1) /sbin/isapnp 2) Donald Becker home page has links to programs to run that will give you info about installed NIC.
> I just salvaged a P100 system that the local university was throwing out and > am trying to set it up with an NE2500 ethernet card. The card, however, is > not cooperating... thanks to Plug 'n' Pray. > > I've found a Red Hat-based NE2500 howto, but it basically boils down to > 'install the system using a different NIC, then swap cards and manually edit > the configuration to use the new one'. The only ISA NICs I have, however, > are a pair of NE2500s and the card that was in the machine when I got it - > and I have no idea what kind of card that one is. (Google searches on the > more important-looking of the numbers on the chips turned up no matches. The > only text is the name "Fil-Mag" on one of the chips, which allowed me to > identify the chip as a filter.) > > The NE2500s have a DOS-based config program which supposedly lets you turn > PnP off, but it complains that the card's EEPROM is the wrong revision and I > need to run the NE2500 patch program. None of the three floppies that came > with the card contain any programs whose names suggest that they might patch > the EEPROM and the (pathetic) docs don't mention it either. A Google search > for "ne2500 patch" only turned up sites where they sell both NE2500s and > patch cables... > > So, any suggestions on how I might get the NE2500s to work for me and/or > identify the mystery NIC? > > -- > Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K > w---$ O M- !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv- b++ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
