Configuration Reference

 

For 32-bit NDIS3 Driver (M32A.SYS):

 

LINESPEED forces operation to 10 or 100

 

Mbps. Valid parameters are AutoDetect, 10

 

Mbps, and 100 Mbps. Default keyword is

 

AutoDetect.

LINKDISABLE

disables link integrity for non-IEEE 10BASE-T

 

networks such as StarLAN 10. Without this

 

keyword in the driver command line, the driver

 

defaults to link integrity ENABLED.

MEM

see MEMORY.

MEMORY

specifies the host PC memory location for the

 

Intel adapter in hexadecimal notation, when

 

MODE MEMORY (memory-mapped I/O) is

 

being used (see MODE). The memory block

 

occupies 4 Kbytes of host memory.

MODE

set this keyword to IO to disable requests for

 

memory-mapped mode on systems that only

 

support an I/O-driven card. The MEMORY

 

setting provides increased performance on

 

computers that allow simultaneous availability of

 

memory and I/O resources.

NETWORKADDRESS

allows user to override adapter’s unique network

 

node address by specifying a different node

 

address.

NOBURST

disables burst mode reads on the PRO/100

 

CardBus adapter. Using this keyword will force

 

the adapter to initiate a bus-master request for

 

each read, negatively impacting performance.

NOCHECK

disables verification of adapter resources. If the

 

driver detection and verification code is causing

 

problems when loading, this keyword can be

 

used to turn the feature off.

NODEADDRESS

see NETWORKADDRESS.

NOEARLYRX

disables Advanced Look-ahead Pipelining

 

features of the adapter. This keyword may be

 

used to troubleshoot systems that have

 

inexplicable network problems. Using this

 

keyword may negatively impact performance.

NOEARLYTX

disables early transmit capability of the Adapter.

 

This keyword may be used to troubleshoot

 

systems that have inexplicable network

 

problems. Using this keyword may negatively

 

impact performance.

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PRO specifications

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