ODI Driver archive
(ver various)
Abandoned Freeware


			     DOS ODI DRIVERS
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This is a collection of DOS Open Data-Link Interface [ODI] TSR drivers for several manufacturers 
Network Interface Cards [NICs]. The files were gathered from repositories around the Internet 
(including the Georg Potthast and Omar Yabar repos), so there may be some duplication. 

Most are for wired Ethernet NICs, and all should work properly with Novell Netware. Be aware 
that while Ethernet is currently the most popular NIC design, two others of note are ARCNET 
(reliable in electronically noisy environments, such as heavy industry) and Token Ring (an 
excellent alternative to Ethernet, constructed using superior, thus costlier, hardware).  


NOTE:
The Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) is a similar API used primarily with 
Microsoft Windows. The PC/TCP Packet Driver is the most common similar API though.  You 
can use a network card using an ODI driver with application software that requires a PC/TCP 
Packet driver, by inserting a Packet to ODI conversion shim software between the two.  

If you have the choice, you should use a PC/TCP Packet Driver under DOS, so that you can 
eliminate the memory overhead (and fractional slowdown) of also having to load LSL and ODIPKT. 


file = ODI.zip


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Novell Link Support Layer for DOS ODI
(ver 2.20)
Abandoned Freeware


LSL is a neccessary layer that resides above the ODI driver.  It can read a file "NET.CFG", 
which should reside in the same directory as LSL.COM TSR.  If NET.CFG is not found, LSL will 
use system defaults (and thus will probably not work as you intend).  Zip file includes a 
minimal sample Ethernet NET.CFG file (note: -indentation- is what groups a section together). 
IMPORTANT: replace "xxxxx" in the example with the ODI driver base name.

file = LSL.zip


In Net.cfg: "buffers 8 1600" is recommended; and "Frame Ethernet_II" is for Ethernet networks.

To load (you can also "load high") LSL and your ODI driver, insert these lines into your 
Autoexec.bat:

	C:\<your_path>\LSL.COM /C=C:\<your_path>\NET.CFG
	C:\<your_path>\<your_odi_driver_file_name>