6. In the following setup dialog choose your "Frame Type" and the
other parameters.
8. After savig the setup with <F10>, the driver gets installed.
9. Finish the installation of the Netware Client Installation.
10. You can modify the driver parameters later as described in the next
section.
After the installation of the driver, there will be an entry in the
net.cfg in your nwclient installation directory that identifies your
adapter:
LINK DRIVER SK98ODI
It is followed by one or more parameters. Beside the standard
parameters from Novell client the driver supports the following
parameters.
Frame type (mandatory)
FRAME <Frame-Type>
This parameter specifies the Ethernet frame types for your network.
Possible values are:
ETHERNET_II
ETHERNET_802.3
ETHERNET_802.2
ETHERNET_SNAP
Bus and device number (optional)
BUSNUM <busnum>
DEVNUM <devnum>
With these parameters you can specify the network adapter the
driver should bind on. This is useful, when there is more than
one adapter in the system.
The bus and device numbers are assigned by the BIOS at boot time. When
the driver is called with the argument '-l' (see below) it shows bus
and device numbers for the supported adapters in the system.
Connection type
CONTYPE <contype>
This parameter can be used to force link speed and duplex mode.
Using other values than AUTO turns off auto-negotiation and is not
recommended.
Possible values are:
AUTO
100FD
100HD
10FD
10HD
Check Link mode
CHECK_LINK
When this parameter has been specified the driver uses the first
supported adapter in the system with a valid link. This parameter
conflicts with BUSNUM and DEVNUM and will be ignored when BUSNUM
and DEVNUM are used. When using CHECK_LINK you can load the driver
only once.
Calling the driver with the argument '-l' (see below) will show
all supported adapters and their link status.
Number of receive and transmit buffers
RECEIVE BUFFERS [1..5]
TRANSMIT BUFFERS [1..5]
These parameters specify how many transmit and receive buffers the
driver shall use. Using more buffers might improve the performance
but the driver will consume more memory.
The sum of receive and transmit buffers cannot be greater than 6.
sk98odi.com can be started with the following arguments:
SK98ODI - Installs the LAN driver
SK98ODI S - Shows status of all resident LAN drivers in memory
SK98ODI U - Unloads resident LAN driver from memory
SK98ODI ? - Displays help screen
SK98ODI L - Lists supported devices with bus and device number and
link status
Sample startnet.bat (in the nwclient installation directory):
SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH
C:\NWCLIENT\LSL.COM
C:\NWCLIENT\sk98odi.com
C:\NWCLIENT\IPXODI.COM
C:\NWCLIENT\VLM.EXE
Sample net.cfg (in the nwclient installation directory):
Link Driver SK98ODI
FRAME ETHERNET_802.2
BUSNUM 2
DEVNUM 1
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