Installing The Driver: Initial Installation Of Netware 5.1 - 3Com EtherLink 3C985B-SX Installation And User Manual

NIC Load Parameters (continued)
Parameter
txflow=n
fdrfiltering=n
recvbuffers=n
5 Save your revisions to the autoexec.ncf file and, if all NIC
configuration has been completed, reboot the server.

Installing the Driver: Initial Installation of NetWare 5.1

This section provides information you need to install the NIC driver while
performing a fresh install of the NetWare 5.1 operating system.
1 Copy the 3c986.LAN and 3c986.LDI files from the CD to a floppy disk.
2 Start the NetWare 5.1 installation and proceed as usual until you
reach the Devices Detected screen.
3 When you are prompted for an unlisted driver, place the floppy
disk into the appropriate drive. Press <Insert> and select the
3c986.LAN driver.
4 When the driver configuration screen is displayed, choose
Select/Modify driver parameters and protocols.
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Descriptions
If link negotiation has been disabled, you can turn 802.3x transmit
flow control on or off.
A value of 1 (one), the default, allows the NIC to negotiate 802.3x
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transmit flow control with the device at the other end of the link. If
802.3x flow control is supported by the other device, transmit
pause packets will be respected.
A value of 0 (zero) disables transmit flow control.
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This option is ignored by NIC models 710011and 710012. For
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earlier models, set this value to 1 if the NIC is attached to a
full-duplex repeater. Otherwise, set this value to 0 or leave it blank.
This value is the number of packet receive buffers pre-allocated by
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the driver for the NIC. The default value is 512.
2 Installing the NIC Software