sdalera@cc.curtin.edu.au (04/06/91)
Recently I have been able to pick up 2 Ethernet cards (for an IBM PC).
Western Digital WD8003E
3COM Etherlink I
I am considering using a networking package called Lantastic (a low-cost
peer-peer networking package). I've heard conflicting reports on whether
this 3COM card will work properly. I have got a NetBIOS driver for the
WD8003E card (written by WD) but have no such thing for the 3COM.
My questions are:
1. Exactly which driver needs to be used for the WD8003E.
2. Is there a 3COM NetBIOS driver available?
3. Which drivers are supplied with the AI (Adaptor-Independent) version
of Lantastic?
4. Since these drivers are usually publicly available, does anyone know
of an FTP site(or UUENCODE them to me) for such drivers.
Thanks in advance,
Richard.
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+61-9-493-2625 (data) V.22bis and below (MNP supported)mwb@jpradley.jpr.com (Michael Brown) (04/08/91)
In article <1991Apr6.234843.7677@cc.curtin.edu.au> sdalera@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: >Recently I have been able to pick up 2 Ethernet cards (for an IBM PC). > >Western Digital WD8003E >3COM Etherlink I > >I am considering using a networking package called Lantastic (a low-cost >peer-peer networking package). I've heard conflicting reports on whether >this 3COM card will work properly. I have got a NetBIOS driver for the >WD8003E card (written by WD) but have no such thing for the 3COM. > >My questions are: > >1. Exactly which driver needs to be used for the WD8003E. > >2. Is there a 3COM NetBIOS driver available? > >3. Which drivers are supplied with the AI (Adaptor-Independent) version > of Lantastic? > >4. Since these drivers are usually publicly available, does anyone know > of an FTP site(or UUENCODE them to me) for such drivers. > >Thanks in advance, >Richard. According to Artisoft's Compatibility List - 1. The WD8003.EXE driver supplied with LANtastic/AI will work, if your card is one of the following: WD8003 EBT rev X0 WD8013 EBT rev X0 Elite16 WD8013 EV B 48903 2. The 3Com 3C501, 3C503, 3C505 and 3C523 with their NetBios is listed as incompatible. 3. The following additional drivers are supplied: NEX000.EXE (Novell compatible) for Accton EtherCoax-8 en1809 Accton EtherCoax-16 en1603-n2 Artisoft AE2 in NE2000 mode revs. C,E Novell NE2000 rev H Novell Micro Channel rev F Sureman Computer & Communication NE-1 PATCC.COM for Xircom PA02B6-8K ARCNet PE.EXE for Xircom Pocket Ethernet PE10B2-8K SMCARC.EXE for Standard Microsystems SMC PC200 rev A and PC500WS rev C TCARC.EXE for Thomas Conrad TC6045 AT rev C and TC6142 rev C. The list is dated 3/11/91. Mike Brown
skl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) (04/08/91)
In article <1991Apr6.234843.7677@cc.curtin.edu.au>, you wrote: >1. Exactly which driver needs to be used for the WD8003E. There's a NETBIOS driver for the WD8003E which comes with the card. There's also one in the AI/LANBIOS product Artisoft sells (separately from the Lantastic NOS/AI product). I know that the latter does work with NOS/AI, and the former should work also, except that it will take up more memory than the latter. >2. Is there a 3COM NetBIOS driver available? You should check with 3COM. I know they have NETBIOS drivers for at least some of their cards (like the 3C505). >3. Which drivers are supplied with the AI (Adaptor-Independent) version > of Lantastic? The Lantastic NOS/AI package comes with no hardware drivers at all, it simply runs on top of NETBIOS. Artisoft also sells a AI/LANBIOS product which contains only a WD8003E NETBIOS driver (as of the beginning of this year). Some Ethernet card manufacturers also have NETBIOS drivers for their cards. >4. Since these drivers are usually publicly available, does anyone know > of an FTP site(or UUENCODE them to me) for such drivers. I haven't seen a publicly available NETBIOS-over-Ethernet driver around on the net yet. The free packet drivers that has been floating around the net aren't too useful in the Lantastic context. ...Sam -- <skl@wimsey.bc.ca>