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T rumpcard Ether net LAN User’ s Guide and Reference ...
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ii Co p yright Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Copyright 1995-1997 by Ositech Communications Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Ositech Communications Inc. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, perf ...
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iii Preface This guide provides Network software installation instructions for the Ositech Trumpcard Ethernet LAN PC Card. The Trumpcard Ethernet LAN PC Card is a PCMCIA Type II PC Card that can connect to 10BaseT (unshielded twisted pair) or 10Base2 (thin coax) Ethernet Networks. The Ethernet LAN is available separately or combined with other func ...
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iv FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not ...
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v Contents Section One Introduction 1-1 Section Two Hardware Installation 2-1 Preparing for Installation ...................................................................................... 2- 1 Installing the Trumpcard LAN .......................................................................... 2 -2 Connecting to 10BaseT Twisted Pair Networks ...
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vi Microsoft Windows for Workgroups ............................................................... 3-11 Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 ............................................................................. 3-13 Microsoft Workgroup Connection for DOS .................................................... 3-13 NDIS (Generic) ......................... ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 1 - 1 Introduction Section One Introduction Congratulations on your choice of an Ositech Trumpcard Ethernet LAN PC Card! We believe you will find it a superior quality product that will meet or exceed your Networking needs. The Trumpcard Ethernet LAN PC Card is a convenient, dual-media, credit-card sized adapter that pr ...
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1 - 2 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section One ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 2 - 1 Hardware Installation Section Two Hardware Installation Unpack the Trumpcard Ethernet LAN hardware, and follow the steps listed below to install it on your computer. Instructions are included for both 10BaseT twisted-pair and 10Base2 thin coax Ethernet Network operations. Preparing for Installation To install the ...
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2 - 2 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Two Installing the Trumpcard Ethernet LAN The Trumpcard Ethernet LAN can be inserted into a computer whether the power is ON or OFF. Follow these steps: • Orient the Trumpcard so that the 68-pin connector is next to the PCMCIA slot of the computer. • Insert the Trumpcard into the slot until it is firmly seat ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 2 - 3 Hardware Installation Direct 10BaseT Ethernet Connection Connecting to 10BaseT Twisted Pair Networks The Trumpcard Ethernet LAN can be connected to a 10BaseT Network in one of two ways: directly connected through a cable attached to the Trumpcard if you have the 10BaseT version, or via the Media Access Module if y ...
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2 - 4 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Two The second method of connecting to a 10BaseT Network is via the Media Access Module. A female RJ-45 connector is provided on the Media Access Module for 10BaseT Network connections. To connect the Trumpcard to a 10BaseT Network connection using the Media Access Module, follow these steps: • For a multi-fun ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 2 - 5 Hardware Installation Interface Cabling and Pinout The direct connect 10BaseT cable provided with 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 how to make a 10B ...
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2 - 6 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Two Concentrators The Trumpcard, when used with 10BaseT Twisted-pair cable, must always connect to a concentrator. This results in a star-wired Network with the concentrator at the centre of the star. The Trumpcard is compatible with 10BaseT concentrators from a variety of vendors. Twisted Pair Network Character ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 2 - 7 Hardware Installation Connecting to 10Base2 Thin Ethernet Networks The Trumpcard can only be connected to a 10Base2 Network by using the Media Access Module. The following items are required to interconnect the Trumpcard to a 10Base2 thin coax Ethernet Network: • A BNC coaxial T-connector. • Coaxial cable(s) a ...
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2 - 8 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Two Thin Coax Ethernet Segment A thin coax Ethernet cable segment is the length of cable between terminations. The Trumpcard PC Card functions with 185 meter (607 foot with IEEE 10Base2) or 300 meter (984 foot, using the extended length option) cable segments. The two above mentioned types of thin coax Ethernet ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 2 - 9 Hardware Installation If you are using extended length segments, all repeaters and transceivers must 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 300-meter se ...
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2 - 1 0 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Two Thin Ethernet Network Characteristics Characteristics Standard Length Extended Length Segment Segment Standard IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3 10Base2 10Base2 Data Rate 10 Mbits 10 Mbits per second per second Segment Length 185m (607') 300m (984’) Maximum number 3 coax, plus 2 3 coax; no repeater of segments ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 2 - 11 Hardware Installation Media Access Module LED Indicators The Media Access Module has two LED indicators used to provide a visual indication of the state of the network link. The LED indicators will only be operational once the Trumpcard network driver has been loaded or during Diagnostic testing. Activity LED (RE ...
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2 - 1 2 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Two ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 1 Operation Section Three Operation ...
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3 - 2 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three Soc k et Ser vices and Card Ser vices Your computer having Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) support allows you to insert credit card-sized devices called PC Cards. The PCMCIA standard defines both a hardware and software standard. The software standard identifies two specifi ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 3 Operation Network Software Installation In order to assist with the installation and configuration of networks drivers, Ositech has provided Installation Software for the DOS / Windows and OS/2 operating systems. Follow the instructions printed on the appropriate diskette label for details on how to invoke the Ins ...
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3 - 4 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three 6. Type PCCONFIG and select ‘Network Card Settings’ and then select ‘NDIS Ethernet’. 7. At the ‘PROTOCOL.INI’ bindings prompt type OSITECH_NIF an d press [F10] to save and press [ESC] to return to main menu. 8. Select ‘Login Environment Settings’, then select ‘Default Communications drive ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 5 Operation 7. Complete NETSETUP and return to the DOS prompt. The PROTOCOL.INI file in your DECNET directory should appear something like the following: [protocol manager] DRIVERNAME=PROTMAN$ [IPX4MAC] DRIVER=IPX$MAC BINDINGS=OTCETH.DOS [DATALINK] DRIVERNAME=LL$MAC LG_BUFFERS=16 SM_BUFFERS=6 OUTSTANDING=32 HEURISTI ...
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3 - 6 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three 4 When prompted for ‘Packet driver or NDIS driver’ select ‘NDIS driver’ . 5. When asked do you have a PROTOCOL.INI file answer: YES 6. When prompted for path to PROTOCOL.INI file type: C:NDIS 7. When asked which driver does LanWatch bind to type: OSITECH_NIF 8. When prompted for full path and file ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 7 Operation For an OS/2 workstation you must first install LAN Adapter and Protocol Support (LAPS) and then import the Trumpcard driver. 1. Follow the instructions for installing LAPS in accordance with your IBM LAN Adapter and Protocol Support Configuration Guide. You must first install LAPS on the workstation in o ...
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3 - 8 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three PROTOCOL.INI [PROT_MAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ [IBMLXCFG] OSTETH_nif = OTCETH.nif LANDD_nif = LANDD.nif NETBEUI_nif = NETBEUI.nif [LANDD_nif] DRIVERNAME = LANDD$ BINDINGS = OTCETH_nif ETHERAND_TYPE = "I" : : [NETBEUI_nif] DRIVERNAME = NETBEUI$ BINDINGS = OTCETH_nif ETHERAND_TYPE = "I" : ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 9 Operation 3. At the ‘Current Configuration’ screen go to the box ‘Selections for Adapter’ and select ‘Ositech Trumpcard’. 4. Press [F4] – to install the IBM LSP and the Ositech Trumpcard NDIS driver. End of Installation. The following are examples of possible CONFIG.SYS file setups. These lines would ...
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3 - 10 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three Microsoft LAN Manager To install Microsoft LAN Manager versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2, the Trumpcard driver diskette contains the required files and directory structure to allow the LAN Manager installer to import an OEM disk. 1. Begin installation of LAN Manager using SETUP from the LAN Manager Installation d ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 11 Operation 2. When prompted for ‘INSTALL NEW NETWORK ADAPTER’, select ‘Unlisted’ or ‘Updated Network Adapter’ . 3. When prompted to ‘INSERT NETWORK DRIVER DISKETTE IN DRIVE A:’ , place the Trumpcard driver diskette in drive A. 4. For WFW 3.1 enter A:WFW31 For WFW 3.11 enter A:WFW311 If you have ...
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3 - 12 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three [NWLINK] BINDINGS=OTCETH [NETBEUI] BINDINGS=OTCETH,XXXX LANABASE=0 SESSIONS=10 In your CONFIG.SYS the following line should be present: DEVICE=C:WINDOWSIFSHLP.SYS In your AUTOEXEC.BAT the following lines should be present: C:WINDOWSNETSTART CD NOVELL LSL OTCETH IPXODI C:WINDOWSODIHLP.EXE NETX Your ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 13 Operation Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 The Trumpcard Windows NT 3.5 NDIS3.0 driver is a Network driver and enabler for Intel, Databook and compatible PCMCIA equipped computers. With this driver installed, networking functions will be available under Windows NT 3.5. The Trumpcard Windows NT 3.5 driver requires that th ...
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3 - 14 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three Microsoft Workgroup Connection for DOS To install Workgroup Connection for DOS, the Trumpcard driver diskette contains the required files to allow the installer to import an OEM diskette. 1. Run SETUP from MSWGCN Workgroup Connection diskette. 2. When prompted to select a Network card, select “Network c ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 15 Operation [MS$NETBEUI] Drivername=netbeui$ SESSIONS=6 NCBS=12 BINDINGS=MS$OTCETH$NIC LANABASE=0 Note: Keyword specifications associated with the NDIS driver are explained in Appendix B, Error Messages in Appendix C. NDIS (Generic) These steps outline how to install the Trumpcard NDIS device driver for Network ope ...
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3 - 16 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three Change the second line above to: DEVICE=C:<path>OTCETH.DOS <-- DOS or DEVICE=C:<path>OTCETH.OS2 <-- OS2 Save the changes made to this file. 7. Next, edit the PROTOCOL.INI file, the file will be in the <path> directory. In this file under the heading [ELNK_NIF] please change the ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 17 Operation Netware NETX For Netware using NETX.EXE, the Trumpcard ODI driver must be installed manually by copying the Trumpcard ODI driver (OTCETH.COM) to the directory containing the workstation software. The Trumpcard ODI driver is located in the NETWAREDOS subdirectory on the Trumpcard driver diskette. In or ...
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3 - 18 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three Loading the DOS ODI Driver The DOS ODI driver OTCETH.COM for the Trumpcard PC Card is an executable DOS TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) program. It must be loaded always after the LSL (Link Support Layer) module and before the IPXODI (IPX Stack Protocol). An example of a possible AUTOEXEC.BAT file allow ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 19 Operation Loading the OS/2 ODI Driver The OS/2 ODI driver OTCETH.SYS for the Trumpcard is an OS/2 device driver, it must always be loaded after the LSL (Link Support Layer) module and before the IPX (IPX Protocol Stack). Below is an example of a possible CONFIG.SYS file which allows the loading of necessary modul ...
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3 - 20 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three The Trumpcard DLPI driver requires that the Trumpcard PC Card be inserted prior to the driver being loaded. If no Trumpcard is found the driver will not be loaded and networking functions will NOT be available. When the driver has successfully loaded, unpredictable results will occur if the Trumpcard is n ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 3 - 21 Operation $ su enter the root password at the Password: prompt # cd /tmp # pkgadd -d diskette1 Then simply follow the instructions provided by the installation script to complete the installation of the driver. SCO UNIX LLI Driver The Trumpcard LLI Driver is a Network driver and enabler for Intel, Databook and co ...
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3 - 22 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Three • One blank 3.5 inch high density (1.44MB) diskette libelled “Ositech Trumpcard LLI Driver Disk”. • IO port and IRQ that you wish to assign to the LAN function. You can use hwconfig to see what devices are currently configured into your UNIX system. The LAN will need 32 ports (default of 0x300-0x3 ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 4 - 1 Appendices Section Four Appendices ...
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4 - 2 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Four APPENDIX A – ODI Keywords The following ODI keywords are supported by the Trumpcard ODI drivers. The keywords must be in the NET.CFG file under the line LINK DRIVER OTCETH and must be indented in by at least one space. If the keyword is not present, the default value shown will be assumed. FRAME < fram ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 4 - 3 Appendices Note: This keyword is used to disable the Link Test Function on a 10BaseT network connection only. INT <interrupt level> Description: Set the interrupt level Default: 5 or AUTO Accepted values: Any valid interrupt value excluding 0, 1, 2, 6, 8, and 13 Note: If this keyword exists, the driver will ...
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4 - 4 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Four PROTOCOL < named protocol > < protocol id > < frame type > Description: Associate the named protocol with the protocol id Default: Pre-defined Novell values Accepted values: Refer to Novell documentation SOCKET <socket number> Description: Enable operation with PCMCIA socket indicate ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 4 - 5 Appendices APPENDIX B – NDIS Keywords The following NDIS keywords are supported by the Trumpcard NDIS drivers. The keywords must be in the PROTOCOL.INI file under the section with a DriverName = OTCETH$. If the keyword is not present the default value shown will be assumed. MEDIA= <media type> Description: ...
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4 - 6 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Four INTERRUPT= <interrupt level> Description: Set the interrupt level Default: 5 or AUTO Accepted values: Any valid interrupt value excluding 0, 1, 2, 6, 8, and 13 Note: If this keyword exists, the driver will return an error if unable to operate using the specified interrupt. If the keyword does not exis ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 4 - 7 Appendices PROTOCOL.INI Example An example of a possible PROTOCOL.INI file follows: [protocol manager] DRIVERNAME=PROTMAN$ [stack] DRIVERNAME=STACK$ BINDINGS=OSITECH_NIF [ositech_nif] DRIVERNAME=OTCETH$ MEDIA=BASET MEM=0xD0000 EXCLUSIVE DISLINK INTERRUPT=5 IOBASE=0x300 NETADDRESS=’000079821660’ MAXTRANSMITS=24 ...
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4 - 8 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Four APPENDIX C – MESSAGES WARNING MESSAGES Warning messages will result in the network driver being loaded into memory, provided no error messages were reported. The driver will use pre-defined defaults when warnings are issued; the user will be informed of these defaults. Improper operation may result when d ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 4 - 9 Appendices To correct this error, make sure that the requested resources (i.e. IRQ, PORT or EXCLUSIVE) used do not conflict with other resources currently in use. PCMCIA adapter not found The network driver has been unable to detect a PCMCIA adapter. A valid PCMCIA adapter must be INTEL or Databook compatible. If ...
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4 - 1 0 Trumpcard Ethernet LAN Section Four The expected Tuple not found The network driver has been unable to locate configuration information needed to operate the network. Run the diagnostic software accompanying the Trumpcard to correct this situation. Must be an AT (.286) or higher system The network driver requires that the computer, as a min ...
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User’s Guide and Reference 4 - 1 1 Appendices ODI Specific Error Messages MLID could not be unloaded, the operation was aborted MLID could not register Protocol ID This version of LSL is not supported The frame type is already activated for frame The node address was incorrectly specified in NET.CFG An invalid keyword was specified in NET.CFG on ...
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