oNormal Behavior: The value will be used by the PHY detection routine to locate and initialize the PHY. If a PHY is not found at the address specified, the driver will load but not function properly, because PHY detection occurs after the initial load has occurred.

oPossible Errors: If the PHYADDRESS parameter is set to an invalid value, the parameter is ignored and the default value is used, and a message indicates a "Parameter value out of range" error.

•SLOT

oSyntax: SLOT=[0x0..0x1FFF]

Optional unless you want to specify a particular adapter or module that is not loaded by default. (By default, the driver loads on the first adapter it finds.)

oExample: SLOT=0x1C

oDefault: The driver will Auto-Configure

oNormal Behavior: The driver uses the value of the parameter to decide which adapter to control.

oPossible Errors:

If only one adapter is installed and the value does not correctly indicate the adapter slot, a message indicates that the value does not match the actual configuration, and the driver finds the adapter and uses it.

If more than one adapter is installed and the value does not indicate the adapter slot, a message displays indicating possible slots to use and the driver loads on the next available slot.

•NODE

oSyntax: NODE="12 hexadecimal digits"

The value must be exactly 12 hexadecimal digits, enclosed in double quotes

The value cannot be all zeros. The value cannot have the Multicast bit set (LSB of 2nd digit = 1).

oExample: NODE="00AA00123456"

oDefault: Value from EEPROM installed on adapter

oNormal Behavior: The Current Station Address in the NDIS MAC Service-Specific Characteristics (MSSC) table is assigned the value of this parameter. The adapter hardware is programmed to receive frames with the destination address equal to the Current Station Address in the MSSC table. The Permanent Station Address in the MSSC table will be set to reflect the node address read from the adapter's EEPROM.

oPossible Errors: If any of the rules described above is violated, an error message indicates the rules for forming a proper address, and the driver treats this as a fatal error.

•CONGENB

oSyntax: CONGENB=[0 1]

oExample: CONGENB=1

oDefault: Congestion Control is disabled.

oNormal Behavior: The absence of this parameter or the value 0 results in no Congestion Control. The value of 1 enables the Congestion Control feature.

oPossible Errors: If the CONGENB parameter is set to an invalid value, the parameter is ignored and the default value is used, and a message indicates a "Parameter value out of range" error.

•RXFIFO

oSyntax: RXFIFO=[0..15 0x0..0xF]

oExample: RXFIFO=8

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