C H A P T E R 3

The network node address can be modified by manually editing the registry and adding the parameter ‘NetworkAddress’ with a hexadecimal string value, such as ‘00A0C9112233’. If the user does NOT specify a ‘NetworkAddress’ then the M32A.SYS driver uses the network node address contained in the PRO/100 CardBus adapter Card Information Structure.

Windows 95 Support

The M32A.SYS driver also supports the networking environment in Microsoft Windows 95.

The files necessary for using M32A.SYS with Windows 95 include:

NETM32A.INF

Intel installation file for Windows 95

M32A.SYS

Intel NDIS 3 driver for Windows 95

There are user-configurable parameters to the M32A.SYS driver which can be modified using the Network Control Panel built into Windows 95. This applet queries the user for parameter selections and then sets the corresponding parameters in the registry. The user-configurable parameters are as follows:

Parameter

Default Valid

Values

Registry

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECTENABLE

AUTODETECT

OFF, ON,

 

 

 

AUTODETCT

0

EARLYTRANSMIT

ON

OFF

0

 

 

ON

1

LINESPEED

AUTO

AUTO DETECT 0

 

 

10 MBPS

1

 

 

100 MBPS

2

LINEMODE

0

AUTODETCT

0

 

 

HALF-DUPLEX 1

 

 

FULL-DUPLEX 2

INTERRUPTSYTLE

0

AUTODETECT

0

 

 

PCI-IRQ

1

 

 

ISA-IRQ

2

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PRO specifications

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