Subject: Re: PCMCIA NE2000 clones
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Bill Squier <groo@guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/28/1998 10:32:33
> On Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:27:05 -0400
> Bill Squier <groo@guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu> wrote:
>
> > I found my original documentation, which is essentially useless as far as
> > NetBSD goes. It isn't recognized by the INSTALL kernel, so I figure I'm
> > SOL with it.
>
> ...it could be a matter of simply not recognizing the strings... Is it
> documented to be NE2000 compatible?
Nope. So I assume it isn't. As I recall, back when I purchased the card to
work with (blech) Win95, it required a special driver. I believe at that
time, I even tried the NE2000 driver on a lark.
> The LinkSys cards definitely work.
This sounds like the right thing to do. After I get the machine up and
running, I'll be happy to produce whatever information I can probe out of the
other card (New Media).
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