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AlphaNET Installation Guide, Revision 05

DRIVER=AM319

NETWORK=100

GROUP=1

NODE=1 ; Each computer must have unique node number

; within same network and group.

NODECHECK=ON

NODECOUNT=2

GROUPCOUNT=1

NAME=Accounting Network

; DEVICEADDRESS=6

The sections below discuss each of these lines.

DRIVER=

Our network is based on two Eagle 300s, which use a driver called AM319.NDV, so the correct entry for

the DRIVER statement is AM319. (It is not necessary to enter the .NDV extension.)

NETWORK=

The NETWORK parameter can be assigned any number from 1 to 254; the actual number has no

significance. In the example above we used 100. As the network is expanded, any new computers using

Ethernet hardware that are directly connected to our existing network will be assigned the same network

number.

GROUP=

In our sample network initialization file, the GROUP parameter has been assigned the number 1. The

group number, like the network number, is used for identification; the actual number has no real

meaning. Since our network only has two computers, making up one group, we are using the simplest

identification

the number 1. However, any number from 1 to 254 can be used as a valid group number.

You could easily construct a 20-computer network in the same way we built our two-computer

network. You may want to assign some of these computers different group numbers based on

their location in your facility or based on the departments they support. You may also choose to

assign them the same group number; the choice is yours.

NODE=

Unlike network and group numbers, two computers cannot share the same node number. Each computer

must have its own unique node number. Our network example only has two computers, so the logical

thing to do is to assign one computer node 1 and the other node 2. The NODE parameter will accept any

number from 1 to 65535.

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