- The package provides the installation files for Airlink101 Wireless Cardbus Adapter MediaTek Driver version 5.0.57.0. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating.
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CardBus are PCMCIA 5.0 or later (JEIDA 4.2 or later) 32-bit PCMCIA devices, introduced in 1995 and present in laptops from late 1997 onward. CardBus is effectively a 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus in the PC Card form factor. CardBus includes bus mastering, which allows a controller on the bus to talk to other devices or memory without going through the.
The disk contains the following network card drivers:
Network Card Chipset/Series/Model | Driver | Type | Comments | |
1 | Universal PXE Driver | UNDIS3C.DOS | PCI | 3COM's Generic PXE Driver for use when remote booting the disk. |
2 | 3Com 5x9 Etherlink III | ELNK3.DOS | ISA | |
3 | 3Com 562 Ether3 PCMCIA | 3CELCM.DOS | PC Card | Etherlink III LAN+Modem PCMCIA Card |
4 | 3Com 59x Etherlink PCI | EL59X.DOS | PCI | |
5 | 3Com EL556 LAN/V.90 | EL556.DOS | PC Card | Mini-PCI Combo Card |
6 | 3Com ELPC656 LAN+56K | ELPC656.DOS | PC Card | Megahertz Global 10/100 Network & 56K Modem CardBus PC Card |
7 | 3com 90x (inc 905) | EL90X.DOS | PCI | |
8 | 3com 94x Gigabit | EL94X.DOS | PCI | aka 3Com 3C2000 Or try Marvell Yuken driver |
9 | 3Com 99x Etherlink 3XP | EL99X.DOS | PCI | 3XP Technology |
10 | 3Com Megahertz 589E | ELPC3.DOS | PC Card | and 3C589D-TP(?) |
11 | 3Com Megahertz 574B | EL3C574.DOS | PC Card | |
12 | 3Com Megahertz 575 | ELPC575.DOS | PC Card | CardBus, IRQ set to 9. Not PnP. |
13 | Accton EN1207D/EN2242A | ACCND.DOS | PCI | |
14 | Accton EN166x MPX2 | ETHNE.DOS | ISA | EtherCombo/Coax/Pair, PnP |
15 | Accton EN22xx ? | ETHPCM.DOS | PC Card | |
16 | Accton EN5251 | EN5251.DOS | PCI | |
17 | ADMtek Fast Ethernet | FASTNIC.DOS | PCI | |
18 | Adaptec 69xx | EMPCI.DOS | PCI | |
19 | Agere ET1310B | AG1310B.DOS | PCI | |
20 | Allied Telesyn AT2400 | AT2400.DOS | PCI | |
21 | AMD PCNet Adapter | PCNTND.DOS | PCI | |
22 | Atheros AR81xx | ATL1E.DOS | PCI | AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 |
23 | Atheros L1 Gigabit | L1.DOS | PCI | |
24 | Atheros L2 Gigabit | L2.DOS | PCI | |
25 | Belkin F5D5020 PCMCIA | F5D5020.DOS | PC Card | |
26 | Broadcom 44x | B44.DOS | PCI | |
27 | Broadcom 57x NetXtreme | B57.DOS | PCI | |
28 | Broadcom NetXtreme II | BXND20X.DOS | PCI | 5706, 5708 chipsets |
29 | Cardbus 32Bit | CB100.DOS | PC Card | Based on a DEC Chipset? |
30 | CNet CNF-401 | FETHCB.DOS | PC Card | |
31 | CNet E200P | E200P.DOS | ? | |
32 | Compaq NC31xx | N100.DOS | PCI | |
33 | Compaq NetFlex | NETFLX3.DOS | PCI | Including Netelligent Cards |
34 | D-Link DE-220 | DE22X.DOS | ISA | |
35 | D-Link 500 | DLKPCI.DOS | PCI | |
36 | D-Link DE-528CT | DE528.DOS | PCI | RJ45/BNC Combo Card |
37 | D-Link DFE-528 | DFE528.DOS | PCI | |
38 | D-Link DFE-530 | DLKFET.DOS | PCI | Try the VIA driver instead if you're getting errors |
39 | D-Link DFE-530+ | DLKRTS.DOS | PCI | 530+ = low profile card 530 = Full height card ??? |
40 | D-Link DFE-550 | DLH5X.DOS | PCI | |
41 | D-Link DFE-650 | DFE650.DOS | PC Card | |
42 | D-Link DFE-670TXD | DFE670.DOS | PC Card | |
43 | D-Link DFE-690 | DLKRCB.DOS | PC Card | |
44 | Davicom DM9 | DM9PCI.DOS | PCI | |
45 | Digital 2104x/2114x | DC21X4.DOS | PCI | |
46 | HP DeskDirect | HPFEND.DOS | PCI | |
47 | IBM EtherJet PCI | IBMFE.DOS | PCI | |
48 | Intel EtherExpress 16 | EXP16.DOS | ISA | |
49 | Intel Pro10 | E10P.DOS | PCI | |
50 | Intel Pro100 | E100B.DOS | PCI | |
51 | Intel Pro1000 | E1000.DOS | PCI | 8254x Chipsets |
52 | Linksys LNE100TX Ver2 | LNE100V4.DOS | PCI | Version 2 Cards |
53 | Linksys LNE100TX Ver4 | LNE100V4.DOS | PCI | Version 4 Cards |
54 | Linksys LNE100TX Ver5 | LNE100V5.DOS | PCI | Version 5 Cards |
55 | Linksys EG1032/EG1064 | EG1064.DOS | PCI | Version 2 Cards Instant Gigabit |
56 | Macronix MX987xx | MXNICF.DOS | PCI | MX987xx Chipsets |
57 | Marvell Yukon Gigabit | YUKND.DOS | PCI | Or try 3COM 94x driver if you have problems. |
58 | Melco/Buffalo LPC4-TX | LPC4XAT.DOS | PC Card | |
59 | NE2000 ISA | NE2000.DOS | ISA | Non PnP Settings... IRQ=10 I/O=300 |
60 | NE3000 | ETHPCM.DOS | ? | |
61 | Netgear FA310 | NGRPCI.DOS | PCI | Works with Linksys LNE100TX |
62 | Netgear FA311/FA312 | DP83815.DOS | PCI | Uses National Semi. DP8381x chip |
63 | Netgear FA410TX | FA410.DOS | PC Card | |
64 | Netgear FA411TX | FA411.DOS | PC Card | |
65 | Netgear FA511TX | FA511.DOS | PC Card | Same as ADMTek driver? |
66 | Nvidia nForce MCP | NDIS.DOS | PCI | This driver only seems to work on some boards, and not others??? |
67 | Olicom OC-2326 | OCE4X.DOS | ? | |
68 | ReadyLink RL100ATX/PCI | RL100A.DOS | PCI | |
69 | Realtek 8012 | AREDP.DOS | ISA | |
70 | Realtek 8019(AS) | PNPND.DOS | ISA | RJ45/BNC Combo Card |
71 | Realtek 8029(AS) | PCIND.DOS | PCI | RJ45/BNC Combo Card |
72 | Realtek 8129 | RTFND.DOS | PCI | |
73 | Realtek 8139x | RTSND.DOS | PCI | |
74 | Realtek 8168 Gigabit | RTEND.DOS | PCI | |
75 | Realtek 8169 Gigabit | RTGBND.DOS | PCI | |
76 | SiS 190/191 Gigabit | SIS190.DOS | PCI | |
77 | SiS 900/7016 | SIS900.DOS | PCI | Autodetected Speed Mode Often found onboard some motherboards. |
78 | SMC 1211 EZ Card | SMC1211.DOS | PCI | |
79 | SMC 1255 EZ Card | SMC1255.DOS | PCI | |
80 | SMC 8040 PCMCIA card | LE100.DOS | PC Card | Also known as ZEUS PC Card 10/100. |
81 | SMC 80412 PCMCIA card | SMC80412.DOS | PC Card | |
82 | SMC 9432 EtherPower II | SMC9432.DOS | PCI | |
83 | SMC EtherCard 8xxx | SMC8000.DOS | ISA | PnP based ISA Card |
84 | Surecom EP-312V | EP312.DOS | ISA | |
85 | SysKonnect Gigabit | SK98ND.DOS | PCI | No Longer Required? Replaced by Marvell Yuken driver? |
86 | TDK ProDigital PCMCIA | TDKCARD2.DOS | PC Card | |
87 | VIA Amazon | VIAAMA.DOS | PCI | |
88 | VIA Technologies | FETND.DOS | PCI | Also works for some D-Link 530 cards. |
89 | VIA Velocity Gigabit | GETND2.DOS | PCI | VT6120, VT6122 |
90 | Winbond W89C940F | W940ND.DOS | PCI | |
91 | Xircom Realport RE100 | CE3NDIS.DOS | PC Card | 16bit 5V PCMCIA (CE3) |
92 | Xircom Realport+Modem | REM56G10.DOS | PC Card | Ethernet & 56K Modem (REM56G-10) |
93 | Xircom 10/100+Modem | XCEMNDIS.DOS | PC Card | 10/100 Ethernet & 56K (XEM) |
94 | Xircom Pocket III | XIRCOM.DOS | PC Card | |
95 | Xircom Realport RBE100 | CBENDIS.DOS | PC Card | 32bit 3.3V Cardbus |
*1 - Not sure if this driver works.
*2 - Use when booting the disk via a PXE remote boot image
*3 - This works for some motherboards (eg ASUS A7N-266), but not for others.
*4 - Also works for some D-LINK 530 cards
*5 - Not the original driver's filename!
Important Notes
1. Only the popular PCI Cards are autodetected! However there is some less popular PCI cards on the disk which aren't autodetected. (If you know the card's PnP Vendor/Device ID's, please email me :)
2. ALL ISA and PC Cards have to be manaually selected. These can't be auto-detected.
Unlisted / Generic Chipsets
You'll find many other network cards will work too, providing they are based on the same chipset as one of the included drivers. This is very common for many cheaper network cards!
If a network card does not autodetect, then it's a good idea to look on the network card itself to see what type of chipset it uses. Then upon booting the disk, manually select which driver to load.
Confusing Card Names = Which driver???
Some network cards uunfortunately have the same name or very similar names, yet use a totally different driver. This sometimes adds a lot of confusion to the process of selecting the right driver. (not to mention putting the correct driver on the disk in the first place!
Examples of these types of cards are:
- Linksys LNE100TX with about 5 different sub versions all with different drivers
- D-Link 530 vs D-Link 530+ (note: plus vs no-plus)
- Xircom Cards
What are the best cards to use?
If you have a choice of what card to use with the disk, I'd recommend choosing a card that uses a unversial driver for every card that uses that chipset.
For Example:
- Intel Pro 100/1000 series
- Realtek Cards
- Broadcom B44,B57
- 3COM 905 series PCI Cards
Of course this still relies on the fact the the bootdisk needs the latest driver, so the latest cards released will still work.
Still Not Working?
Some of the more uncommon cards/drivers have not been fully tested yet. While all these drivers should work, I don't have access to every card myself for testing.
The disk contains the following network card drivers:
Network Card Chipset/Series/Model | Driver | Type | Comments | |
1 | Universal PXE Driver | UNDIS3C.DOS | PCI | 3COM's Generic PXE Driver for use when remote booting the disk. |
2 | 3Com 5x9 Etherlink III | ELNK3.DOS | ISA | |
3 | 3Com 562 Ether3 PCMCIA | 3CELCM.DOS | PC Card | Etherlink III LAN+Modem PCMCIA Card |
4 | 3Com 59x Etherlink PCI | EL59X.DOS | PCI | |
5 | 3Com EL556 LAN/V.90 | EL556.DOS | PC Card | Mini-PCI Combo Card |
6 | 3Com ELPC656 LAN+56K | ELPC656.DOS | PC Card | Megahertz Global 10/100 Network & 56K Modem CardBus PC Card |
7 | 3com 90x (inc 905) | EL90X.DOS | PCI | |
8 | 3com 94x Gigabit | EL94X.DOS | PCI | aka 3Com 3C2000 Or try Marvell Yuken driver |
9 | 3Com 99x Etherlink 3XP | EL99X.DOS | PCI | 3XP Technology |
10 | 3Com Megahertz 589E | ELPC3.DOS | PC Card | and 3C589D-TP(?) |
11 | 3Com Megahertz 574B | EL3C574.DOS | PC Card | |
12 | 3Com Megahertz 575 | ELPC575.DOS | PC Card | CardBus, IRQ set to 9. Not PnP. |
13 | Accton EN1207D/EN2242A | ACCND.DOS | PCI | |
14 | Accton EN166x MPX2 | ETHNE.DOS | ISA | EtherCombo/Coax/Pair, PnP |
15 | Accton EN22xx ? | ETHPCM.DOS | PC Card | |
16 | Accton EN5251 | EN5251.DOS | PCI | |
17 | ADMtek Fast Ethernet | FASTNIC.DOS | PCI | |
18 | Adaptec 69xx | EMPCI.DOS | PCI | |
19 | Agere ET1310B | AG1310B.DOS | PCI | |
20 | Allied Telesyn AT2400 | AT2400.DOS | PCI | |
21 | AMD PCNet Adapter | PCNTND.DOS | PCI | |
22 | Atheros AR81xx | ATL1E.DOS | PCI | AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 |
23 | Atheros L1 Gigabit | L1.DOS | PCI | |
24 | Atheros L2 Gigabit | L2.DOS | PCI | |
25 | Belkin F5D5020 PCMCIA | F5D5020.DOS | PC Card | |
26 | Broadcom 44x | B44.DOS | PCI | |
27 | Broadcom 57x NetXtreme | B57.DOS | PCI | |
28 | Broadcom NetXtreme II | BXND20X.DOS | PCI | 5706, 5708 chipsets |
29 | Cardbus 32Bit | CB100.DOS | PC Card | Based on a DEC Chipset? |
30 | CNet CNF-401 | FETHCB.DOS | PC Card | |
31 | CNet E200P | E200P.DOS | ? | |
32 | Compaq NC31xx | N100.DOS | PCI | |
33 | Compaq NetFlex | NETFLX3.DOS | PCI | Including Netelligent Cards |
34 | D-Link DE-220 | DE22X.DOS | ISA | |
35 | D-Link 500 | DLKPCI.DOS | PCI | |
36 | D-Link DE-528CT | DE528.DOS | PCI | RJ45/BNC Combo Card |
37 | D-Link DFE-528 | DFE528.DOS | PCI | |
38 | D-Link DFE-530 | DLKFET.DOS | PCI | Try the VIA driver instead if you're getting errors |
39 | D-Link DFE-530+ | DLKRTS.DOS | PCI | 530+ = low profile card 530 = Full height card ??? |
40 | D-Link DFE-550 | DLH5X.DOS | PCI | |
41 | D-Link DFE-650 | DFE650.DOS | PC Card | |
42 | D-Link DFE-670TXD | DFE670.DOS | PC Card | |
43 | D-Link DFE-690 | DLKRCB.DOS | PC Card | |
44 | Davicom DM9 | DM9PCI.DOS | PCI | |
45 | Digital 2104x/2114x | DC21X4.DOS | PCI | |
46 | HP DeskDirect | HPFEND.DOS | PCI | |
47 | IBM EtherJet PCI | IBMFE.DOS | PCI | |
48 | Intel EtherExpress 16 | EXP16.DOS | ISA | |
49 | Intel Pro10 | E10P.DOS | PCI | |
50 | Intel Pro100 | E100B.DOS | PCI | |
51 | Intel Pro1000 | E1000.DOS | PCI | 8254x Chipsets |
52 | Linksys LNE100TX Ver2 | LNE100V4.DOS | PCI | Version 2 Cards |
53 | Linksys LNE100TX Ver4 | LNE100V4.DOS | PCI | Version 4 Cards |
54 | Linksys LNE100TX Ver5 | LNE100V5.DOS | PCI | Version 5 Cards |
55 | Linksys EG1032/EG1064 | EG1064.DOS | PCI | Version 2 Cards Instant Gigabit |
56 | Macronix MX987xx | MXNICF.DOS | PCI | MX987xx Chipsets |
57 | Marvell Yukon Gigabit | YUKND.DOS | PCI | Or try 3COM 94x driver if you have problems. |
58 | Melco/Buffalo LPC4-TX | LPC4XAT.DOS | PC Card | |
59 | NE2000 ISA | NE2000.DOS | ISA | Non PnP Settings... IRQ=10 I/O=300 |
60 | NE3000 | ETHPCM.DOS | ? | |
61 | Netgear FA310 | NGRPCI.DOS | PCI | Works with Linksys LNE100TX |
62 | Netgear FA311/FA312 | DP83815.DOS | PCI | Uses National Semi. DP8381x chip |
63 | Netgear FA410TX | FA410.DOS | PC Card | |
64 | Netgear FA411TX | FA411.DOS | PC Card | |
65 | Netgear FA511TX | FA511.DOS | PC Card | Same as ADMTek driver? |
66 | Nvidia nForce MCP | NDIS.DOS | PCI | This driver only seems to work on some boards, and not others??? |
67 | Olicom OC-2326 | OCE4X.DOS | ? | |
68 | ReadyLink RL100ATX/PCI | RL100A.DOS | PCI | |
69 | Realtek 8012 | AREDP.DOS | ISA | |
70 | Realtek 8019(AS) | PNPND.DOS | ISA | RJ45/BNC Combo Card |
71 | Realtek 8029(AS) | PCIND.DOS | PCI | RJ45/BNC Combo Card |
72 | Realtek 8129 | RTFND.DOS | PCI | |
73 | Realtek 8139x | RTSND.DOS | PCI | |
74 | Realtek 8168 Gigabit | RTEND.DOS | PCI | |
75 | Realtek 8169 Gigabit | RTGBND.DOS | PCI | |
76 | SiS 190/191 Gigabit | SIS190.DOS | PCI | |
77 | SiS 900/7016 | SIS900.DOS | PCI | Autodetected Speed Mode Often found onboard some motherboards. |
78 | SMC 1211 EZ Card | SMC1211.DOS | PCI | |
79 | SMC 1255 EZ Card | SMC1255.DOS | PCI | |
80 | SMC 8040 PCMCIA card | LE100.DOS | PC Card | Also known as ZEUS PC Card 10/100. |
81 | SMC 80412 PCMCIA card | SMC80412.DOS | PC Card | |
82 | SMC 9432 EtherPower II | SMC9432.DOS | PCI | |
83 | SMC EtherCard 8xxx | SMC8000.DOS | ISA | PnP based ISA Card |
84 | Surecom EP-312V | EP312.DOS | ISA | |
85 | SysKonnect Gigabit | SK98ND.DOS | PCI | No Longer Required? Replaced by Marvell Yuken driver? |
86 | TDK ProDigital PCMCIA | TDKCARD2.DOS | PC Card | |
87 | VIA Amazon | VIAAMA.DOS | PCI | |
88 | VIA Technologies | FETND.DOS | PCI | Also works for some D-Link 530 cards. |
89 | VIA Velocity Gigabit | GETND2.DOS | PCI | VT6120, VT6122 |
90 | Winbond W89C940F | W940ND.DOS | PCI | |
91 | Xircom Realport RE100 | CE3NDIS.DOS | PC Card | 16bit 5V PCMCIA (CE3) |
92 | Xircom Realport+Modem | REM56G10.DOS | PC Card | Ethernet & 56K Modem (REM56G-10) |
93 | Xircom 10/100+Modem | XCEMNDIS.DOS | PC Card | 10/100 Ethernet & 56K (XEM) |
94 | Xircom Pocket III | XIRCOM.DOS | PC Card | |
95 | Xircom Realport RBE100 | CBENDIS.DOS | PC Card | 32bit 3.3V Cardbus |
*1 - Not sure if this driver works.
*2 - Use when booting the disk via a PXE remote boot image
*3 - This works for some motherboards (eg ASUS A7N-266), but not for others.
*4 - Also works for some D-LINK 530 cards
*5 - Not the original driver's filename!
Important Notes
1. Only the popular PCI Cards are autodetected! However there is some less popular PCI cards on the disk which aren't autodetected. (If you know the card's PnP Vendor/Device ID's, please email me :)
2. ALL ISA and PC Cards have to be manaually selected. These can't be auto-detected.
Unlisted / Generic Chipsets
You'll find many other network cards will work too, providing they are based on the same chipset as one of the included drivers. This is very common for many cheaper network cards!
If a network card does not autodetect, then it's a good idea to look on the network card itself to see what type of chipset it uses. Then upon booting the disk, manually select which driver to load.
Confusing Card Names = Which driver???
Some network cards uunfortunately have the same name or very similar names, yet use a totally different driver. This sometimes adds a lot of confusion to the process of selecting the right driver. (not to mention putting the correct driver on the disk in the first place!
Examples of these types of cards are:
- Linksys LNE100TX with about 5 different sub versions all with different drivers
- D-Link 530 vs D-Link 530+ (note: plus vs no-plus)
- Xircom Cards
Wireless Cardbus Pc Card
What are the best cards to use?
If you have a choice of what card to use with the disk, I'd recommend choosing a card that uses a unversial driver for every card that uses that chipset.
For Example:
Cardbus Card Reader
- Intel Pro 100/1000 series
- Realtek Cards
- Broadcom B44,B57
- 3COM 905 series PCI Cards
Of course this still relies on the fact the the bootdisk needs the latest driver, so the latest cards released will still work.
Still Not Working?
Some of the more uncommon cards/drivers have not been fully tested yet. While all these drivers should work, I don't have access to every card myself for testing.