Installing 3Com NDIS drivers with Sun Microsystems' PC-NFS 3.5

1. Begin the installation procedure according to Sun's instructions.

2. When prompted for the Ethernet Adapter type, choose NDIS. Press <F1> for HELP text that explains the changes you must make to your system to use the NDIS driver after the installation program completes.

3. Answer the remaining questions according to your particular installation.

When the installation program completes, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files include additional lines.

4. Edit CONFIG.SYS to load the adapter's NDIS driver AFTER the PROTMAN.SYS driver is loaded. See below for a partial list of 3Com NDIS driver names.

5. Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT to include the line \LANMAN\NETBIND before the \NFSRUN line.

6. In your newly created LANMAN subdirectory, find the file named PROTOCOL.NFS. It looks like this:

[protocol manager]
drivername = PROTMAN$

[your-mac-module]
drivername = YOURMAC$
option1 = value1 etc.

[NFS-NDIS]
drivername = NFSLINK1
bindings = YOUR-MAC-MODULE

7. Rename PROTOCOL.NFS to PROTOCOL.INI and edit it to reflect the adapter you are using. For example, a PROTOCOL.INI file for the EtherLink 16 (3C507) adapter could look like this:

[protocol manager]
drivername = PROTMAN$

[etherlink16] <---- These names must match exactly
drivername = ELNK16$

[NFS-NDIS]
drivername = NFSLINK1
bindings = etherlink16 <--- These names must match exactly

Note: Additional NFS configuration may be required by Sun. Please refer to your Sun documentation for more information.

3Com NDIS Drivers:

Adapter NDIS Driver Name
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3C501 (EtherLink) ELNK.DOS
3C503 (EtherLink II) ELNKII.DOS
3C505 (EtherLink Plus) ELNKPL.DOS
3C507 (EtherLink 16) ELNK16.DOS
3C523 (EtherLink MC) ELNKMC.DOS
3C509 (EtherLink III) ELNK3.DOS