NetWare and PCMCIA Cards
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Mar 2002
Q.
I try to install NetWare on my XYZ notebook with an ABC PCMCIA network card, but the NIC doesn't get detected. Can someone point me to the drivers for the NIC ABC?
Detecting NICs in Detroit
A.
Dear Detecting: There are hardly any Netware server drivers for PCMCIA NICs. Even if they do exist, it is often a very troublesome task getting them to work because they have to rely on DOS-based PCMCIA enablers, which often don't work very well in modern notebooks.
We strongly suggest you get a notebook with an integrated (non-PCMCIA) NIC, which most often work flawlessly right out of the box as a NetWare server.
Just for your information, PCMCIA NICs for which NetWare server drivers exist are:
3Com 3C589 (no other 3Com PCMCIA NIC has drivers, so please don't ask.)
Some Intel-based PCMCIA NICs
Some Xircom PCMCIA NICs
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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