umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) (10/03/90)
I hope someone can give me a definate answer to this question I keep getting vague answers on! Will ALL of the ethernet drivers written for the WD 8003E<8bit> ethernet board work with the WD8013<16 bit> ethernet board? Some people say no, others say they don't know, yet I keep seeing references to things like '...but the drivers will work in 8 bit emulation mode on the 8013' I have the manual for the 8013 board, but it doesn't mention anything about an 8 bit emulation mode, which if it exists, I would assume to be a compatability mode to the 8003E board. Is there sort of an emulation mode in the 8013 to make the software think its an 8003E? Thanks, Charles
paik@lance.tis.llnl.gov (Yunki Paik) (10/04/90)
In article <1990Oct3.150321.27149@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) writes: > >Will ALL of the ethernet drivers written for the WD 8003E<8bit> ethernet >board work with the WD8013<16 bit> ethernet board? Some people say Here is my experience. NCSA telenet (CUTE 2.2d) will *not* work with 16bit WD8013. It will, however, works if you use packet driver. So, the answer to your question is NO, but some will work. -- Yunki Paik paik@lance.tis.llnl.gov Lawrence Livermore National Lab
matt@iquery.UUCP (Matt Reedy) (10/07/90)
In article <1096@ncis.tis.llnl.gov> paik@lance.tis.llnl.gov (Yunki Paik) writes: > >Here is my experience. NCSA telenet (CUTE 2.2d) will *not* work with >16bit WD8013. It will, however, works if you use packet driver. > >So, the answer to your question is NO, but some will work. > My experience is that Interactive TCP/IP & NFS 1.2 on a 386 *does* work with the 8013 - although I haven't had enough time to benchmark the speed differences between the 8003 and 8013. Also, PC-NFS on MS-DOS *works* fine with the 8013 - we have 3 8013's and about 9 8003's on a network and run the same software on all of them. matt -- Matthew Reedy UUCP: uunet!iquery!matt Programmed Intelligence Corp. 400 N Loop 1604 E, Suite 100 San Antonio, TX 78232 (512) 490 6684 Fax: (512) 490-3590
dougm@ico.isc.com (Doug McCallum) (10/07/90)
In article <362@iquery.UUCP> matt@iquery.UUCP (Matt Reedy) writes: > >My experience is that Interactive TCP/IP & NFS 1.2 on a 386 *does* work with the >8013 - although I haven't had enough time to benchmark the speed differences >between the 8003 and 8013. One thing to note; there are two versions of the WD8013. The WD8013EBT works the same as the old WD8003E and the WD8003EBT. The WD80x3EB requires a little extra programming at setup time. The EBT version works with Interactive TCP/IP 1.2 but the EB version has problems in the current release. We do have an update in the works. The EB vs. EBT doesn't seem to show up on the box, but should be marked on the board itself. This could be a difference people are seeing but not realizing. The other difference is that the EB versions are software setup while the EBT versions are jumper setup. Unless the driver(s) in question determine the difference and do the appropriate setup, there can be problems.