Subj : OS/2 Warp 4 NIC drivers
To   : Johan Zwiekhorst
From : Gerald Miller
Date : Thu Jun 30 2005 06:31 am

Hello Johan,

    Responding to a post in the OS2 area:
    On Thursday June 30 2005 at 09:13,
    Johan Zwiekhorst [2:292/100] wrote to Gerald Miller,
    about: OS/2 Warp 4 NIC drivers

 >> GM:     a.  Netgear FA330/331 Fast Ethernet PCI card (1st choice)

 JZ> As far as I know, there are indeed no OS/2 drivers for this card.

Pity.  I guess it really doesn't matter any more because the Windows for
Workgroup v3.11 is toast and one my install diskettes is corrupted.

 >> GM:     b.  D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
 >> GM:     c.  D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter

 JZ> These two cards have in fact Realtek chipsets. Just look for that
 JZ> driver and it will work fine. You'll need the RTL8139/810x Family Fast
 JZ> Ethernet NIC+ driver. Try this link:
 JZ> http://www.os2warp.be/nicpak/files/realtek.zip The 530 card may have a
 JZ> VIA chipset if it's an A or B type. In that case, use
 JZ> http://www.os2warp.be/nicpak/files/via.zip

Thank you.  I'll have to scoop the two files.

I would prefer to go with the DFE-538TX because I really don't want to
remove the other NIC from the "working" W2K system...

 JZ> Tip: try to restrict yourself to Realtek-based network cards. They
 JZ> have excellent drivers for OS/2 and Linux and it works flawlessly.
 JZ> Intel works good too, but these cards usually are expensive. Also
 JZ> worth checking out: http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=nicpak

Will do.

           Thanks ... Gerald

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