UNBIND

Purpose

Use at the server console to

Remove a communication protocol from the LAN driver of a network board

Disable communication on a specific board

Syntax

UNBIND protocol [FROM] LAN_driver | board_name [[driver_parameter/]]

Parameter	Use to
protocol	Specify the name of the protocol you want to unbind.
LAN_driver \| board_name	Specify the name of the LAN driver or the network board from which you are unbinding the protocol.
driver_parameter	Specify one or more driver parameters if you have more than one network board of the same type in your server. See UNBIND Driver Parameters. NOTE: Enclose driver parameters in square brackets.

Parameter

Use to

protocol

Specify the name of the protocol you want to unbind.

LAN_driver | board_name

Specify the name of the LAN driver or the network board from which you are unbinding the protocol.

driver_parameter

Specify one or more driver parameters if you have more than one network board of the same type in your server. See UNBIND Driver Parameters.

NOTE:

Enclose driver parameters in square brackets.

UNBIND Driver Parameters

Driver parameter	Use to
[DMA=number]	Specify the DMA channel for the board. Use the same channel you did when you loaded the driver.
[FRAME=number]	Specify the frame type for the board. Use the same frame type you did when you loaded the driver.
[INT=number]	Specify the interrupt for the board. Use the same interrupt you did when you loaded the driver.
[MEM=number]	Specify the memory address for the board. Use the same memory address you did when you loaded the driver.
[PORT=number]	Specify the I/O port for the board. Use the same I/O port you did when you loaded the driver.
[SLOT=number]	Specify the network board by the slot that it was installed in. Use this parameter with microchannel and EISA computers. Use the same slot number you did when you loaded the driver.
[NODE=number]	Specify the node number of the board.

Using Driver Parameters

You must tell the operating system which network board or LAN driver to unbind the communication protocol from.

If you have multiple boards or LAN drivers, you must unbind each one separately.

If your server has more than one instance of the LAN driver loaded, use one or more driver parameters to specify the particular board you are unbinding.

To prevent a driver from binding automatically when the server boots, delete the following line from the AUTOEXEC.NCF file:

BIND IPX TO LAN_driver NET=number

Examples

To unbind IPX^TM from an NE3200^TM driver that has been loaded only once, type

UNBIND IPX FROM NE3200

To unbind IPX from an NE3200 driver that has been loaded more than once, using driver parameters to specify the particular network board, type

UNBIND IPX FROM NE3200 [SLOT=3, FRAME=ETHERNET_II]

Additional Information

Topic	See
Viewing a list of communication protocols	PROTOCOL