Author Topic: Xircom - PCMCIA Ethernet - Thinkpad - OS/2 Warp 3 Connect Help Needed  (Read 181 times)

Marc Galloway

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** I have switched out the 3Com card for a Xircom to continue troubleshooting **

I'm needing help if anyone has any suggestions. I have a Thinkpad 600e with OS/2 Warp 3 Connect installed. I'm having trouble getting the PCMCIA 3Com EtherLink III 3C589D card working. When booting up I get a error saying interface does not exist. Here are the steps I have taken with some pictures:


1. Installed PC Card Director for OS/2 version 4.12 - https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad-Drivers/download.lenovo.com/lenovo/content/ddfm/600e.html
2. Installed 3COM 3C589 Etherlink III PCMCIA ethernet card NDIS driver https://www.os2site.com/sw/drivers/network/3com/589os2.zip
3. Configured TCP/IP and NETBUI



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Re: PCMCIA Ethernet - Thinkpad - OS/2 Warp 3 Connect Help Needed
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2025, 03:54:30 am »
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Re: PCMCIA Ethernet - Thinkpad - OS/2 Warp 3 Connect Help Needed
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2025, 01:25:53 pm »
Can you post your setup.cmd and also protocol.ini ?

The error does not sound as if this is HW or driver related. It rather sounds like TCP/IP not being set up correctly.

By the way: you might also consider applying the patch to the NDIS driver:
https://www.os2site.com/sw/drivers/network/3com/3c589patch.zip

That might not strictly be necessary on your system but it surely won't hurt either. In addition, it will make the "3net_log.exe" utility work.

Finally, look here, it is about Warp 4 but since you are using Warp 3, it might apply nonetheless:
https://www.os2world.com/olderforum/OS2World%20Ultraboard/www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/ultraboard/UltraBoardea6e.html?action=Print&BID=62&TID=1518&SID=
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Can you post your setup.cmd and also protocol.ini ?

The error does not sound as if this is HW or driver related. It rather sounds like TCP/IP not being set up correctly.

By the way: you might also consider applying the patch to the NDIS driver:
https://www.os2site.com/sw/drivers/network/3com/3c589patch.zip

That might not strictly be necessary on your system but it surely won't hurt either. In addition, it will make the "3net_log.exe" utility work.

Finally, look here, it is about Warp 4 but since you are using Warp 3, it might apply nonetheless:
https://www.os2world.com/olderforum/OS2World%20Ultraboard/www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/ultraboard/UltraBoardea6e.html?action=Print&BID=62&TID=1518&SID=

Hi Lars, I swapped out the 3Com for a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter IIps (PS-CE2-10) which I have made further progress with than I have had with the 3Com. Since this card uses the pointed driver from my understanding I configured socket services to exclude slot 1. On boot-up I see some link activity but once fully into the WPS I get no activity on adapter lights or ping response. The adapter is picking IRQ and Memory address. I have tried a few different IRQs to see if that made any difference but get the same result. I have not tried to manually set Memory address. I have uploaded the requested information. 
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