Most environments which require a Clarkson-type packet driver can be supported with the DOS ODI driver, EMPCI.COM, used in conjunction with an ODI-Packet Driver shim module from Novell.

The Novell ODI-Packet Driver shim version 2.0 is freely available from Novell's "Novell User" CompuServe forum (GO NOVUSER) as ODIPKT.ZIP, and also from Novell's FTP site (ftp://ftp.novell.com/pub/netwire/novuser/02/dosodi.zip).

The ODIPKT.ZIP archive file contains the file ODIPKT.COM, the ODI-Packet Driver shim module.

The following instuctions will help you install and use ODIPKT.COM.

1. Unzip the ODIPKT.ZIP archive:
PKUNZIP ODIPKT

2. Copy ODIPKT.COM to your \NWCLIENT directory (or the directory that contains LSL.COM and EMPCI.COM, if you are using a different directory name).
Copy ODIPKT.COM C:\NWCLIENT

3. Make sure your \NWCLIENT\NET.CFG file contains the following lines (indents are important; capitalization does not matter):

NOTE: This example assumes you are using IPXODI (the IPX protocol), in addition to ODIPKT.

LINK SUPPORT
Buffers 6 1600 (required for ODIPKT)

LINK DRIVER EMPCI
frame ethernet_ii (required for ODIPKT)
frame ethernet_802.2 (required for IPXODI)

Protocol IPX
Bind #2 (binds IPXODI to 2nd frame type listed in the LINK DRIVER EMPCI section)

4. Make sure your AUTOEXEC.BAT contains the following lines to automatically load ODIPKT.COM at startup.

Or, run these commands from the DOS prompt:
c:\nwclient\lsl.com
c:\nwclient\empci.com
c:\nwclient\odipkt.com
c:\nwclient\ipxodi.com (required for IPXODI)

5. In addition, load the software application which requires the Packet Driver, either from the AUTOEXEC.BAT, or from the DOS prompt:
c:\package\package.exe