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to: MIKE BILOW
from: ROY J. TELLASON
date: 1997-06-07 11:45:00
subject: testing network cards

Mike Bilow wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 MB> Roy J. Tellason wrote in a message to all:
 RJT> I'll be glad to post details regarding the cards,  numbers on 
 RJT> them,  config options and such,  if anyone wants that info or 
 RJT> thinks it would help some. 
 MB> Well, it's sort of hopeless without that information.
Ok,  here's a snippet from a past posting:
>One is a full-length WD 16-bit card model WD8013EBT,  there are 
>a couple of Samsung SE2100 cards that I need switch and jumper 
>info for,  an Ansel Communications DZ51GP,  a couple of Everex 
>cards marked AMX-0019514 and AMX-0018829,  One "Cnet Ether 2/6 
>200E/280E that I'm pretty sure has problems as it makes the 
>video in the test fixture go away (g), and a couple of 8-bit 
>WD8003E's.
>I figure a sensible set of defaults is 300 for an i/o address,  
>and 5 for an IRQ,  though I'm not clear as to how to set this 
>up on all that stuff.  I have PCDR here which shows me that it 
>sees (or doesn't see) a network card, though that's rather 
>cumbersome to use,  and I've got OpenDOS with the networking 
>software installed on the test fixture though at the present
>time I get either normal-appearing responses or it complains 
>horribly (like at present) when something isn't right.
 RJT> I'm open to suggestions as to what I might try here,  both
 RJT> for software and for help in figuring out the hardware.
 MB> A simple approach is to try putting two cards into one machine 
 MB> and having them talk to each other.
What software would you suggest for this?
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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