Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

1437.0. "Windows X3.1+Etherworks=Death but V2.0 worked?" by PTOJJD::DANZAK (Pittsburgher �) Fri Sep 16 1994 08:43

    I just upgraded HUBWATCH from V2.0 to x3.1 on the DOS platform.  V2.0
    worked just fine.  However X3.1 issues a message about Memorymode and
    the Ethernet controller and refuses to come up.  The Ethernet
    controller is an Etherworks III.  Note that PROBEWATCH works perfectly
    fine with this.  I got X3.1 to work by using the STRTNDIS from
    PROBEWATCH!
    
    Checking a bit further, I noticed that the EWRKS3.DOS was newer in the
    X3.1 version of HUBWATCH than the probewatch EWRKS3.DOS.
    
    I do have a DE201 controller in the machine.  (And, DAMN, I wish that
    there was some translation from DExxx to Etherworks....when does a
    DExxx controller turninto an Etherworks one....duuuh...what IS that
    magic part number...)
    
    Any ideas what the problem may be?  Do I need to diddle a dipswitch or
    something?
    
    Regards,
    j
    ^--note it was dark when I was crawling on the floor...I THINK it's a
    DE201....hey I was tired, it was late etc.

The new EtherWORKS III NIC cards come with a different MEMORYMODE setting.

   Check the parameter settings in your PROTOCOL.INI. They will be
   in the [EWRK3] section. Write these down.

   Run NICSETUP.EXE that came with your NIC card on the ETHERWORKS 3 INST
   diskette. In the Main Menu select Setup. Check the displayed settings
   against the settings in your PROTOCOL.INI.

   The two ways to modify the MEMEMORYMODE are:

     1- Modify the parameter settings via the NICSETUP program to match the
        PROTOCOL.INI file.
OR
     2- Modify the parameter settings in the PROTOCOL.INI to match the 
        NICSETUP display.

   ****THESE PARAMETER SETTINGS MUST MATCH.*******

Barb

   NOTE: A NIC card utility program(like NICSETUP.EXE) usually comes with 
         any NIC card. Refer to the NIC card installation instructions.