Network card problems in win2k - please help!

aligator_am

Hi All,

I'm ready to crack, I'm attempting to setup internet connection sharing between 2 machines so that my dad can browse the web, here's the problem:

I've about 4 oldish ISA network cards, and none of them are recognised by win2k, im also using Xandros 2.0 on another partition and that doesnt recognise it either, in windows it doesnt even show up (as in its not even in "other devices")

The orange light on the card(s) stays lit but the green doesnt flash so i assume that theres a problem with the driver, the thing is... i dont know what models the NICs are, i think theyre just generic aul things but theres no point in me going out and forking out €30 for a new 3Com card.

Also i was told that i may need NDIS drivers that become active before the OS boots, does anyone know if theres a generic driver that will do any sort of NIC (like i said, i dont know what model the cards are)

Any help with this would be really appreciated, thanks.

Aligator

SickBoy

You're not going to get this sorted until you get the cards identified.
Try Barts Boot Disk. Build the network boot disk and this should identify the cards for you and then you can look at getting proper drivers for w2k(if they even exist)
Hope this helps...

ARGINITE

Their sohould be an option for detecting new hardware in the control panel, that should detect it and then it's just a matter of downloading the right drivers.

unkel

Originally posted by aligator_am
does anyone know if theres a generic driver that will do any sort of NIC

Your ISA cards are likely to be 3COM 3C509/3C509B cards, as there are loads of them around. Most were made in Ireland

You can get a w2k driver here