GE GFK-1004B user manual Checking for Existing Ndis Applications on Your PC

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During GSM installation for network operation, sample DOS system configuration files will be created in the GSM directory.

These files are,

CONFIG.GSM

AUTOEXEC.GSM

PROTOCOL.GSM

After installing the software, these files will contain the requirements for the DOS sys- tem files, CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT, located in the root directory and the PRO- TOCOL.INI file located in the GEFNDIS directory. When the software installation is complete, be sure to look in the .GSM sample files to see the requirements to run the GSM software. Then, refer to the appropriate sub-section below for setting-up the DOS system files.

Checking for Existing NDIS Applications on Your PC

Before you setup your DOS system files for network operation, you must first determine whether another NDIS network application has already been installed on your comput- er. To do this, check your CONFIG.SYS file for a PROTMAN.xxx device definition. If this definition is in CONFIG.SYS, then a network application does already exist. In this case, skip the section below and refer to the section, ªAdding the GSM When an NDIS Application Already Existsº. If you do not find a PROTMAN.xxx device definition in your CONFIG.SYS file, follow just the instructions immediately below.

When the GSM is the Only NDIS Application on the PC

1.To set up your DOS system files so the GSM software will run, you must ensure that your CONFIG.SYS file and AUTOEXEC.BAT file contain certain commands. Sample files, showing the commands needed have been created for you during the installation procedure. These sample files are named CONFIG.GSM and AUTOEXEC.GSM and are located in the GSM directory. Sample contents are shown in Appendix D. Note that the content is different for different PC network cards.

Please enter these commands individually into your existing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files using an editor.

If installing the GSM software on a PC with a monochrome monitor, add the following command to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

MODE CO80

2.When you selected the PC network card during the GSM installation, the file, PROTOCOL.GSM, was created. This file contains default information about the communications driver of the PC network card. If you used default hardware settings on your PC network card, you will not have to edit this file. Just copy it to C:\GEFNDIS\PROTOCOL.INI.Otherwise, you must edit any non-default information into the PROTOCOL.GSM and then copy it into C:\GEFNDIS\PROTOCOL.INI.

3.Restart the PC so that the modifications to the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, and PROTOCOL.INI files will be used.

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