Installation guide

246 Installation Guide for Clients
Racal-Datacom NI 6510
Required entry:
• drivername = ni6510$ or ni6510n$
The following table summarizes the possible entries and values in the
[ni6510] section of the LAN Manager PROTOCOL.INI file:
Entry Units Range Default
drivername — — ni6510$ or
ni6510n$
iobase hex. 300–360 360
maxmulticasts integer 1–16 10
maxreceives integer 1–8 4
maxtransmits integer 1–50 6
Entries in the [ni6510] section of the LAN Manager PROTOCOL.INI
file have the following meanings:
drivername
Identifies the driver name of the network device driver. The
drivername consists of the base portion of the filename, plus a digit
when more than one adapter is installed. The drivername is ni6510$
for the first adapter, ni65102$ for the second, and so on.
iobase
Specifies the base I/O address for the network adapter. If this entry
does not match the adapter’s I/O address jumper settings, the driver
reports an error. If this entry is omitted, the first available adapter is
selected. The possible values are 300, 320, 340, 360.
maxmulticasts
Specifies the number of multicast addresses supported.
maxreceives
Specifies the number of receives that can be simultaneously queued.
maxtransmits
Specifies the number of TransmitChain commands that can be
queued simultaneously.