[K12OSN] Anyone using Compaq Deskpro 5133

[Timothy Legge]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:59, John A. Smith wrote:
> I actually got the tlan driver to work with a Deskpro 2000, but not with the 5133s. I think I need at least 100 mbps, however, so I'm trying different cards. Thanks for the work though!
> 
> -john

The tlan is available in both a 10MBs and 10/100mbps versions and I
suspect that the 5133 would have 10/100 (based on quick googling).  I
will keep my eye out for a 5133, the trouble with onboard NICs is that
they are difficult to obtain.  No one wants to ship me a PC.

The tlan driver should support a number of different cards.  When I
compile from source for a floppy I simply make bin/tlan.fd0 as it will
support all the tlans.  If I remember correctly, choosing any tlan
driver with a floppy format from romomatic should work too.

If you have time to trouble shoot some time let me know.

Tim



> ----- Original Message -----
> Timothy Legge wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 15:57, Jim Wildman wrote:
> > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, John A. Smith wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Did you use the onboard nic? What driver worked with it and was it only capable of 10 mbps?
> > > > I think it's a tlan:netflex3, but haven't gotten it to work yet. 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I (and others I know) have had lots of headaches with tlan cards.  My
> > > advice would be to grab some used Intel cards at your local retailer and
> > > disable the onboard nic.
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I wrote the etherboot driver for the tlan about a year ago.  To the best
> > of my knowledge it works fine (on all three pci nics I have as well as
> > several reports from other people).
> > 
> > It is likely that many people were unable to use the tlan prior to this
> > and just installed a different pci nic.
> > 
> > If you have issues with the tlan, I am will to try to resolve it. 
> > Contact me directly or through the etherboot-users list.
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
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