"R. G. Newbury" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:51:41AM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> John Poltorak wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:01:18AM -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> >> John Poltorak wrote:
> >>> I'd like to try and get a PCMCIA card working on a DELL Inspiron 6000
> >>> laptop. Has anyone tried this?
> >>>
> >>> AIUI it has a RICOH RL5c476 Cardbus controller according to a PCI scanner
> >>> I ran. Which Socket services driver will support that?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> This is a Cardbus card You do not need Socket services. An NDIS driver
> >> should do, exactly as if the card were a PCI card.
> >>
> >> I use a Xircom Realport Cardbus card in my Thinkpad 600E and the
> >> required line is 'device=c:\ibmcom\macs\cbendis.os2'
> >>
> >> (Together with the usual other ibmcom stuff, of course).
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean.
> >
> > I have a controller on the mother board - the RICOH I mentioned. It isn't
> > a card.
> >
> > The card I want to use is an IBM PCMCIA Token Ring card.
> >
> > Are you saying I don't need a socket server driver to be able to use it?
>
> We really have been talking at cross purposes.
> YOU have been talking about the PCMCIA chipset in your laptop.
> I was referring to Cardbus capable PCMCIA ethernet cards. I misread your
> description of the chipset as referring to the card's chipset.
I did try to make it plain that I wanted a socket services driver. My
problem was knowing which one, if any would work.
> A quick browse through the Nicpak listing at os2warp.be does not turn up
> any references to 'Token Ring'.
> Your token ring card may be Cardbus, but I would doubt it.
> In that case: yes, you will need socket services installed to make use
> of the card, presuming that there is a driver for it.
>
> I suggest you go to os2warp.be. There are links to various socket
> services programs/drivers and also links to other useful stuff.
Yes, there looks to be quite a lot of useful stuff, but nowhere to ask
questions.
I get the impression that my controller card is supported out of the box
with Warp 4, but it doesn't work. I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong.
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