Installation guide

Chapter 9 Network Device Driver Options 145
3Com EtherLink
Required entry:
• drivername = elnk$ or elnkn$
The following table summarizes the possible entries and values in the
[elnk] section of the LAN Manager PROTOCOL.INI file:
Entry Units Range Default
dmachannel integer none, 1, or 3 1 for 8086 and
8088 computers;
none for 80286
and 80386
computers
dmamode — byte, burst burst
drivername — — elnk$ or elnkn$
interrupt integer 2–7 3
ioaddress hex. 200–3F0 300
maxrequests integer 8–32 8
maxtransmits integer 8–50 12
netaddress hex. 12 hex. digits —
Entries in the [elnk] section of the LAN Manager PROTOCOL.INI file
have the following meanings:
dmachannel
Indicates the current DMA jumper configuration of the network
adapter. The value can be none, 1, or 3. When the value is none, the
driver uses program I/O instead of DMA for data transfers.
dmamode
Determines the DMA mode of the network adapter. The value can be
a byte or a burst. The adapter runs faster in burst mode. The random
access memory (RAM) refresh rate is sometimes delayed, however,
so byte mode is available in case the refresh rate causes problems with
applications or hardware.
drivername
Identifies the driver name of the network device driver. The
drivername is elnk$ for the first EtherLink adapter, elnk2$ for the
second, and so on.