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Re: Suggested PCI 10/100 NIC card?

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On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 23:10:49 UTC, Mike Luther <mike.luther@ziplog.com> 
wrote:

> 
> 
> ivan wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > You need to get RTSND323.ZIP from hobbes and put the contents into 
> > \ibmcom\macs\ it will then appear as Realtek 8139/8130/810x Fast 
> > Ethernet Adapter (2003-01-27) in the setup folder.
> > 
> 
> Thanks again Ivan.  OK I found a pile of Dybex DX-E102 10/100 PCI cards at 
> Best Buy here which have the RTL8139D Realtek chip in them. In looking at the 
> documentation file in the RTSND232.ZIP fron Hobbs, it does not specifically 
> list this card as a 'supported' card.  As sometimes taught in OS/2 per my 
> memory, the instructions in the rtl3189.txt file in that .ZIP call for me to 
> put the files in a temporary directory, then call for OS/2 to use that drive 
> and path for the 'install' in Adapters and Protocol Services.  Which I recall 
> from long ago do result in the 'installation' of the 'appropriate' .NIF and 
> .OS2 files in the \IBMCOM\MACS\ directory.  Then just to reboot and, from what 
> I think I read, the card would be automatically found and 'installed' on 
> reboot??
> 
> For years now, I've just used the technique of copying the 'proper' .NIF and 
> .OS2 files for a given card manually into the \IBMCOM\MACS\ directory.  Then 
> just de-installing a previous NIC, and then using the 'standard' procedure to 
> define the new card in the setup program for Adapters an Protocol Services to 
> work with the card, together with the required OS/2 Netbios and in my case 
> OS/2 TCP/IP protocols.
> 
> RTSND323.ZIP has the following files in it:
> 
> dumpio.exe
> rtl8139.nif
> rtl8139.txt
> rtsnd.os2
> rtsnd.sym
> rtsnd323.zip
> rtsnddmn.exe
> 
> Which does *NOT* match my experience as being a required, say, for the 
> Kingston KTC120's I've used frequently as:
> 
> 
> 3-18-99   6:12p       607           0  KTC120.NIF
> 3-17-99   8:03p     45745           0  KTC120.OS2
> 
> Does this mean that if I were to copy the rtl8139.nif and rtsnd.os2 files that 
> are in the .ZIP into the \IBMCOM\MACS\ directory as I am used to doing, I 
> would be able to 'see' this data defined as I see in the rtl8139.nif file:
> 
> Title      = "Realtek 8139/8130/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter"
> 
> Which will then actually use what I see as:
> 
> Name       = RTSND.OS2
> Path       = IBMCOM\MACS
> 
> So that I can MANUALLY do the install the way I 'normally' do this?  And so 
> done, any time a have any one of these documented cards in the system, or, for 
> example, the new Dynex card I have in the system, it will properly see an set 
> up for the Realtek 8139 chip that is on it?  I've never seen this before if 
> the .NIF and .OS2 file are of different names.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
Hi Mike,

All I have ever done is to place the RTL8139.NIF and RTSND.OS2 into 
the \ibmcom\macs and then found it in the list of adapters.

You should be able to follow your normal manual procedure and not 
worry about the brand of card - none of mine are on the documented 
cards list and they all work.  

Another thing, there doesn't appear to be any problem with the *.nif 
and *.os2 having different names - it just works.

ivan

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