1. winbond.zip Driver
2. LAN.txt File Contents

LAN.txt Driver File Contents (winbond.zip)

mark wrote:
> 
> This is my first experience with win98. I can't get a simple tcp/ip
> peer2peer working between win98 SE systems, when both are using Linksys
> etherpci2 nics(bnc). Files won't transfer. Ping works and each box shows
> in Network Neighborhood, but  browsing a few folders causes a stall,
> during which there is no nic led activity, only hd activity. However, if
> one machine is running win95 and the other win98 SE, there's no problem.
> Nor is there any problem between these same two boxes with one running
> SE and the other Linux Samba. Furthur, with all arrangemants of win95,
> SE, and Samba, only the SE-SE combination has trouble.  After swapping
> one of the Linksys NICs with an equivalent pci D-link, the SE-SE setup
> works fine. There's not a problem with one particular nic card. I've
> tried all combinations with three  different Linksys cards. With three
> boxes on the same bnc line, only the two boxes with a Linksys-SE
> combination aren't working together, yet each are working fine with any
> third win95, Samba, or D-link configured box. It certainly seems there's
> a problem with SE and the Linksys card; but, I haven't seen any reports
> on such compatibility problems, nor have I found a newer driver. I
> haven't tried any other version of win98. Any ideas? 

The (supposedly) newest W98 driver on the Linksys web site for the
Lnepci2 (Winbond 940F) is from 12/97 (probably the initial W98 release).
The Winbond site has a current driver (4/98). I updated using this
driver and all is well -  no more problems with p2p W98SE systems when
each are using the Linksys card. Although, I still wonder why Linksys
doesn't have a newer driver on their web site.