CLI Reference Guide

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NET.CFG Options Reference
Link Driver Option
Assign each board a unique memory range.
Be sure you don’t assign a range that is already used by other hardware.
(VGA monitors commonly use A0000-C6FFF and XVGA monitors
commonly use A0000-CFFFF.)
NODE ADDRESS hex_address [mode]
Overrides the hard-coded node address in the LAN driver, if the hardware
allows it. The new address is used to program the network board.
Changing the node address for a network board can create conflicts with
other LAN drivers. Use the hard-coded node address whenever possible.
You can use either the canonical or non-canonical mode. Use the following
keywords to determine the mode:
• LSB (canonical addressing mode)
• MSB (non-canonical addressing mode)
Replace hex_starting_address with the
hexadecimal physical (absolute) address of the
memory used by the network board.
Replace the hex_length with the memory address
range (in hexadecimal paragraphs, with each
paragraph being 16 bytes) used by the network
board. Usually, the hex length is not needed.
Default #1
Example When the node address on a network board is set from
D0000 to D4000 (bytes), the starting address is D0000 and
the range is 400 hexadecimal paragraphs.
Therefore, for an NE2000 network board, you
would place the following lines in your NET.CFG
file:
link driver ne2000
mem d0000 400