NET.CFG Options Reference

 

Link Driver Option

 

 

 

Default

Ethernet LAN drivers: Ethernet_802.2

 

 

Token-ring LAN drivers: Token-Ring

 

 

TCP/IP LAN driver SLIP_PPP: SLIP

 

 

See Table 2-4 “List of Frame Types, Protocols, and LAN

 

 

Drivers” for more information.

 

 

 

 

Example

To enable the Token-Ring frame type for an NTR2000 LAN

 

 

driver, you would place the following lines in your NET.CFG

 

 

file:

 

 

link driver ntr2000

 

 

token-ring lsb

 

 

To enable the Ethernet_II and Ethernet 802.2 frame type for an

 

 

NE2000 LAN driver, you would place the following lines in

 

 

your NET.CFG file (for two logical networks):

 

 

link driver ne2000

 

 

frame ethernet_ii

 

 

frame ethernet_802.2

 

 

 

 

NOTE:The NetWare Client binds to the first frame type listed under the LINK DRIVER heading.

Frame Types, Protocols, and LAN Drivers

The following table shows the frame types currently defined by Novell and their respective protocols. Included is a list of the supporting LAN drivers for each frame type that currently ship with the NetWare Client Kit for DOS and MS Windows.

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