ray@ziggy.UCSC.edu (--) (04/12/91)
Currently, I have a WD8003 ethernet card running with Sun's (Tops's) PC-NFS package. I tried to install NE1000 Compatible cards in place of the WD cards, but couldn't get them to work. The WD cards came with a disk of drivers, and those drivers where what I used with the PC-NFS. However, the NE-compatible cards did not come with any drivers at all. I tried the "NIC" standard driver that came with PC-NFS, but it didn't work at all. Now, where do I buy the drivers I need? Everyone I talked to gives me that same blank "drivers? Wwat are drivers?" stare. One salesman even insisted they must have meant "hard drives". Am I dreaming when I think I can find a driver for these boards? Does any small 4K ".sys" files come with the real novell cards? If so, I can just buy kOthose.
gordon@FTP.COM (Gordon Lee) (04/12/91)
From: -- <agate!darkstar!ray@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>
Subject: NE1000 compatible and PC-NFS ?
The WD cards came with a disk of drivers, and those drivers where
what I used with the PC-NFS. However, the NE-compatible cards
did not come with any drivers at all. I tried the "NIC" standard
driver that came with PC-NFS, but it didn't work at all. Now,
where do I buy the drivers I need?
Not available in stores anywhere...
There is a public domain driver you can use with your NE1000.
It is part of the Clarkson package of packet drivers, available
by anon FTP from vax.ftp.com:pub/packet.driver/pubdom/clarkson/ne1000.com
This directory contains source also in case you are interested.
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