Linksys NC100 Problems

I have the same NIC and had to download a different
driver. It is an XP certified driver.

Here's the address:
http://www.admtek.com.tw/index/index/Download.htm

Here's the driver link/file that you want:
983B_drv_2.05.zip

As you see the date on it is 4/17/2003...pretty new!

Real quick...Linksys doesn't support this NIC anymore,
even though their name is on the box.


>-----Original Message-----
>I've used a generic D-Link NIC, installed since October,
1999.
>Worked fine for the 'Net, but since it's a 10Mbps card,
large computer to
>computer transfers are slow.
>
>So, I thought, I don't need anything fancy. I noticed a
generic Linksys NIC
>in Zellers. Since I had great success with a Linksys WAP
and
>wireless laptop NIC, I bought it.
>
>First thing I noticed was; no install sheet for XP Pro,
just 95, 98, and
>NT4. OK, XP must have support built-in. I un-installed
the D-Link, shut
>down, pulled the D-Link and installed the Linksys.
Booted into XP and was
>expecting to see "Found new hardware...." but it didn't
happen. Went to
>Device Manager and a Linksys card was installed, except
it had the dreaded
>yellow exclamation mark. The error message was the card
couldn't find enough
>resources, only since it wasn't working you couldn't see
what resources were
>lacking. Perfect!
>
>Tried re-installing using the NT install on the floppy,
no luck. Downloaded
>drivers from the web, same as floppy. OK, back in goes
the D-Link, system
>restore and everything is hunky-dory again.
>
>I searched the web and found it wasn't really a Linksys
card but something
>from Network Everywhere. I also found lots of people who
took it back to
>Wal-Mart or wherever.
>
>What did I do wrong? Was my mistake buying computer
equipment from Zellers
>or isn't that the way to swap a NIC?
>
>My only guess is that I should have uninstalled the
network before swapping
>NICs. Any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
>.
>

[Box134]

Thanks for the tip. I did get it to install by leaving the D-Link card in
and putting the Linksys into an empty PCI slot. This way XP detected the
Linksys and installed it without any hassle. I plugged the network cable
into the new card, ran the connection wizard, and got a working connection.
As a last step I uninstalled the D-Link card.

I will install the updated drivers from your link. How did you find out
about this? I looked high and low on the web and couldn't find anything.

> wrote in message
...
> I have the same NIC and had to download a different
> driver. It is an XP certified driver.
>
> Here's the address:
> http://www.admtek.com.tw/index/index/Download.htm
>
> Here's the driver link/file that you want:
> 983B_drv_2.05.zip
>
> As you see the date on it is 4/17/2003...pretty new!
>
> Real quick...Linksys doesn't support this NIC anymore,
> even though their name is on the box.

[Ray]

I've had this network card for 2 years. I don't remember
how I found it. Maybe I just searched forever. HaHa.

All kidding aside. I had to uninstall XP because it
wouldn't work. Now that'll motivate a person. It took a
while, but I found it. Then it took about 9 hrs. to
reinstall XP, all the software, drivers, etc.

DETERMINATION!

No problem, anytime.


>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the tip. I did get it to install by leaving
the D-Link card in
>and putting the Linksys into an empty PCI slot. This way
XP detected the
>Linksys and installed it without any hassle. I plugged
the network cable
>into the new card, ran the connection wizard, and got a
working connection.
>As a last step I uninstalled the D-Link card.
>
>I will install the updated drivers from your link. How
did you find out
>about this? I looked high and low on the web and
couldn't find anything.
>
> wrote in message
...
>> I have the same NIC and had to download a different
>> driver. It is an XP certified driver.
>>
>> Here's the address:
>> http://www.admtek.com.tw/index/index/Download.htm
>>
>> Here's the driver link/file that you want:
>> 983B_drv_2.05.zip
>>
>> As you see the date on it is 4/17/2003...pretty new!
>>
>> Real quick...Linksys doesn't support this NIC anymore,
>> even though their name is on the box.
>
>
>
>.
>

[Box134]

Well, you have more determination than I do, I would have bought a new card
first. Anyway, it was a no-brainer when I left the old card in place while
installing the Linksys. I could have had the same results if I had unbound
the network protocols from the D-Link before un-installing it. Leaving the
protocols in place and just removing the card seems to create some type of
block to installing the new card.

Since I dual boot I went through the same thing for Win98. Now that was a
PITA. Win98 had no built-in drivers and the install routines just didn't
work right. Anyway, I did manage to succeed in the end.


"Ray" > wrote in message
...
> I've had this network card for 2 years. I don't remember
> how I found it. Maybe I just searched forever. HaHa.
>
> All kidding aside. I had to uninstall XP because it
> wouldn't work. Now that'll motivate a person. It took a
> while, but I found it. Then it took about 9 hrs. to
> reinstall XP, all the software, drivers, etc.
>
> DETERMINATION!
>
> No problem, anytime.