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Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2003 19:44:53 PST8
From:	Michael Rakijas <mrakijas@oco.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: PUSH onto PROBLEM STACK

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** Reply to message from Peter Skye on Mon, 6 Jan 2003
00:30:42 PST8

> Michael Rakijas wrote:
> >
> > I can't get the eCS machine to recognize, and load the
> > driver for the network card, a D-Link 530TX+ 10/100 adapter.
>
> That's the same card that Steven Levine gave me a fix for a couple of
> years ago. There was a typo in one of the D-Link supplied files (a text
> file for the DFE-530TX+). He had me send him the files, he looked at
> them, he then told me to change one value in one of the files, I did,
> and it worked fine. I *think* it was a file named DLKRTS.os2:
>
> Directory of G:\IBMCOM\MACS
> 8-06-00 9:49p 2126 35 DLKrts.nif
>
> If your file is earlier, let me know and I'll send you mine. Here's a
> note I made about the 530TX+ DLKrts.nif file, apparently based on
> Levine's fix:
>
> WARNING: The OS/2 .NIF file [DLKrts.nif] contains an ERROR.
> You have to manually change
> "default=AUTO" to "default=_AUTO".

The original driver I was using was one I debugged similarly in that it seemed
to be missing spaces on either side of some of the equals signs in the .NIF
file. The driver at the nicpak site seemed to behave better though, loading on
the new machine. I still have to do more diagnostics and testing so I'll see if
this really fixes my problem.

> FWIW, I've seen some complaints that the 530TX+ is pretty darned slow.
> If your connection seems sluggish, change the NIC.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was dependent on which of the available drivers
was being used (considering how many I've seen) but right now, my performance
demands are pretty low. A little file exchange and with the whole network
sharing a dialup line to the Internet. Even when I make the move to broadband,
I'm pretty sure the system still won't be taxed. Hopefully, by the time I'm
really ready for something that will push a 10/100, I will have gone through a
full generation of upgrades throughout the house, computers included. I'll keep
that in mind, though,

Thanks.

> - Peter

-Rocky

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