NET.CFG Options Reference

Link Driver Option

 

Replace hex_starting_address with the

 

hexadecimal physical (absolute) address of the

 

memory used by the network board.

 

 

 

Replace the hex_length with the memory address

 

range (in hexadecimal paragraphs, with each

 

paragraph being 16 bytes) used by the network

 

board. Usually, the hex length is not needed.

 

 

Default

#1

 

 

Example

When the node address on a network board is set from

 

D0000 to D4000 (bytes), the starting address is D0000 and

 

the range is 400 hexadecimal paragraphs.

 

Therefore, for an NE2000 network board, you

 

would place the following lines in your NET.CFG

 

file:

 

link driver ne2000

 

mem d0000 400

 

 

Assign each board a unique memory range.

Be sure you don’t assign a range that is already used by other hardware. (VGA monitors commonly use A0000-C6FFF and XVGA monitors commonly use A0000-CFFFF.)

NODE ADDRESS hex_address [mode]

Overrides the hard-coded node address in the LAN driver, if the hardware allows it. The new address is used to program the network board.

Changing the node address for a network board can create conflicts with other LAN drivers. Use the hard-coded node address whenever possible.

You can use either the canonical or non-canonical mode. Use the following keywords to determine the mode:

•LSB (canonical addressing mode)

•MSB (non-canonical addressing mode)

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