[ltp] 760XL - DOS NIC Driver - Slightly off topic...

[Adam Southerland]

Here is a question that might be Thinkpad realted...

I've tried for about 1 year to get a DOS NIC Driver loaded and usable.
I have two NICs:
1: Encore ENP832-TX-PC 32-BIT CARDBUS 10/100 AUTO NEG ETHERNET CARD
2: IBM EtherJet 10/100 CardBus Adapter (Messed up dongle, but works)

Both Cards work in Windows and Linux (I use Linux 99% of the time)

I wish to make the Encore NIC (RTL8139) work in DOS. So far I can make it 
detect it... When it trys to get Network access it just stalls (like it 
doesn't know how to handle the data).

Now, today I just got the IBM Card to work. I had to add a few commandline 
parameters:
  CACHE=32 IRQ=11 ISAIRQ

The Encore Card doesn't have the ability to change these other options 
through DOS...
I have tried latest drivers and multiple ways to load them.

My questions:
  Does anyone know if the 760XL is unique when it comes to NICs, CardBus, 
and DOS
  Where or what do I need to go/do to get this fixed? (another NIC perhaps?)
  Is there another NIC that is better than the two above... No Dongles and I 
guess no RealTek Chipsets.. (For Linux/Windows/DOS)

Why DOS:
  Short; because it should be able to
  Long; to image it simple - Ghost and PowerQuest run smooth (Mondo doesn't 
like Slack and TAR Gziped files aren't easy to restore... And I wanted to 
play alittle bit with some DOS networking stuff.

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