Support For Multiple Adapter Cards; Temporarily Removing The Driver - Allied Telesis AT-2450 Installation Manual

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Support for Multiple Adapter Cards

You can have up to four Allied Telesyn AT-2450 adapter cards in
a single computer (workstation or server). Each needs its own
driver loaded (or the same driver loaded on a re-entrant basis). If
more than one card is installed and configured in the host when
you run CardAssistant, the configuration window displays a
column of settings for each card. You can tell which column is for
which card by checking the node address. The node address
displayed agrees with the label on the card itself.
If you are connected to two separate networks or running
different drivers or protocol stacks, you will want to know which
driver (or driver instance) is linked to which card. In this case,
run CardAssistant, note the Base I/O assigned to each node
address, and consult the specific readme file for your network
software for instructions on linking the cards to the drivers.

Temporarily Removing the Driver

When running diagnostics or viewing the card configuration, or
when the AT-2450 PCI Ethernet Adapter Card is not installed,
you must not have a driver running. You can accomplish this by
booting the computer from a DOS diskette or partition with
references to the driver removed or commented out from
configuration files. If you are running DOS 6.0 or higher, you can
press the key when the "Starting MS-DOS" message is
F5
displayed, and this will bypass the and
AUTOEXEC.BAT
files. In Windows 95, you can boot without loading
CONFIG.SYS
drivers by pressing and selecting Safe Mode option. For
F8
more information and specific procedures, see your operating
system documentation and the individual readme file for your
network software on the CardAssistant diskette.
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