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MS-DOS packet drivers for these Intel cards?

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First post, by autonerd

Posted on 2024-07-02, 02:52

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Hey all -- New member, old hat at DOS (I'm old) but new to mTCP (back when I did DOS networking, it was NetBIOS and IPX/SPX). Anyhoo...

I bought a new-in-box circa-2008 HP EliteBook 6930p laptop which I am using with FreeDOS as my distraction-free word processor and DOS gamer. Networking isn't necessary (it dual-boots Linux so I can get stuff on and off) but would make backing up easier.

Lspci says my networks cards are:
- Intel Corp 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
- Intel Corp Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300

Do I stand any chance of finding MS-DOS packet drivers for these? I did download the MS-DOS Intel drivers from Vogons (6.2) and Intel (24.3) but running what I thought were the proper executables generated an error. Of course, it's entirely possible I did something wrong. I looked on Crynwr site but didn't see anything that seemed to match either card. My guess is the cards might be too new.

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated -- thanks in advance.

Aaron

Reply 1 of 5, by BitWrangler

Posted on 2024-07-02, 03:49

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Think you'll get lucky here https://packetdriversdos.net/

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Reply 2 of 5, by dionb

Posted on 2024-07-02, 10:34

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-07-02, 03:49:

Think you'll get lucky here https://packetdriversdos.net/

It seems to be down 😒

However on Archive.org it can still be seen and references this driver:
https://github.com/ulrich-hansen/E1000PKT

This supports up to the 82547. No idea whether it will also do the 82567 - but you can at least try.

As for WiFi... the number of adapters for which there are DOS drivers can be counted on a somewhat amputated hand - and drivers are just the start of your problem. To connect to a modern, secure network you need WPA(2) support and a WPA supplicant application, and as the last DOS drivers are older than WPA, neither exist for DOS. So to do wireless networking under DOS you need a very specific very old adapter, and you need an open (or worse: WEP "secured") wireless network to connect to.

See here: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/wireless-networking-in-dos/

If you really need to network a DOS system without a cable, don't have the needed hardware or don't want unsecurable WiFi there are two options:
1) use an old router or AP in client bridge mode, let that device handle WiFi and WPA2 and connect to it from the DOS system by Ethernet.
2) use an ESP8266-based WiFi to serial adapter (but live with limitations of 2.4GHz only and throughput of a dial-up modem) like this: https://www.tindie.com/products/theoldnet/rs2 … e-computers-v4/

Reply 3 of 5, by BitWrangler

Posted on 2024-07-02, 12:10

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Yeah I was thinking the E10000 drivers would work.

Site was up when I posted, and up from here now, so dunno if it's geofenced or had a problem or is through a dynamic DNS and goes on and off.

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Reply 4 of 5, by autonerd

Posted on 2024-07-03, 04:22

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These are great resources -- thank you! Busy couple of days but I'll try as time allows and let you all know how I get on. Thanks much.

Reply 5 of 5, by yabaromar

Posted on 2024-11-11, 22:13

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Hi, I'm the creator of packetdriversdos.net and will be pleasure help your machine goes to the Net, due to your network chip PHY Intel® Gigabit Ethernet 82567LM (Q3'08) is from 2008, i'm afraid that the e1000 packet driver will not work, instead you nee to try Odi driver Intel(R) Gigabit Network Connection v5.07 (140116) from 2014 All Rights Reserved. https://www.packetdriversdos.net/ZIP/PRONWARE.exe or NDIS driver Intel(R) Gigabit Network Connection Driver v6.05 070313 https://www.packetdriversdos.net/ZIP/PRODOS.EXE from 2013.
hope it helps
Omar Yabar (Peru)

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