ethernet compatible with xp?

[dr wily]

I recently installed xp on my win2k partition and everything works cept for my novell branded ethernet card (which btw im using right now on my win98 partition
its an asix chip on it, is there a general driver out there for xp? This card was given to me by att for the cable modem to use and it auto installed on both win98 and win2k but not xp.

if theres no hope whats a cheap xp compatible ethernet card?
thanks

 

[Derango]

Pretty much every ethernet card made in the last 3 years.

 

[dr wily]

then point me out to a general driver please it doesnt want to auto install
also at the compatibility chart at microsoft it has many cards that arent compatible so if you know a workaround id like to know

 

[dr wily]

boink?

 

[Rkonster]

Well, you might want to head over to Novell, and see if they have a driver. If not, you might just have to end up picking up another network. SMC 10/100's are about 10 bucks, and they work fine. However, with the lower end network cards, you aren't able to change the MAC address of them in windows. You would need to be a 3com or Intel for that. If this isn't a concern, that might be your best bet. Hope this helps.

Ryan

 

[dr wily]

ive already been to the novell site and its a huge hassle trying to find anything over there, and their ftp site is way to cryptic..
im going to officemax today to get that 10$ card they have on sale.. hopefully thatll work
thanks

 

[QTPie]

You can use win2k driver for winxp.

Cheap but reliable NIC for winXP: Linksys, Netgear and Kingston.

 

[bozo1]

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Microsoft didn't include a driver for it with XP. Novell hasn't branded network adapters in MANY years.