Leidengenossen:

I have been struggling with hardware for which
I can find little or no useful compatibility
information and which I seem to lack to ability
to install, unless I find that I have faulty
hardware.  That aside, on one box I have a
standard NIC and a wireless PCI card.  I would
like to be able to connect to a wireless router
sort of thingy (great word, Kris!) on a second
("server") box connected to the Internet.

The PC under discussion is based on an MSI
KT4Ultra motherboard.

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Craig Hart's PCI+AGP bus sniffer, Version 1.03vkA,
freeware made in 1996-2005.
Loaded Vendor Data : "This is version 567 of
this file; 01-09-2005 (D-M-Y)."

PCI BIOS Version 2.10 found!
Number of PCI Busses : 2
PCI Characteristics  : Config Mechanism 1 Special Cycle Mechanism 1

Searching for PCI Devices using the OEMHLP$ driver

 Bus 0 (PCI), Device Number 6, Device Function 0
 Vendor 168Ch Atheros Communications Inc
 Device 001Ah Unknown

 Bus 0 (PCI), Device Number 8, Device Function 0
 Vendor 1011h Digital Equipment Corp (DEC)
 Device 0014h DecChip 21041-PB "Tulip Plus" Ethernet Adapter

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This is the first box about which I have questions.

My first question is whether either of these has
a usable 'driver' under OS/2-eCS.  I believe the
hardwired NIC does.  I have serious doubts about
the DEC card that is supposed to be wireless but
provides so little information, none of which
suggests wirelessness (other than the strange but
well-established term "ethernet" that suggests
radio communications).

If the wireless card appears to be either lacking
an adequate 'driver' or malfunctioning, what is a
reasonable alternative PCI-based card with antenna?

Is this sufficiently enlightening?  Do you need
more information to begin to troubleshoot?

Thank you for your thoughts.