From: "Robert Comer" 

>   Must be an issue with the NICs you buy.

Nope, the only one I've ever seen it identify correctly is the Intel/Dec
11240 type. (older than the hills in other words)

>I have never had a problem.  In any case, any problem is with the hardware.
>The >hardware identifies itself to the OS and anyone else.  Unless the
>hardware >provides a bad ID there is no problem.

Or the OS has in incomplete/incorrect list to match up to...

--
Bob Comer





"Rich"  wrote in message news:44999326$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   Must be an issue with the NICs you buy.  I have never had a problem.  In
any case, any problem is with the hardware.  The hardware identifies itself
to the OS and anyone else.  Unless the hardware provides a bad ID there is
no problem.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:44973abc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  WinXP *rarely* gets a PCI NIC right...

  --
  Bob Comer


  "Rich"  wrote in message news:44971e38{at}w3.nls.net...
     Not correct.  I do expect a PC to automatically detect any off the
shelf
  adapter that is plugged in.  I do not expect that all drivers will be
  automatically available but that is a distinct issue from recognizing the
  hardware.  If I have a device without a driver Windows can still tell me
  exactly what that device is.  Windows will offer to automatically search
for
  the driver if it is not available and for me often finds those drivers.
If
  the hardware vendors choose they can have their drivers made available
that
  way.

  Rich

    "Don Hills"  wrote in message
  news:zY5kEtgaX2wD092yn{at}attglobal.net...
    In article , "Rich"  wrote:
    >   You don't expect a mainframe to automatically detect any off the
    >shelf adapter that is plugged in.  The PC could go back to the dark
ages
    >too as this is how things used to be when the PC first came to be.

    You don't expect a PC to automatically detect any off the shelf adapter
  that
    is plugged in, either. A device driver has to be present that will
  recognise
    the adapter's ID or that the adapter is plug compatible with another.
OS/2
    and Windows 9x have device drivers that recognise plug compatible
  adapters.
    The c.s.i.p.h folks are currently running tests using the Windows 9x
Spock
    SCSI driver for the dozen or so plug compatible Micro Channel SCSI
  adapters
    from various manufacturers that are known to exist.

    --
    Don Hills

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