getting an Intel Pro/1000CT onboard Ethernet controller working with OS/2 Warp 4

[Dave Yeo]

Since it seems that you have an active drivers subscription, perhaps you should open an issue at Arca Noae. They're usually pretty helpful.
You'll need testlog, http://88watts.net/dlfile.php?F=testlog- to gather your system info (run it only once per boot)

[KevinP]

I remembered that the onboard NIC "is" working because I have tried it with a drive with a Windows installation and it worked fine.

[KevinP]

Since it seems that you have an active drivers subscription, perhaps you should open an issue at Arca Noae. They're usually pretty helpful.
You'll need testlog, http://88watts.net/dlfile.php?F=testlog- to gather your system info (run it only once per boot)

I wondered about doing that.

[Andi B.]

Do I recall correclty - the lights at the onboard connectors lit?

If yes. What does on command line

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ifconfig lan0
say?

If you see an valid IP address what shows

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ping 127.0.0.1and then

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ping 192.168.88.1

[Dariusz Piatkowski]

...and to Andi's point: does the router see your NIC?

My router (Asus GT-AC5300) has a screen (browser based interface) which shows all connected devices. Sometimes when my smart lights go off, or won't power back up when I tell them to (so much for all that "smart" nomenclature lol) I will quickly check if the connection was lost.

Further on, do you have any other devices that could ping your OS/2 box?

[KevinP]

I am very pleased to report that I got the operating system to recognize the onboard controller.  The issue was the driver.  I read the documentation for the E1000E driver that came from Arca Noae.  It had a list of device ID's that it supports.  The ID of my controller was not listed.  They made clear that if your device ID was not listed then the driver would not support it.  I looked at the Intel drivers on OS2site.com.  I first tried the E1000E version 0.1.4.  It shows up in MPTS as a Pro/1000 PCIe MAC driver.  The driver loaded at boot but it did not work with my controller.  Then I tried the driver listed as Pro/1000 v3.61.  It shows up in MPTS as Pro/1000 Network Controller or something like that.  That one worked.  The driver loaded at boot and then the controller was recognized and its MAC Address showed up.  I really appreciate all the help.  I still have a lot to learn about networking on OS/2.  By the way, the router from my ISP is a managed router so I cannot make changes and set my networking.  The only way I can do that is to have a second private router.  I still have some other questions so will be posting about other issues I'm having.  Thanks, Kevin

[Dave Yeo]

Good that you found a working driver. You still could open an issue with Arca Noae to get them to support your NIC so others won't have to go through this.