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Subject: SUMMARY: PCI ethernet cards for OS/2
Date: 16 Aug 1995 05:35:19 GMT
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Document: PCI ethernet cards for OS/2
Maintainer: Patrick Duffy, duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca
Last Revision Date: August 15, 1995
Archived at: ftp.netcom.com, in directory /pub/ab/abe/
Web pages: http://warp.eecs.berkeley.edu/os2/workbench/work.htm

This is the PCI ethernet cards for OS/2 list. I try at all times to
keep it accurate, so if you spot any flaws/omissions, please do not
hesitate to let me know and I'll fix them for the next release. I've
placed a '*' beside cards which I would recommend, and a '**' beside
cards which I would pick for myself when assembling a PCI system. I've
added the vendor's name and PCI ID in brackets after the card
descriptions. The numbers are in HEX/decimal.

Useful Numbers:
---------------
3Com: ftp.3com.com (FTP site)
Racal: http://www.racal.com (web site)
SMC: ftp.smc.com (FTP site)

Manufacturer Model Comments
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3Com EtherLink This is 3Com's PCI card. It will
III** busmaster (so be sure to put it
into a busmastering slot on your
PCI board), and uses what 3Com calls "parallel processing technology" to
ensure fast performance. Drivers (ODI and NDIS, available from the 3Com
FTP site in /pub/adapters/drivers/3c59xn.exe) exist for the card, which
is reported to work very nicely under OS/2.

(3Com Corporation: 10B7/4279)

Adaptec Adaptec will (soon) be releasing
two PCI ATM networking cards which
sound like they'd be ideal for the truly speed-hungry. Both cards
busmaster. One card does 25 Mbit/s, and the other does 155 Mbit/s. NT
drivers are nearing completion, and OS/2 drivers are next in line. Now
all I need is an ATM line...

(Adaptec: 9004/36868)

Cogent EM 100 This card will only connect to coax
lines. It supports (only with
other Cogent cards) a feature called "Predictive Pipelining". There are
no OS/2 drivers.

(Vendor ID unknown)

D-Link DE-530CT This card uses the DEC 21040 chip,
busmasters, and comes with BNC and
twisted pair connectors on the same card. It comes with NDIS drivers
for all the major operating systems. The card is reported to work well
in OS/2 but not in Windows for Workgroups. This, though, could be
caused by the Neptune rev. 10 chipset in that system, as the same card
has worked well in Triton chipset-based systems. The OS/2 NIF file does
not include a section for selecting the BNC or twisted pair connector.
As a result, on power up it defaults to the twisted pair, which causes
delays if you're using BNC.

(Vendor ID unknown)

Setup tips: Adding

SIA_MODE = "BNC"

to the [DC2IBM_nif] section of protocol.ini will tell the
driver that the connection is via the BNC cable.
Alternately, adding

[SIA_MODE]
tag = SIAMODE
display = "Connector"
type = string
strlength = 3
default = "BNC"
set = BNC, TP
editable = yes

to the DC2IBM.NIF file will give you the connector option
in the network adapter setup program.

D-Link DFE-500TX This card has connectors for
twisted pair and coax cables, and
uses the DEC chipset. It will not (yet) autodectect the speed of the
connection. There are apparently no drivers for OS/2.

(Vendor ID unknown)

HP 10/100 VG This card can use PIO mode, shared
Selectable memory, or will busmaster (the mode
used being selectable with the
supplied HPVGSET utility). The card was reviewed by C't, who found that
very little performance difference between PIO and busmastering modes
for clients, but that busmastering was much faster for servers.
Apparently an intelligent hub is required for any machine with this card
in, or it won't even boot. There are drivers for all the major
operating systems, and the card has twisted pair and coax connectors.

(Hewlett Packard: 103C/4156)

Set-up tips: If you're using this card with a Netserver LC or LF,
adjust the chipset register values as follows (accessible
via the EISA setup utility):

1) Run the ECU with the advanced features enabled,
i.i., type "cf /a" at the DOS prompt
-OR-
Run the ECU in the Advanced mode (press ctrl-A instead of Enter
with the "Run configuration utility" highlighted)
2) Select "View or edit details"
3) Page down to "Advanced chipset registers"
4) Change the following settings (warning - avoid the
and keys. Instead, use the key to move
between fields).

For 486-based servers:
EISA Latency Timer = 1

For Pentium-based servers:
CPU to PCI Write Buffers = 1
Gauranteed Access Time = 0
Bus Park = 1
EISA Latency Timer = 1.

(This was tried on an HP 486 LC with a racalMilgo pci ethernet
card. It still gives fifo UNDERRUNS during TX which cause
delays in ethernet throughput.)

Intel Etherexpress This is Intel's PCI card. I've no
Pro/100 details on card configuration, but
drivers for it are in beta (and
correspondingly buggy). The card is reported to be quite quick, though.

(Intel: 8086/32902)

Racal PCI T2* This is Racal's PCI card. It
apparently has both ODI and NDIS
drivers in the box, and uses the AMD AM7990 chip for its networking
operations. The card will autosense whether the BNC or the twisted pair
connector is being used on startup. The driver diskette is apparently
missing a configuration file which must be obtained from their BBS in
order to properly install under Lanserver. Other than that, the drivers
are reported to work well (NDIS drivers with NetBios protocols).

(Racal Interlan: 10A5/4261)

SMC PCI This is SMC's ethernet card. It
PowerEther uses a Digital chip, and drivers
for ODI and NDIS are available.
Apparently the card does not perform well, however; one person has
reported seeing his network performance drop from 1040 kB/sec to 400
kB/sec when switching from an SMC Elite16T ISA to this card. Still
another reports that loading the drivers locks his system solid. One
other person, however, has reported success, saying that the card works
well on his Asus P54TP4, and all he had to do was replace the (outdated)
drivers which came with Warp Connect with the newer drivers from the SMC
FTP site.

(Standard Microsystems Corporation: 10B8/4280)

Zynx ZX312 PCI* This card is similar to the Racal
card above, except that it does not
automatically detect the connector (BNC or twisted pair) in use; this
must be set with a jumper. The diskette/drivers provided have been
reported to work well with TCP/IP, NetBios, and Lanserver.

(Vendor ID unknown)

Zynx ZX342 This card is similar to the 312
above. Drivers are said to exist
for all major operating systems.

(Vendor ID unknown)

That's what I know. E-Mail/post with additions/corrections and I'll
post again.
--
Patrick Duffy, duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca

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