On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:35:23 -0700, Neil Waldhauer wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:46:38 +1000, "Ed Durrant"
><os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>
>> The 8139 is wired ethernet and has a native OS/2 driver, you don't need
>> to use Genmac.
>
>I totally agree. The 8139 has excellent OS/2 support.
>
>>
>> As for auto switching between wired and wireless, I do believe this has
>> been requested. What happens at present is that if XWLAN (not genmac
>> itself) sees that you are connected to the same network at the same time
>> via wireless and wired, it pops up a message and asks you which you wish
>> to operate on.
>
>I disgree. I believed that this was the plan for XWLAN eventually. You would
>not want this logic at the driver level for many reasons.
Well, it is a fact that, with my T60 that has Intel PRO/1000 [wired
a.k.a., 8086:109A], and Intel 3945ABG Wireless [a.k.a., 8086:4227], if
I boot the system with BOTH a cable and the WiFi radio ON, I do get the
message box indicated. My impression is that this is actually coming
from xWLAN, but I cannot swear to it.
>
>You can write your own REXX program to implement transparent switching, but it
>won't be fast, because of the OS/2 DHCP client. So once we have a new DHCP
>client, we can also have fast, transparent switching.
IF I have the wired connection working, and turn the radio on, the
message also appears. If I am running the WiFi, turn the radio off, I
have to issue a command to switch from the WiFi to the wired
connection. n.b., This command and process is the same as I have been
using for years on my old A30p. The actual command was passed around
various MailLists and I just copied it with a few tweaks.
>
>Finally, there is some advantage in the features provided by GenMac over the
>standard OS/2 drivers, even the 8139 driver, which is one of the best.
>
>GenMac implements NDIS 5, rather than NDIS 2. I'm not conversant with the API
>differences, but they allow, for example, some of the new features for XWLAN.
>
>Neil
Carl
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