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from: Ed Durrant
date: 2006-03-16 20:40:58
subject: Re: [OS2HW] NDisWrapper

Derek W. Keoughan wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:29:32 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
> 
>> rallee2{at}comcast.net wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>   Who creates/assigns the vendor/device ID strings that are
used by the folks that do the ndiswrapper?  I have contacted D-Link to ask
for that data for the DLW-G520 wifi nic and they act like I'm speaking in
tongues.  At first they tried to just blow me off by the old standby of
"unsupported OS" but I fired back that the ID string has nothing
to do with platform and incidentally these other platforms exist even if
they choose to ignore them and the folks using them tend to be the power
users to whom everyone in their community turns for advice so you will be
on the good side or the maird list depending on actions, ignor-ance
notwithstanding and they wrote me back saying "D-Link support does not
have this info"
>>>
>>>   So do they stand or fall?
>>>
>>> Jimmy
>>>
>>>
>> There's a program called PCI.EXE which pulls this data from all 
>> installed devices. I believe there's an OS/2 port of it, but failing 
>> that there's an DOS version.
>>
>> I'll send you the OS/2 version that I have via a direct e-mail.
> 
> Ed, do you have the DOS version, too, or a URL for it?
> 
> I have an Acer laptop here that simply will NOT boot into eCS 1.2 or
> eCS 2.0 Beta 1, regardless of what settings and boot menu options I
> choose...  
> 
> I'd like to find out what the hang-point is...
> 
> No point in having all this hardware moving through my shop if I can't
> "give back" in some way to the community...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Derek
> 
> 
> 
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On its way to you via direct e-mail - may not be the latest version though.

Cheers/2

Ed.


 
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