1. DESK-100TX-Ethernet-PCI.zip Driver
2. QUESTION.TXT File Contents

QUESTION.TXT Driver File Contents (DESK-100TX-Ethernet-PCI.zip)

1.)    What should I do first when I encountered problems with
       PNIC 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter card?

       You may execute Diag.exe Diagnostics from Floppy drive or
       Hard Disk drive to diagnose which problems or get more more
       detailed about adapter.
   
       You may select <Alt> <CardInfo> to get the current media type.
       You may get result 10 or100 Mbps, Half or Full Duplex if your
       adapter, cable and hub are functionally working.  Otherwise,
       the correct media type won't display if your cable or this
       particular port of hub has problems.  Diag.exe can correctly
       display the current media type on the fly that the other
       adapters can't provide.

2.)    Is my PCI adapter " Novell and Microsoft Certified "?

       Yes.  You may select "DC21140 Based DEC PCI Ethernet Drivers" from
       your  built in Novell or Microsoft drivers.
       

3.)    What interrupt is recommend to be use with PCI adapter?
    
       If your PCI BIOS is greater or equal than 2.0, it supports
       Plug and play. Then you shouldn't worry interupt.  You only set
       your PCI adapter's interrupt if your computer's BIOS didn't support
       plug and play PCI.  To do this you might have to set the jumper on
       your computer's motherboard also set the interrupt in your computer's
       PCI BIOS. Both places assign the PCI interrupt INTA to any
       available ISA interrupt ( except interrupt 14 ).
       Usually, software drivers get the interrupt and I/O port from BIOS
       functional call.

4.)    Which one is the " mastering " slots in your PCI machine?

       All the PCI slots supports PNIC 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Bus
       Master cards.  Usually, they are WHITE.

5.)    Is it necessary to configure my PCI adapter for my computer?

       No, because PCI is self-configuring.  Some PCI computers ISA or EISA  
       PCs require you manually configure your PNIC 10/100 Fast Ethernet 
       Adapter.


6.)    What interrupt is NOT to be use with my PCI adapter? 
    
       First, you don't really need to pay attention to the interrupt for this
       adapter.  Do NOT use interrrupt 14 with any PCI adapter except PCI IDE
       adapter. Because ofthe backwards compatibility with IDE adapters, IRQ
       14 can only be configured edge triggered interrupt.  This stopped its
       ablity to used shared interrupt ( shared interrupts require level
       triggering )  and it makes interrupt a very poor PCI interrupt choice.

7.)    Which is the best slot to used for my PCI adapter?
    
       You have to put your PNIC 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter in a PCI 
       slot which supports Bus Mastering.  This is very significant.  The PCI
       connectors in your machine are white.  You may read your PC manual to
       find out which slot supports Bus Master.

8.)    How come my PCI driver will not load when EMM386.EXE is loaded? 

       Please upgrade EMM386.exe to version 4.49 if your EMM386 used 
       an old version.   
                                                                                                                                                                         

9.)    What is the voltage on my PCI adapter? 

       It is 5 volt.

10.)    My PNIC 10/100 combo adapter that has all three connectors
       (BNC,AUI,UTP) on the same adapter. How do I let the driver know which
       type that I am using.?

       PNIC 10/100 Adapter Cards supports AUTODETECT capabilities
       to use NWAY to automatically select 10MB or 100 MB, Half or Full
       Duplex configurations. Normally, you do not have to specify which
       cable type you  are using with adapter.