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1. eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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I bought two network cards thinking at least one would work with my eComStation computer. I installed the Netgear FA311 nic in my computer. eCS did not detect it in the network section. I checked the cd and there were no OS/2 drivers. I have yet to try the Linksys Etherfast (IIRC on the name). I have checked http://www.netgear.com site but found nothing for OS/2. I will be checking the Linksys site for OS/2 drivers. Are there OS/2-eCS drivers for either nic's? I checked http://hobbes.nmsu.edu but it had nothing for Netgear and a pcmcia driver for Linksys. Any information would be appreciated. I might have to buy a Realtek nic since there seems to be support for OS/2-eCS for them.
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| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 15:26 |
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2. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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| Are we talking PCI-cards here? |
| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 16:02 |
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3. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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They are both PCI cards. I seemed to have mentioned alot of things but forgot the part.
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| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 20:57 |
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4. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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| Ok, guess that you will get it a bit hard with the Linksys cards. I would go for 3Com or Intel based cards. You mentioned Realtek and thoose works as well, good price and drivers for OS2. |
| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 21:12 |
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5. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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http://pws.prserv.net/mckinnis/nicpak/ I was given this link at the forums at http://www.ecomstation.com . It did not list anything for Netgear. There was a couple of ones for Linksys. I will check it out too. If that does not work, I will go with one of the cards that you suggested or a Realtek nic.
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| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 22:02 |
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6. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=nicpak I also found a similar list at the above site. Still nothing for the Netgear but there might be a possible driver for the Linksys.
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| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 22:22 |
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7. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 22:28 |
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8. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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| Agree, pick Intel cards. But, if you now have a Realtek card as well, check following search result and I'm sure that you should be able to find drivers for the card you have. |
| Date: 17 Nov, 2004 on 22:45 |
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9. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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I mentioned Realtek since it was one of the listed network cards that show when one changes the network settings in eCS and it was also at the store - Staples - where I bought the other network cards. I will check to see if they have Intel cards. Thanks for the recomendations/information.
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| Date: 18 Nov, 2004 on 15:14 |
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10. Linksys OS/2 Drivers on CDROM! |
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The cdrom that came with the Linksys EtherFast NIC has OS/2 drivers. I was able to install the drivers (sort of, I think I messed up on the installation). I rebooted and it stopped just after loading the driver for the Linksys EtherFast card. There was no mention of the OS/2 driver on the box or in the instructions (at least none that I noticed). I will try to reload the driver once I get the pc to boot beyond that one line (alt-1 at the OS/2 on the boot up? - IIRC , if not a hint would help.)
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| Date: 22 Nov, 2004 on 05:19 |
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11. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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| Use either Alt-F2 or Alt-F4. Here's the brief rundown on the key switches: Alt-F1: recovery choices menu Alt-F2: displays device drivers as loaded (not basedevs) Alt-F3: Alt-F1 + Alt-F2 Alt-F4: like Alt-F2, but pauses at each device= line, giving the option to load or not Alt-F5: Alt-F1 + Alt-F4 HTH
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Lewis -------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA Rosenthal & Rosenthal
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| Date: 22 Nov, 2004 on 05:47 |
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12. Thanks much! |
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Thank you for the information. It is truly appreciated. I will do as your instructions.
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| Date: 22 Nov, 2004 on 23:53 |
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13. Belkin NIC? |
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| I tried the OS/2 driver on the cdrom that came with the Linksys NIC. It would go to the part where the NIC driver would start to load the driver but it would go no farther. I will try to remove the other card information from the settings to see if that works. I did not find an Intel or Realtek NIC at the place where I bought the previous two NIC's (the store is Staples). I did buy the only other brand that they had; Belkin. The box said it had drivers for DOS. I am hoping it also has drivers for OS/2 (on cdrom or the Belkin site).
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| Date: 29 Nov, 2004 on 20:42 |
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14. RealTek RTL8139 Drivers? |
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I went to http://www.belkin.com and found the chipset used the NIC that most resembles the one I bought. I did not find any OS/2 drivers for it (used 'os/2' in the sites search utility but it did not come up with anything). I used 'realtek' as a search word at http://hobbes.nmsu.edu and came up with rtlt139a.zip and rtsnd323.zip (both for the chipset used in the Belkin card). I will give them a try to see if it works.
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| Date: 29 Nov, 2004 on 21:00 |
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15. Belkin NIC Works! |
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eCS had the drivers for the RealTek 8319 chipset that the Belkin small profile NIC uses. I am finally able to get online with my cable modem/network switch. I am a happy camper.
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| Date: 30 Nov, 2004 on 03:35 |
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16. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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last updated at 14 Jan, 2005 00:56 (1 times) I had trouble with installing the Linksys on eCS. It has to do with the install scripts.Once installed there will be 2 files in the \ibmcom\macs directory: lne100.nif lne100.os2 and once used a modified \ibmcom\protocol.ini You can ftp these from 68.166.148.41 linksys lne100 make sure to use binary mode. the lne100 files are all that is needed. Just copy them by hand into the macs directory and run mpts or copy the protocol.ini and update config.sys with DEVICE=C:\IBMCOM\MACS\LNE100.OS2 |
| Date: 14 Jan, 2005 on 00:48 |
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17. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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hello BigWarpGuy... Netgear MA311 pci work great in OS/2, eCS.... the cisco 340\350 pcmcia card works great in a laptop... there might be others, but these are sure to work... Best |
| Date: 17 Jan, 2005 on 17:06 |
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18. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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| Hi, I know this is an old topic, but I just got a Netgear FA311 card, and managed to find OS/2 drivers for it. Turns out this card (at least the one I have) is based on the National Semiconductor DP83815 chipset. If you download the NSC.ZIP file from the Nicpak site, and chose the 81815 driver, it works for me. Here's a direct link to the ZIP. http://www.os2warp.be/nicpak/files/nsc.zip Of course, it is possible that Netgear has used a number of chipsets in this card, so I wouldn't guarantee that it will work with *every* fa311 card. But I've had success. |
| Date: 11 Oct, 2005 on 19:16 |
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19. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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Thank you for the information and the links. I will look for them.
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| Date: 12 Oct, 2005 on 19:42 |
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20. Re:eCS-OS/2 Drivers for Linsys Etherfast or Netgear FA311? |
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I use a LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 PCI NIC in my eCS box. I used the supplied drivers and it seems to work OK. The key is to look for NDIS2 drivers and you should find them on the second diskette. There is one issue though, there is no protocol file supplied on the OS2 side (there's both DOS and OS2 drivers). One the drivers are installed and the box rebooted if you do a 'ping' you will get a "ICMP unknown protocol" error. To fix this just enter: COPY x:\TCPIP\DOS\ETC\PROTOCOL x:\MPTN\ETC Reboot and try your ping again.Gene |
| Date: 02 Nov, 2005 on 22:35 |
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