The official driver package only contains drivers for Win9X, OS/2, WInNT etc. Microsoft lists the card as unsupported. The generic Intel driver also does not support this card.
But: According to some very old posts in some forums, there was a driver for Windows 2000 floating around that works.
Does anyone have this driver?
I have the drivers for the Quadro 66 and the ANA-62044 card, which I think is the 4 port version of your dual port card.
They have a Windows 2000 driver.
Looking at the driver inf's, it's DEC 21143 based which should be easier to find drivers for.
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Official link does nt even list OS/2 drivers:
https://storage.microsemi.com/de-de/support/_ … ased/ana-6922a/
You may have a look at IBM or Dell, they distributed the board as well.
The board is Tulip based (DEC 21143) so basic functionality should be availiable with stock W2K build in drivers.
Probably you will need drivers for the PCI bridge conecting the two tulip chips to the host, and for port aggregating features some special drivers might be needed.
No, unfortunately the NIC does not work with the standard tulip/DEC21143 drivers. Neither with those bundled with Windows 2000 nor with the ones Intel supplied later, and not with some random other vendor's. Usually the ports do not get initialized (yellow exclamation marks in Device Manager), or, if they do (e.g. with driver from "Network Everywhere"), the link won't get up. The card is fine. Tested with Linux.
Duralink cards like the ANA-62044 do not use DEC chips but a Adaptec Starfire, which is totally different hardware.
https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/speed/net … ds/lan3_exe.php
Description: DEC-Based Ethernet drivers v3.0 for ANA-6911A, ANA-6922A, ANA-6944A NICs include Novell NetWare 3.1x/4.x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51/4.0, DEC Alpha for Windows NT v4.0, OS/2, DOS ODI, DOS NDIS, SCO UnixWare, and SCO OpenServer. This executable includes DOS diagnostics.
Compatible Products
ANA-6911A
ANA-6911A-TX
ANA-6911A-TXC
ANA-6911-T4
ANA-6911-T4C
ANA-6911-TX
ANA-6911-TXC
ANA-6922A
ANA-6940-TX
ANA-6944A
ANA-6944A-TX
ANA-6944-T4
ANA-6944-TX
Compatible Environment
Microsoft DOS
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows NT
Novell NetWare Downloads
SCO Unix
SCO UnixWare
What happens when you try the driver for NT4?
Looking at some images I se two variants, one with all DEC chips and one with a DEC? and two Intel chips (if I read it right, bad picture).
Can you post a good picture of your card ?
Also post the hardware ID's please....
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citronalco wrote on 2023-12-18, 23:22:No, unfortunately the NIC does not work with the standard tulip/DEC21143 drivers. Neither with those bundled with Windows 2000 nor with the ones Intel supplied later, and not with some random other vendor's. Usually the ports do not get initialized (yellow exclamation marks in Device Manager), or, if they do (e.g. with driver from "Network Everywhere"), the link won't get up. The card is fine. Tested with Linux.
Duralink cards like the ANA-62044 do not use DEC chips but a Adaptec Starfire, which is totally different hardware.
Oh right. Thats a shame. Cant help then im afraid.
Solved! Today Duckduckgo presented a new search result: https://storage.microsemi.com/de-de/speed/net … drv_dec_zip.php
Works.
Excellent. Then you just have to change the topic name. 😀
Funny fact that the description mentions the ANA-6944A-TX as supported product, while the text mentiones the ANA-6944A as not supported.
Or is the ANA-6944A without suffix the coax Version?
I have the coax as well as the T4 4 port boards with Cogent label in storage.
So Cogent would have been another brand to feed duckduckgo.
