NWPA, NW3.12 & 1000TX

[nullanulla]

I have installed 3.12 on a server, patched it with 312PTD and loaded various other patches to get it running on a Netfinity 3500 M20 (SCSI Adaptec 7892) using ADPT160M.HAM.
Is anyone able to point me in the direction of the file combination needed to run a Intel Pro 1000 XT server network card please?

 

[marvhuffaker]

Unlike the Storage drivers, NIC drivers have kept the same format over the years.. So generally speaking, if you have a NetWare driver for a NIC, you can make it work on most versions.

But before I get yelled at for saying that, it's possible that the drivers have function calls and symbols that are not present in NetWare 3.12. This is where you will run into the problem. However, most Netware LAN drivers have other modules that ship with it that provide these symbols. Look for newer versions of ETHERTSM.NLM, etc that are on the same driver distribution.. Generally they had to be updated at the same time as newer NICS. Not so much of a problem on NetWare 5.x+, but was a common problem on NetWAre 4.1x and prior.

Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

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[nullanulla]

Thanks for the response. I got around the problem by mixing and matching but the key was to load the correct NBI31x.nlm with the Disk drivers to maintain compatability with the Ethernet Card Drivers.