Intermec 6200 Reference Guide

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There is another MAC driver standard called NDIS.  This standard, developed

by Microsoft and 3COM, is typically used by Microsoft and IBM network

software products, such as LAN Manager, Windows for Workgroups, IBM PC

Support, and some TCP/IP networking packages.
An NDISĆtoĆODI shim is available; this shim is called ODINSUP.DOS.  This is

an NDIS driver that runs over an ODI driver instead of talking to hardware

directly.

Most networking products support one of the three major MAC driver

specifications:  ODI, Packet, and NDIS.  Preferably, use the ODI driver directly if

the networking software can interface with ODI drivers.
If the network software requires a driver type other than ODI, you must install

the appropriate shim.  If the software can use either packet drivers or NDIS

drivers, use the ODIPKT shim instead of the ODINSUP shim:  ODIPKT has

proven to be simpler to install and more reliable (thus far).

ODI drivers are configured by a NET.CFG file.  This file contains configuration

strings for each network software component.  Each component has its own

section in the NET.CFG file for its configuration strings.
Standard configuration strings for ODI MAC drivers are documented in

Appendix F of the Novell DOS ODI Developer Guide.  Other Novell user guides

also document the strings.
The PKODI driver should be able to install on a PEN*KEY system with no

configuration settings needed since it defaults to PEN*KEY hardware settings.

However, the following example NET.CFG section shows common standard

configuration settings as well as settings that are specific to the PKODI driver.

These entries are defined by Novell.  Enable as many as you need.  Lines

starting with #" are comments.
NET.CFG:

Link driver PKODI

Identifies PKODI driver section of NET.CFG

INT 7

. . . 

Sets IRQ level to use

PORT 360

. . . 

Sets I/O base address in hexadecimal

DMA 3

. . . 

Sets DMA channel number to use

# NODE ADDRESS

00001A180EDD

Overrides hardware Ethernet ID

# NODE ADDRESS

00001A180EDDM

Ethernet ID override (noncanonical bit order)

Frame Ethernet_II

#Frame Ethernet_802.2

#Frame Ethernet_SNAP

#Frame Ethernet_802.3

#AudioOn

Turns on audio alerts for various types of driver activity.  For debug purposes

only as it does degrade performance!

#NoAPM

Disables APM support for the Ethernet controller.  It is for debug purposes only

and does disable Suspend/Resume support.  Note this entry also triggers the

NoMediaCheck" entry below.

#NoMediaCheck

Disables media detection, so Ethernet controller is left in a powered state.

Never use this unless you are testing on a hub that does not correctly

implement the 10BASEĆT link pulses.  This entry does not need to be included

if the NoAPM" switch is specified.