Joe,
Thank you for your take. Yes, I have learned (the hard way!) that in
Pooters, 'assume' often leads to the mother of all screw-ups. But, in the
past 8 years, W2K has asked me for drivers only 2 times, and, I expected it
both times. For any kind of network doo-dad, W2K always seemed to have a
default driver for it and just installed it and got on with business.
Of course, I am doing the research now to track down just "what" the
on-board GBit nic is and look for any updated drivers for W2K if they
exist. I think the GBit nic is 3Com/Broadcom, but I will confirm.
I am really only testing with this. Already know that my Dell switches
list a compatibility issues with both Realtek and 3Com nics. Odd, because
the current 10/100 nVidia on-board nics use the Realtek
device..........? But then, I rarely saturate my LAN. New Intel Pro/1000
nics are already on order.
Best,
Duncan
At 12:39 01/31/2008 -0600, you wrote:
Hello DHSinclair,
Thursday, January 31, 2008, 12:14:14 PM, you wrote:
> 6. Reboot PC to W2K - hope OS picks up new nic(!)
> (here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the
new nic)
> 7. Admin new nic in CP/Device Manager (ipconfig/all info)
> 8. Check for new 'Local Area Connection'; create if necessary
> 9. Move net cable to new nic; try and connect to other LAN clients.
> 10. If OK; repeat steps at another client. If not OK; Hmm........
Everything was great till 6.
(here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the new nic)
Don't assume this. Otherwise sounds ok to me.
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Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
