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Re: How come these NE3200s do not work?

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From: Marty Collins
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:23
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rick@wet.UUCP (Rick Rutledge) writes:
: 
: I worked with Novell Tech Support on a similar problem - 2 NE3200's that
: wouldn't happily coexist.  Drove me crazy (me and about 120 LAN users...),
: and we finally concluded that the 2 cards couldn't coexist, even after
: trying several versions of the LAN drivers.  I've heard numerous reports to
: that effect.  I guess I'll have to get on NetWire and see if the driver
: there is the one I had.  (I had one that apparently wasn't fully tested, as
: I had to get a password to download it.)

You may have got the ne3200.lan v3.2 which uses the new specs for 4.0
Lan drivers. This version is not officialy release and hence the reason
for the password to get it. I would highly suggest using the version
prior which is 3.18.



: 
: It'd be nice to not have to return the second card, though I've been told
: that if I want good performance from an EISA card, the 3C509 is
: top-of-the-line because of the parallel I/O processors.  There won't be much
: on the segment besides the server and the router, so it would seem that I
: could take advantage of the card's ability to really pump the data out.
: Thoughts?
: 
: 
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Subject: Re: How come these NE3200s do not work?
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