Installing the MDGND.DOS (NDIS2) driver

Installing the MDGND.DOS (NDIS2) driver

To install MDGND.DOS, perform the following in conjunction with the documentation supplied with your network operating system.

  1. Copy the VINES LAN Software (DOS) Install disk to a directory on your workstation called C:\VINES. In this directory, run PCCONFIG.

  2. From the main menu, select Network Card settings.

  3. Select NDIS Token Ring. Type the Ringnode's interrupt setting. For the Bindings= option, type MDGND_NIF.

  4. Save the configuration and return to the main menu.

  5. Copy all the files in the NDIS directory on the VINES (DOS) Workstation disks to C:\VINES on your workstation.

  6. Copy MDGND.DOS from the Madge release disk to C:\VINES.

  7. Add the following lines to CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\VINES\PROTMAN.DOS /I: C:\VINES DEVICE=C:\VINES\MDGND.DOS

  8. Add the following line to AUTOEXEC.BAT: BAN /NDTOKBAN

  9. Ensure that the PROTOCOL.INI contains at least the information below.
    [PROTOCOL MANAGER]
     DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$
          [VINES_XIF]
    	DRIVERNAME = NDISBAN$
    	BINDINGS = MDGND_NIF
      [MDGND_NIF]
    	DRIVERNAME = MDGND$
    Sample PROTOCOL.INI for VINES

  10. Reboot the computer. MDGND.DOS is now installed.

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