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Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

1294.0. "3com 3c509 install problem" by NZOMIS::VICKERY () Wed Aug 10 1994 04:05

	
Hi,

I am have problems with installing hubwatch onto a PC with a 3com 3c509 card

I am getting the following error when strtndis issues the netbind command

"Unable to bind"

Listed below is my protocol.ini file and strtndis.bat


Protocol.ini

[protocol manager]
    DRIVERNAME  = PROTMAN$
 
[DATALINK]
    DRIVERNAME  = DLL$MAC
    LG_BUFFERS  = 14
    SM_BUFFERS  = 6
    OUTSTANDING = 32
    BINDINGS    = elnk3.dos
    DECPARM     = C:\HUBWATCH\
 
[ethernet 16] 
    DRIVERNAME = elnk3$
    DriverName = elnk3$


Strtndis.bat

@echo off
C:
cd \HUBWATCH

if %path% == "" goto no_path
	path >c:\HUBWATCH\oldpath.bat
	goto path_done
:no_path
	echo set path=>c:\HUBWATCH\oldpath.bat
:path_done
	set OLDPCSA=%PCSA%
	set PCSA=C:\HUBWATCH
	SET PATH=%PCSA%;%PATH%
save
ld c:\hubwatch\protman.dos /i:C:\HUBWATCH

REM Choose the proper NDIS driver for your network card.
REM Refer to your NDIS driver documentation for details.
REM Uncomment only one of the following, or add a line to
REM ld the driver for your network card

REM Choose the next line for the etherwork III network card
REM ld ewrk3.dos

REM Choose the next line for the etherwork (depca) network card
REM ld depca.dos

ld elnk3.dos


dllndis
netbind

pause

schk
tcpip



Everything above netbind loads successfully,
thereforeAny help with this problem will be appreciated.


Many regards

Ian Vickery
T.RTitleUserPersonal
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1294.1PROTOCOL.INI 'label' problem?ROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterWed Aug 10 1994 10:3914
Ian...

In your protocol.ini file you might try replacing the line:

	[ethernet 16]
with
	[elnk3.dos]

NETBIND seems to use the 'BINDINGS' value as an index to find the desired driver
configuration section within the file (so you can have multiple driver
configurations in the same protocol.ini file and just change the 'BINDINGS'
setting).

...Roger...
1294.2tuning for 3c503NAC::FORRESTThu Aug 11 1994 21:1788
	I'll pass this along - maybe it will be of help to someone.


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From:	RANGER::MAJEWSKI "25-Jul-1994 1128 -0400" 25-JUL-1994 11:34:38.76
To:	NETCAD::PARK
CC:	
Subj:	RE: Is there anyone can help me on this? 

Jae, without a better description than "this seems not to work", we can
only guess at what the problem or issue might be.

PATHWORKS engineering recently received an escalation about poor performance
with the 3C503 and PATHWORKS.  We recommended the following parameter
changes for tuning purposes, and the IPMT case was closed.  Maybe these will
help in this case, but I do not know for sure.

vivianne

From:	RANGER::MAJEWSKI      5-JUL-1994 14:13:25.15
To:	larose,mike_s,holmes
CC:	MAJEWSKI
Subj:	cfs15795

    I am the supervisor assigned this escalation.  Please have the customer
    implement the parameter changes indicated below and tell us the
    results.  According to the resident expert (Mitch), this is a known
    problem and all three changes have to be made (not just one of them).

    vivianne



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RANGER::MAJEWSKI                                     17 lines   5-JUL-1994 14:10
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    a resident performance expert (can you guess who? ;-) )  has made the
    following recommendations:

    	PROTOCOL.INI
    		xmitbuffs=1
    
    	STARTNET/.TPL file
    		DNP /FC:1	(changing flow control)
    
    	NCP
    		def exec receive pipe quota 3
    		def exec transmit pipe quota 3
    
    	... then reboot!
    
    
    All of these things need to be done (not just one of them, as is
    indicated in the CLD).

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Note 963.0              3COM Etherlink and HUBwatch V2.0?             No replies
STKHLM::DUFVA "Nils Dufva - TSSC G�vle Sweden"       19 lines   6-MAY-1994 04:39
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    Hi,
    
    Here in Sweden we have currently three different customers that are
    trying to install HUBwatch for windows on PCs equipped with Etherlinks
    II-cards (3C503) and this seemes not to work.
    
    I'm not working with PCs myself, but according to the PC-folks here,
    the ENKII.DOS V1.1 driver is not compatible with Pathworks V5 (that
    is, LANmanager V2.2).
    
    I checked with 3COM support in the UK, but there where no later
    version of the driver. They admitted to have heard about `some
    problems with LANmanager V2.2B'.
    
    This should mean that HUBwatch/Windows V2.0 will never work on a PC
    with an Etherlink controller. Have anyone else tried this configuration
    and if so, did it work?
    
    Nils.