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Re: Which driver for Ethernet adapter card under OS/2??

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From: Chuck McKinnis
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 14:01
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On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 07:44:17, phjec@alinga.newcastle.edu.au (phjec)
wrote:

Go to http://pws.prserv.net/mckinnis/nicpak  You will find the latest
driver there with a small tool to help you install it.

> I wish to install a PCI Ethernet adapter card [SN3200, no brand indicated,
> Made in China] into my computer, running OS/2 Warp4.  The card uses the Real
> Tek RTL8029 chip.  I chose this card because it claims to have drivers for
> OS/2, which indeed it has; about three different ones.  The problem is that
> I cannot match up any of the driver names with what appear to be the network
> system/s available in Warp 4.  For example, there is a driver provided for
> Novell Netware, which is apparently not included in Warp 4.
>
> Can anyone out there help me to pin down what driver I should be looking to
> use?  Drivers on the disk that mention OS/2 include: OS/2 NDIS drivers for
> Microsoft LAN Manager Versions 1.x and 2.x; Novell NetWare OS2/ODI driver.
>
> There are also the following IBM drivers:  IBM DOS LAN requester driver;
> IBM OS/2 LAN server driver [but I am not setting up a server.]. There are
> also Lantastic 4.0 & 5.0 drivers, if these can be used with OS/2.
>
> I am stuck until I can get some help on this, so any suggestions will be
> most welcome.
>
> Jim.
>


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Chuck McKinnis
IBM Senior Systems Engineer (retired)
http://pws.prserv.net/mckinnis/
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