[Gllug] ISA NIC how to?

[Rich Walker]

Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> writes:

> On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 12:49:44PM +0100, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > I have an old ISA based network card - no clues as to what type I am afraid, I 
> > think I bought it for 90 pence on ebay about a year ago :-->
> > 
> > Any ideas as to how to probe it etc. I don't really need it, but it's a 
> > challenge that is difficult to resist!
> 
> Look for the markings on the tops of the ICs, and trying looking them
> up in Google.
> 
> Having said that, I'll bet you 89p it's an NE2k-clone.

They usually are.

The Best Tip Ever for finding out what hardware is:

Look for the FCC-ID on the part - this will be a string like
  FCC-ID:QWN123ABCDEF 

Now, the three letters after the : are the vendor id. Search at 

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

This will give you the manufacturer - the full code will give you the
device.

This is particularly useful for OEM gear, where the nominal vendor has
*nothing* to do with the people that make the hardware.

cheers, Rich.


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