jefflloyd,

Dell does have the Windows driver for that NIC.  The filename is R56237.EXE and can be downloaded by clicking here

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If you need a DOS driver, the driver for the Broadcom 4401 is available on their site.  You, however, will need to write the config.sys and autoexec.bat files on your DOS disk to load the driver correctly.

Steve

Well, Steve, that was the point of my message I suppose...to get assistance in getting that driver installed.

jefflloyd,

The DOS diagnostic utility has to load a DOS driver.  Download that utility from the Broadcom website.  It will be able to give you an example of how to set up the DOS driver.  Examine the config.sys and the autoexec.bat files on the boot disk created by the diagnostic utility. 

Steve

Steve,

Thanks, but if you look at the diagnostic files for the DOS environment, there is nothing that I saw that spoke to how to set the driver up on the DOS environment.  There are no such examples of autoexec.bat's or config.sys's.

Jeff

 

The DOS devices I have set up before have had automated installation procedures and what I am looking at in protocol.ini and readme.txt are not making much sense to me as I am not a programmer and not terrbily familiar with.  Like, where is the protocol.ini file loaded?  Where is the b44.dos driver loaded and by which file, autoexec.bat or config.sys?  I have never seen an *.ini file loaded by either startup file...Sorry I have taken enough of your time.

jefflloyd,

The protocol.ini file will be read by the driver executable.  You should only have to include a call to the driver executable in the autoexec.bat file. 

Steve

Steve - thanks for replying, but there is NO driver executable in the DOS driver zip file.  Here is what is included in the DOS/NDIS2 Driver Zip File.  Maybe that is why I am confused...

b44.dos
PROTOCOL.INI
readme.txt

jefflloyd,

I would recommend that you e-mail the folks at Broadcom for additional assistance.  They may already have a packaged file which will load DOS and the driver that you need.  There is an e-mail link on their website.

Steve