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From: JOHN HENTSCH                                      12-Nov-99 08:53:08
  To: DAVID CALAFRANCESCO                               13-Nov-99 01:05:25
Subj: D-Link NIC DFE-530TX+

In a message to John Hentsch <10/17/19> David Calafrancesco wrote:

JH> Has anyone been successful in getting a D-Link NIC
JH> DFE-530TX+ 10/100 Ethernet NIC to work with OS/2 Warp v3 or
JH> v4? I can't get it OS/2 to see the card at boot up.

DC> What driver are you running? You will want the OS2 ODI driver, not the Lan
DC> Manager 2 or 3 drivers that may be on the same disk. If you haven't used t
DC> driver that came with the card, go back and check the disk for it's OS2 dr
DC> and then get back to us.

Dave, I finally found a person who has solved the problem. I'll forward
a copy of the message to D-Link. Apparently, they don't even know they
have a problem with their driver for the card...


 comp.os.os2.networking 
  Msg  : 28                                       Written : 11/11/1999  5:34pm
  From : DAN CASEY                                  Status  : Rep RcA
  To   : ALL
  Subj : Re: D-Link NIC DFE-530TX+


From: dcasey@ibm.net (Dan Casey)

> Has anyone been successful in getting a D-Link NIC DFE-530TX+ 10/100
> Ethernet NIC to work with OS/2 Warp v3 or v4? I can't get it OS/2 to
> see the card at boot up.

<SNIP>

Yes, I have several of them working. It takes a bit of doing, though,
since the drivers for the DFE530TX won't work with it (different
chipset on the card).

On the disk that came with the card, there is a NDIS directory, with
an OS/2 Subdirectory. In there, you'll find the Lanserver drivers for
this card. You need the driver, but not the NIF file (the NIF file
will not work). Use the NIF file from the DFE530TX card.

Rename the DLKFET.NIF file to RTL8139.NIF

Copy the RTSND.OS2 file to the x:\ibmcom\macs directory (where x is
the boot drive).

Open the RTL8139.NIF file with a plain text editor, and change the
references to DLKFET.OS2 to RTSND.OS2 (also the DLKFET$ to RTSND$).

Edit your config.sys file, and change the line that loads the driver:
DEVICE=x:\IBMCOM\MACS\RTSND.OS2  (again, where x is the boot drive).

Reboot, and go into MPTS setup and ADD the card and whatever protocols
you wish to use.

After you have completed these steps, open the x:\ibmcom\protocol.ini
file (with a plain text editor) and make sure that the references are
correct (should point to RTL8139.NIF).

If you have any problems, e-mail me and I'll send you samples of my
files.


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jh -

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From: Linda Proulx                                      12-Nov-99 10:23:10
  To: Elvis Hargrove                                    13-Nov-99 01:05:25
Subj: Re: Lan OS/2 w/DOS

Greetings and Salutations,

     -=> Elvis Hargrove wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 EH> Knowing what you obviously know about computers and you ask THIS?
 EH> <Grin>
 EH>  ^..^

One lives in hope that there is a logic somewhere.....


Anon,

Linda

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From: Sean Dennis                                       15-Nov-99 09:02:06
  To: Elvis Hargrove                                    15-Nov-99 21:24:16
Subj: Lan OS/2 w/DOS

Hello, Elvis.

-=> Replying to a message of Elvis Hargrove to Sean Dennis:

 EH> -> It's also slow as hell.  It's one of the slowest sites that I've
 EH> ever -> used on the WWW, period.

 EH> That's strange, Sean.  I found it to be pretty quick! Certainly not as
 EH> slow as many I've seen. But then my ISP is in Mexico so slow is a way
 EH> of life with me.

Since we've moved so far off the subject, I've moved this into netmail (and
pray that it gets to you; right now I can only use routed netmail :).

Later,
Sean

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From: Elvis Hargrove                                    14-Nov-99 09:50:05
  To: Sean Dennis                                       15-Nov-99 21:24:16
Subj: Lan OS/2 w/DOS

-> It's also slow as hell.  It's one of the slowest sites that I've ever
-> used on the WWW, period.

That's strange, Sean.  I found it to be pretty quick! Certainly not as
slow as many I've seen. But then my ISP is in Mexico so slow is a way of
life with me.

-> I used to run AdeptXBBS for a while... got tired of it screwing up my
-> mail, so I went to Maximus/2 and BinkleyTerm/2 and not looked back.
-> :)

Well, I certainly don'e need any help screwing up mail!  My system has
been so dead reliable for so long, I sure do hate for the Millenium to
kill it, but it probably will. The guy who wrote my tosser has been dead
for years, and he never actually FINISHED the version I run.  Max and
Squish are running dead reliable on the OS2 box, but Max is sort of
'terse.' I'll stay with it though if Adept is unreliable. From reading
the Docs so far it certainly is a departure from anything ELSE I've ever
seen.

 ^..^
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From: Sean Dennis                                       12-Nov-99 09:06:05
  To: Elvis Hargrove                                    15-Nov-99 21:24:16
Subj: Lan OS/2 w/DOS

Hello, Elvis.

-=> Replying to a message of Elvis Hargrove to Gord Hannah:

 EH> Folks, HTTP://cereal.mv.com is a great site!

It's also slow as hell.  It's one of the slowest sites that I've ever used on
the WWW, period.

If you would have said something, I have 1.11y here... and 1.11z1 and 1.11z2
also... the z series are replacements for ADEPT.EXE.  Bug fixes and stuff

Be forewarned, however, GateKeeper can be a PITA if it starts messing up. 
Also, look around for a replacement MAIL.CMD (a REXX file that will handle
GateKeeper accordingly after mail comes in).  I used to have it but no more.

I used to run AdeptXBBS for a while... got tired of it screwing up my mail, so 
I went to Maximus/2 and BinkleyTerm/2 and not looked back. :)

Good luck with AdeptXBBS-it's a good program, but it needs a home (someone to
keep updating it).

Later,
Sean

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From: George White                                      16-Nov-99 08:54:24
  To: Sean Dennis                                       18-Nov-99 06:15:01
Subj: Lan OS/2 w/DOS

Hi Sean,

On 15-Nov-99, Sean Dennis wrote to Elvis Hargrove:

 SD> Since we've moved so far off the subject, I've moved this into
 SD> netmail (and pray that it gets to you; right now I can only use
 SD> routed netmail :)

Spoil sport, I think you should have moved it to OS2BBS!

George

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From: Elvis Hargrove                                    18-Nov-99 11:14:05
  To: George White                                      18-Nov-99 17:36:09
Subj: Lan OS/2 w/DOS

-> Spoil sport, I think you should have moved it to OS2BBS!

So many echos, so little time!  If I read all the echos. I'd LIKE to, or
even all the ones I NEED to, I'd have no time to work on the system.....

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