# Loading IFADAP from CONFIG.SYS

1. To provide the option of not using the network:
   Put IFADAP.EXE on the device line that loads the Madge network driver. Use the following syntax:
   DEVICE=IFADAP.EXE CARD=PCMCIA QUESTION[=""]

2. Specify a question of your own if you want to.
   By default, IFADAP asks, "Do you want to load (F1=Yes/F2=No)?". The question is displayed when CONFIG.SYS executes. The Madge driver runs only if there is a PCMCIA Ringnode installed and if you answer Yes (‘) to the question.

3. In the following sample device line, MDGND.DOS loads only if the IFADAP software finds a PCMCIA Ringnode, and you answer yes (‘) to the question (in the example, the line has wrapped onto two lines):
   DEVICE=C:\MADGE\IFADAP.EXE CARD=PCMCIA QUESTION C:\MADGE\MDGND.DOS

4. To ensure that the Ringnode is powered down when no drivers are loaded, add the following lines (the line has wrapped onto three lines):
   DEVICE=C:\MADGE\IFADAP.EXE CARD=PCMCIA QUESTION="Do you want to power off the Ringnode (F1=YES/F2=NO)?"
   C:\MADGE\TRPOWER /OFF

   In this sample device line, TRPOWER ensures that the Ringnode is powered down if the IFADAP software finds a PCMCIA Ringnode, and if you answer yes (‘) to the question.