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From: GEHRI@cc.usu.edu (Gehri Grimaud)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Problem with WD8003E for PS/2
Message-ID: <19562@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 90 16:11:07 GMT
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I have a couple IBM PS/2s in my department with WD8003E ethernet cards.  I
down loaded the NCSA tcp/ip stuff and the packet drivers.  I installed
everything on one machine and all worked as advertised.  I then installed 
it on the second PC.  Nothing worked.  I put my sniffer on the ethernet
and saw packets going out on the machine and answers from other machines
but my PC ignored everything.  Ok, I figure the I have a deaf card and need
to exchange it.  But looking closely at the boxes I notice that the first
card is version F001 and the second card is version F002.  

I called Western Digital and the person I talked to said that the interrupts
are different between the F001 and F002 cards.  (I guess it is naive to assume
that just because you order two of something that you will get the same thing
twice.)  Anyway, has anyone else had this problem and has anyone fixed the
packet driver so that I can use the F002 version of the WD8003E?  

Thank you,
Gehri Grimaud                           gehri@cc.usu.edu
Utah State University                   gehri@usu.bitnet
Office of Computer Services             tel. (801) 750-2392
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