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!TCPIP/TCPIP_Doc/Notes/Ethernet
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| Filename: | !TCPIP/TCPIP_Doc/Notes/Ethernet |
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| File size: | 0862 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Setting up for Ethernet Use --------------------------- Credits: The DCI Driver module is a very slightly modified version of that included with !NetLite, and presumably written by, and copyright Jonathan Naylor. The Ethernet driver code in !TCPIP is also based upon that in !Netlite. So this means, give credit to Jonathan Naylor, but blame me if it doesnt work - I think ;-) As I dont actually have an Ethernet or even an Ethernet card to try this out with, beyond checking that it seems to startup OK, this has not been tested at all in actual use, as all I can do is pray that it will work, so good luck ;-) ------- To use Ethernet with !TCPIP, you will need to do two things: 1. Add a suitable attach command to the !TCPIPUser.Config file along with required route commands. The attach command for ethernet is: attach ether <unit number> <unit name> <mtu> for eg: attach ether 0 et0 1500 The unit name is tye name used in !TCPIP, and not the name that might actually be used by the specific Ethernet card. See below about this. 2. Edit the file !TCPIP.EtherInit which contains system commands to load up !TCPIP's DCI driver. Prior to loading !TCPIP's DCI driver, the system variable Inet$EtherType *MUST* be set to the generic id name for your ethernet card, for eg "ea", "et" etc. This DCI driver is a little primative in that I think it can only cope with one card. Also, you should not have any other DCI drivers for Acorn's TCPIP or AUN loaded. Also it wont work if either of Acorn's internet modules are loaded, or at yhe very least, the internet modules wont work as both !TCPIP's DCI driver and the Acorn module will both want IP and ARP/RARP frames. If your Ethernet cards driver does not set the Inet$EtherType variable, then you should set it. Once set, then the DCIDriver can be loaded, and !TCPIP can be started. This is not a complex as it looks. basically edit the !TCPIP.EtherInit file to your needs and all should be OK. I would appreciate feed back of Etherinit files for various ethernet cards if this seems appropriate. Apparently this code does work with !NetLite, so it should work in !TCPIP.
00000000 53 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 75 70 20 66 6f 72 20 45 |Setting up for E| 00000010 74 68 65 72 6e 65 74 20 55 73 65 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d |thernet Use.----| 00000020 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000030 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 43 72 65 64 69 74 73 |-------..Credits| 00000040 3a 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 44 43 49 20 44 72 69 76 65 |:..The DCI Drive| 00000050 72 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 69 73 20 61 20 76 65 |r module is a ve| 00000060 72 79 20 73 6c 69 67 68 74 6c 79 20 6d 6f 64 69 |ry slightly modi| 00000070 66 69 65 64 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 |fied version of | 00000080 74 68 61 74 0a 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 65 64 20 77 69 |that.included wi| 00000090 74 68 20 21 4e 65 74 4c 69 74 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 |th !NetLite, and| 000000a0 20 70 72 65 73 75 6d 61 62 6c 79 20 77 72 69 74 | presumably writ| 000000b0 74 65 6e 20 62 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 70 79 |ten by, and copy| 000000c0 72 69 67 68 74 0a 4a 6f 6e 61 74 68 61 6e 20 4e |right.Jonathan N| 000000d0 61 79 6c 6f 72 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 45 74 68 65 |aylor...The Ethe| 000000e0 72 6e 65 74 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 63 6f 64 65 |rnet driver code| 000000f0 20 69 6e 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 20 69 73 20 61 6c | in !TCPIP is al| 00000100 73 6f 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 75 70 6f 6e 20 74 68 |so based upon th| 00000110 61 74 20 69 6e 20 21 4e 65 74 6c 69 74 65 2e 0a |at in !Netlite..| 00000120 0a 53 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 2c 20 |.So this means, | 00000130 67 69 76 65 20 63 72 65 64 69 74 20 74 6f 20 4a |give credit to J| 00000140 6f 6e 61 74 68 61 6e 20 4e 61 79 6c 6f 72 2c 20 |onathan Naylor, | 00000150 62 75 74 20 62 6c 61 6d 65 20 6d 65 20 69 66 20 |but blame me if | 00000160 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 6e 74 0a 77 6f 72 6b 20 2d |it doesnt.work -| 00000170 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 3b 2d 29 0a 0a 41 73 | I think ;-)..As| 00000180 20 49 20 64 6f 6e 74 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 | I dont actually| 00000190 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6e 20 45 74 68 65 72 6e 65 | have an Etherne| 000001a0 74 20 6f 72 20 65 76 65 6e 20 61 6e 20 45 74 68 |t or even an Eth| 000001b0 65 72 6e 65 74 20 63 61 72 64 20 74 6f 20 74 72 |ernet card to tr| 000001c0 79 20 74 68 69 73 0a 6f 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 2c |y this.out with,| 000001d0 20 62 65 79 6f 6e 64 20 63 68 65 63 6b 69 6e 67 | beyond checking| 000001e0 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 74 | that it seems t| 000001f0 6f 20 73 74 61 72 74 75 70 20 4f 4b 2c 20 74 68 |o startup OK, th| 00000200 69 73 20 68 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 65 6e 0a |is has not been.| 00000210 74 65 73 74 65 64 20 61 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 69 6e |tested at all in| 00000220 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 20 75 73 65 2c 20 61 73 20 | actual use, as | 00000230 61 6c 6c 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 69 73 20 |all I can do is | 00000240 70 72 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c |pray that it wil| 00000250 6c 20 77 6f 72 6b 2c 0a 73 6f 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 |l work,.so good | 00000260 6c 75 63 6b 20 3b 2d 29 0a 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |luck ;-)..------| 00000270 2d 0a 0a 54 6f 20 75 73 65 20 45 74 68 65 72 6e |-..To use Ethern| 00000280 65 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 2c 20 |et with !TCPIP, | 00000290 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f |you will need to| 000002a0 20 64 6f 20 74 77 6f 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 3a 0a | do two things:.| 000002b0 0a 31 2e 20 41 64 64 20 61 20 73 75 69 74 61 62 |.1. Add a suitab| 000002c0 6c 65 20 61 74 74 61 63 68 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e |le attach comman| 000002d0 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 55 |d to the !TCPIPU| 000002e0 73 65 72 2e 43 6f 6e 66 69 67 20 66 69 6c 65 20 |ser.Config file | 000002f0 61 6c 6f 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 77 69 74 68 20 72 65 |along. with re| 00000300 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 72 6f 75 74 65 20 63 6f 6d |quired route com| 00000310 6d 61 6e 64 73 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 61 74 74 61 |mands...The atta| 00000320 63 68 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 66 6f 72 20 65 |ch command for e| 00000330 74 68 65 72 6e 65 74 20 69 73 3a 0a 0a 61 74 74 |thernet is:..att| 00000340 61 63 68 20 65 74 68 65 72 20 3c 75 6e 69 74 20 |ach ether <unit | 00000350 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 3e 20 3c 75 6e 69 74 20 6e 61 |number> <unit na| 00000360 6d 65 3e 20 3c 6d 74 75 3e 0a 0a 66 6f 72 20 65 |me> <mtu>..for e| 00000370 67 3a 0a 0a 61 74 74 61 63 68 20 65 74 68 65 72 |g:..attach ether| 00000380 20 30 20 65 74 30 20 31 35 30 30 0a 0a 54 68 65 | 0 et0 1500..The| 00000390 20 75 6e 69 74 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 74 79 | unit name is ty| 000003a0 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 69 6e 20 21 |e name used in !| 000003b0 54 43 50 49 50 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 |TCPIP, and not t| 000003c0 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 6d 69 67 |he name that mig| 000003d0 68 74 0a 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 62 65 20 75 |ht.actually be u| 000003e0 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 63 69 |sed by the speci| 000003f0 66 69 63 20 45 74 68 65 72 6e 65 74 20 63 61 72 |fic Ethernet car| 00000400 64 2e 20 53 65 65 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 61 62 6f |d. See below abo| 00000410 75 74 20 74 68 69 73 2e 0a 0a 0a 32 2e 20 45 64 |ut this....2. Ed| 00000420 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 21 54 43 50 |it the file !TCP| 00000430 49 50 2e 45 74 68 65 72 49 6e 69 74 20 77 68 69 |IP.EtherInit whi| 00000440 63 68 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 73 79 73 74 |ch contains syst| 00000450 65 6d 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 0a 20 |em commands to. | 00000460 20 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 75 70 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 | load up !TCPIP| 00000470 27 73 20 44 43 49 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 2e 0a 0a |'s DCI driver...| 00000480 50 72 69 6f 72 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67 |Prior to loading| 00000490 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 27 73 20 44 43 49 20 64 72 | !TCPIP's DCI dr| 000004a0 69 76 65 72 2c 20 74 68 65 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d |iver, the system| 000004b0 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 20 49 6e 65 74 24 45 | variable Inet$E| 000004c0 74 68 65 72 54 79 70 65 0a 2a 4d 55 53 54 2a 20 |therType.*MUST* | 000004d0 62 65 20 73 65 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 67 65 |be set to the ge| 000004e0 6e 65 72 69 63 20 69 64 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 66 6f |neric id name fo| 000004f0 72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 65 74 68 65 72 6e 65 74 20 |r your ethernet | 00000500 63 61 72 64 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 65 67 0a 22 65 61 |card, for eg."ea| 00000510 22 2c 20 22 65 74 22 20 65 74 63 2e 0a 0a 54 68 |", "et" etc...Th| 00000520 69 73 20 44 43 49 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 69 73 |is DCI driver is| 00000530 20 61 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 70 72 69 6d 61 74 | a little primat| 00000540 69 76 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 74 68 |ive in that I th| 00000550 69 6e 6b 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |ink it can only | 00000560 63 6f 70 65 0a 77 69 74 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 63 61 |cope.with one ca| 00000570 72 64 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 |rd. Also, you sh| 00000580 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6e |ould not have an| 00000590 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 44 43 49 20 64 72 69 76 |y other DCI driv| 000005a0 65 72 73 20 66 6f 72 0a 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 20 |ers for.Acorn's | 000005b0 54 43 50 49 50 20 6f 72 20 41 55 4e 20 6c 6f 61 |TCPIP or AUN loa| 000005c0 64 65 64 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 69 74 20 77 6f 6e |ded. Also it won| 000005d0 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 66 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 |t work if either| 000005e0 20 6f 66 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 27 73 0a 69 6e 74 65 | of Acorn's.inte| 000005f0 72 6e 65 74 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 20 61 72 65 |rnet modules are| 00000600 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2c 20 6f 72 20 61 74 20 79 | loaded, or at y| 00000610 68 65 20 76 65 72 79 20 6c 65 61 73 74 2c 20 74 |he very least, t| 00000620 68 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 6d 6f 64 75 |he internet modu| 00000630 6c 65 73 0a 77 6f 6e 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 61 73 |les.wont work as| 00000640 20 62 6f 74 68 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 27 73 20 44 | both !TCPIP's D| 00000650 43 49 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |CI driver and th| 00000660 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 77 |e Acorn module w| 00000670 69 6c 6c 20 62 6f 74 68 0a 77 61 6e 74 20 49 50 |ill both.want IP| 00000680 20 61 6e 64 20 41 52 50 2f 52 41 52 50 20 66 72 | and ARP/RARP fr| 00000690 61 6d 65 73 2e 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 45 |ames...If your E| 000006a0 74 68 65 72 6e 65 74 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 64 72 |thernet cards dr| 000006b0 69 76 65 72 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 65 |iver does not se| 000006c0 74 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 65 74 24 45 74 68 65 72 |t the Inet$Ether| 000006d0 54 79 70 65 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 2c 0a 74 |Type variable,.t| 000006e0 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 |hen you should s| 000006f0 65 74 20 69 74 2e 0a 0a 4f 6e 63 65 20 73 65 74 |et it...Once set| 00000700 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 44 43 49 44 72 |, then the DCIDr| 00000710 69 76 65 72 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 6c 6f 61 64 |iver can be load| 00000720 65 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 20 63 |ed, and !TCPIP c| 00000730 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a |an be started...| 00000740 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 20 63 6f |This is not a co| 00000750 6d 70 6c 65 78 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 6c 6f 6f 6b |mplex as it look| 00000760 73 2e 20 62 61 73 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 65 64 69 |s. basically edi| 00000770 74 20 74 68 65 20 21 54 43 50 49 50 2e 45 74 68 |t the !TCPIP.Eth| 00000780 65 72 49 6e 69 74 0a 66 69 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 79 |erInit.file to y| 00000790 6f 75 72 20 6e 65 65 64 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c |our needs and al| 000007a0 6c 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 4f 4b 2e 20 |l should be OK. | 000007b0 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 70 70 72 65 63 69 61 |I would apprecia| 000007c0 74 65 20 66 65 65 64 20 62 61 63 6b 20 6f 66 0a |te feed back of.| 000007d0 45 74 68 65 72 69 6e 69 74 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 |Etherinit files | 000007e0 66 6f 72 20 76 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 65 74 68 65 |for various ethe| 000007f0 72 6e 65 74 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 69 66 20 74 68 |rnet cards if th| 00000800 69 73 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 |is seems appropr| 00000810 69 61 74 65 2e 0a 0a 41 70 70 61 72 65 6e 74 6c |iate...Apparentl| 00000820 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 6f 64 65 20 64 6f 65 73 |y this code does| 00000830 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 21 4e 65 74 4c | work with !NetL| 00000840 69 74 65 2c 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c |ite, so it shoul| 00000850 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 69 6e 0a 21 54 43 50 49 50 |d work in.!TCPIP| 00000860 2e 0a |..| 00000862
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