[plug] Network Card (WDC)

[Trent Lloyd]

FCC ID search turns up nothing either but i found a little sticker that 
says its a wd8013w, aparently so ill see what i can do

At 01:16 AM 23/12/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>well its isa and i tried searching for the number but no go
>ill try the fcc thing thanks
>
>>Western Digital did quite a range of eth cards in it's heyday. The classic
>>one was the WD8003, which (rumour has it) was optimised for LANtastic.
>>
>>A good test it to look at the FCC ID and go to
>>http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/. eg I have a scsi card with "FCC ID
>>KQ53181A-1" written on it. KQ5 signifies Domex make the card, and 3181A is
>>the specific device, which happens to be a 3181A scsi card (although they
>>don't usually match that closly).
>>
>>Otherwise use www.google.com to search for the chip part number, eg a
>>quick search for DM9101F brings up a link on the D-Link website for the
>>DFE-530TX, which should be able to use the same module.
>>
>>Lastly, physically install the card in your linux box, and when ready, su
>>to root and run "lspci".
>>This provides a list of PCI attributes, and in a large amount of cases, it
>>will have a description of the card and what it's main function is. This
>>is similar to checking the list of PnP/PCI devices that sometimes pops up
>>under the BIOS info when most motherboards start up, and the OS hasn't
>>loaded yet.
>>
>>Once you have the information on which card it is, look for a module named
>>similar to the product name, or e-mail us again.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Craig Foster
>>
>>PS This is covered in a whole bunch of how-to's, but the e-mail would
>>still be as long :)
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Trent Lloyd [mailto:trentlloyd at iprimus.com.au]
>> > Sent: Sunday, 23 December 2001 12:09 AM
>> > To: plug at plug.org.au
>> > Subject: [plug] Network Card (WDC)
>> >
>> >
>> > I have a network Card the most prominet thing i see is
>> > 'WDC' anyone know
>> > what it is and what drivers to use (in linux of course)?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > - Trent Lloyd
>> >
>> >
>> >
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