DEC 21143-PB 10/100 Fast Ethernet cards |
February, 26, 2003 3:26 PM |
tclare |
I got a bunch of these, unlabeled manufacturer cards off EBay. The MAC code translates to D-Link, but I can't find any info about D-Link ever using the DEC chips in non-multi-port NICs. In addition, the card Vendor ID seems to imply that the card is actually from Compaq, which makes me think OEM deal. So obviously no official drivers would ever be forthcoming. They use the DEC 21143-PB chipset, get recongized fine by the Network panel in Sys Prefs, and do seem to work fine for TCP/IP, SMB/IP and AFP/IP, but don't seem to want to do anything over AppleTalk. Any ideas why that'd be? I can't find technical info at Apple beyond Darwin/OS X having native support for 21x4x chipsets. Obviously no OS 9 support exists for these, but I'm trying to hack a driver out for them. |
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RE: DEC 21143-PB 10/100 Fast Ethernet cards |
February, 26, 2003 5:29 PM |
tclare |
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Nevermind about this. I just misdiagnosed my problems. It actually is registering AppleTalk too, I just wasn't paying attention and had logged onto my server last using SMB so I'd get long filenames (the server is Solaris, and AFP was through netatalk, which chops off filenames to reach 31 characters.) So, these cards seem to be fully compatible with OS X. Still need to figure out what's wrong with the OS 9 drivers I'm working on though... bah. |
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