RE : [Unattended] Netgear/D-Link testers wanted

[Sylvain F. <syl...@ed...>]

Well, I tried these images and they don't work with the versions of the =
cards I have.
Here's what's written on the board of my NetGear card : "NetGear FA310TX =
REV-D2". I tried the "dc21x4" and "dp83815" drivers with no luck.
Here's what's on my D-Link card : "D-Link DEF-530TX REV-C1". The "fetnd" =
driver won't work with it.
The drivers I got to work are : DLKFET.DOS for the D-Link card, and =
NGRPCI.DOS for the NetGear card.

Here are some strings I found by hex editing the NGRPCI driver :
Build 3.16.03
NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter NDIS 2 Mac Driver Version 2.73
Working with DC21140 based 10/100 mbps Ethernet Controller
Working with NGMC169 based 10/100 mbps Ethernet Controller

Well, the chip on my card is labeled "Netgear LC82C169C", which seems =
pretty similar to "NGMC169". So I guess this driver countains in fact 2 =
drivers : one for the tulip chip, and one for the "169" chip.

And here are some strings from the DLKFET driver :
Working with VT86C100A Fast Ethernet Controller
D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet NDIS2 Driver v2.73

This is strange, because the FETND driver should work with this chip =
too. I have no idea why it fails to recognize the card.

Anyways, thanks for the support. I'm pretty sure that some users have =
revisions of the cards that work with your drivers.

Sylvain.


> -----Message d'origine-----
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> part de Patrick J. LoPresti
> Envoy=E9 : jeudi 30 octobre 2003 22:47
> =C0 : una...@li...
> Objet : [Unattended] Netgear/D-Link testers wanted
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> I have added or replaced three new DOS drivers for the next release,
> but I do not have the corresponding network hardware to test them.  If
> you have access to any of the following, could you please test the
> drivers for me?
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>   dc21x4   DEC/Intel 2104x/2114x "Tulip" family (e.g., Netgear FA310)
>   dp83815  Natsemi 83815 "MacPHYTER" family (e.g., Netgear=20
> FA311/FA312)
>   fetnd    VIA Rhine family (e.g., D-Link DFE-530TX)
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> In each case, I downloaded the most recent and generic DOS driver I
> could find from the chipset (not network card) manufacturer.  So
> instead of going to Netgear for the FA311/FA312 driver, for example, I
> went to National Semiconductor.  In theory, this should give us
> support for the broadest possible set of cards.
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> To test these images, go to
> <http://unattended.sourceforge.net/testing/> and download the floppy
> .img file or the (compressed) bootdisk.iso.gz file.
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> I am especially interested in success/failure stories for the
> particular Netgear and D-Link hardware listed above, since those are
> the ones people in which people have expressed interest on the mailing
> list.  But any feedback would be helpful.
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> Thanks!
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>  - Pat
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