network failure

I'm playing with ws2k3 R2 on an old PIII box. My NIC is a Netgear FA310. It
*seems* that ws2k3 doesn't like my NIC. I even tried to manually install the
drivers, as the wizard wouldn't. But ws2k3 didn't like it.

Could it be the fact that security is tight, rather than the NIC is bad? (The
NIC works just fine for w2k server & ws Pro.) Any ideas on what to try? Do I
have to try another card? How about a 3Com 3C905-TX. (I have a new one still
in the shrink wrapped box.)

Any ideas, suggestions are gladly welcomed and appreciated...

Thanks,

Tom

The NetGear adapter is not supported:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320892/EN-US/

There are a zillion versions of the 3C905 - maybe some of them have Windows
Server 2003 drivers.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Tcs" <TSmithATEastPointCityDOTorg@> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm playing with ws2k3 R2 on an old PIII box. My NIC is a Netgear FA310.
It
> *seems* that ws2k3 doesn't like my NIC. I even tried to manually install
the
> drivers, as the wizard wouldn't. But ws2k3 didn't like it.
>
> Could it be the fact that security is tight, rather than the NIC is bad?
(The
> NIC works just fine for w2k server & ws Pro.) Any ideas on what to try?
Do I
> have to try another card? How about a 3Com 3C905-TX. (I have a new one
still
> in the shrink wrapped box.)
>
> Any ideas, suggestions are gladly welcomed and appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom

1.) You are correct, it is not supported...I know now...

...however...

2.) Windows XP drivers work for the FA310.

I believe the site where I found this out was DriverGuide.com(?). I installed
this when I came in this morning, in under 2 minutes I had it working...just
fine.

Friday, I had given up on the FA310. Since I had just purchased a new GA311
(their gigabit NIC), I went looking for drivers for *it*. Before I got that
far, I found info on using the FA310 with server 2k3. I got two (2) downloads
off the site. As I understand it, there's no fault with the card itslef. in
fact, it's supposed to be a "rock solid" card. It's just that its drivers were
never upgraded (modified) to talk 2k3.

Anyway...

Its working, I'm happy, and I didn't have to play with the hardware to do it.
Works for me...

Thanks,

Tom

On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:03:34 -0500, "Doug Sherman [MVP]"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>The NetGear adapter is not supported:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320892/EN-US/
>
>There are a zillion versions of the 3C905 - maybe some of them have Windows
>Server 2003 drivers.
>
>Doug Sherman
>MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>
>"Tcs" <TSmithATEastPointCityDOTorg@> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> I'm playing with ws2k3 R2 on an old PIII box. My NIC is a Netgear FA310.
>It
>> *seems* that ws2k3 doesn't like my NIC. I even tried to manually install
>the
>> drivers, as the wizard wouldn't. But ws2k3 didn't like it.
>>
>> Could it be the fact that security is tight, rather than the NIC is bad?
>(The
>> NIC works just fine for w2k server & ws Pro.) Any ideas on what to try?
>Do I
>> have to try another card? How about a 3Com 3C905-TX. (I have a new one
>still
>> in the shrink wrapped box.)
>>
>> Any ideas, suggestions are gladly welcomed and appreciated...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>