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[Solved] Xircom - PCMCIA Ethernet - Thinkpad - OS/2 Warp 3 Connect
Marc Galloway:
** 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
Marc Galloway:
Rest of the pictures
Lars:
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=
Marc Galloway:
--- Quote from: Lars 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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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.
RTAN:
Hi Mark,
I know from experience that the 3C589D drivers are very buggy so you did the right thing to swap to a Xircom. I've got a few Xircom PCMCIA and CardBus cards and have never had problems with OS/2 Warp Connect with them.
They definitely don't need any additional PCMCIA card/socket drivers so you definitely want to make sure that all of that is uninstalled (disabled might not be enough).
Fire-up Selective Install and make sure PCMCIA support looks like the photo below. This is how I have it on my IBM ThinkPad 390X with a Xircom R2BE-100BTX and you can see it's pinging away quite merrily over TCP/IP.
Make sure too that you're using exactly the right driver for your Xircom PCMCIA or CardBus NIC. They have very similar model names but the right drivers aren't interchangable. For example the driver for an RBE won't work for an R2BE and vice versa.
Best,
Richard.
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