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LAN Adapter Support, Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ethernet Support Device Driver. 

©2003, Jonas Buys. 

JBHWIS00001. 

 

 

www.os2warp.be 

 

 

IBM OS/2 Warp USB Ethernet Driver. 

Version 1.4, 2003/05/17F. 

 

This OS/2 Warp Hardware Info sheet 

contains information for the Universal 

Serial Bus (USB) Ethernet Device 

Driver Support for OS/2 Warp and 

eComStation.  The official readme 

written by IBM is once again totally 

incomplete, so you should consider 

this document as a total replacement 

for the readme provided by IBM. 

CONTENTS 

1.

 

Introduction 

2.

 

USB Ethernet Support 

a.

 

USB Ethernet Installation with regular IBM OS/2 

b.

 

USB Ethernet Installation with eComStation 1.1 

c.

 

USB Ethernet Device Driver Parameters 

d.

 

USB Ethernet Uninstall Instructions 

3.

 

Listing of Tested USB Ethernet Adapters 

4.

 

Appendix A: Code Discussion 

5.

 

Appendix B: Linux Driver 

6.

 

Appendix D: USB Terminology 

7.

 

Appendix C: Copyright Information 

 

1. Introduction 

1.1 General 

USB Ethernet adapters give more mobility to laptop and also desktop 

computers network connectivity.  The OS/2 USB Ethernet support is limited to 
adapters based on Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101 and LSI KL5KUSB101b chipsets.  Most 

Base10-T USB network cards use this chipset.  This driver will NOT work for network 

cards equipped with other chipsets! 

 

If you’ve got a Software Choice or a Passport Advantage subscription, then 

you can download USBETHER.EXE from the OS/2 Warp Device Driver Pak OnLine 

website.  This USBETHER.EXE device driver package provides you with IBM's most 

current support for Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ethernet devices on the OS/2 

Summary of Contents for 3C19250 - USB Ethernet Network Interface...

Page 1: ...eters d USB Ethernet Uninstall Instructions 3 Listing of Tested USB Ethernet Adapters 4 Appendix A Code Discussion 5 Appendix B Linux Driver 6 Appendix D USB Terminology 7 Appendix C Copyright Informa...

Page 2: ...Compatible Hardware List www os2warp be The basic USB support USBBASIC OS 2 Warp device drivers must be installed and loaded OS 2 Warp 3 OS 2 Warp 4 Merlin OS 2 Warp Server for e business Aurora OS 2...

Page 3: ...s Other adapters button Specify a path to the USB Ethernet adapter driver files use default path A if the files were copied to floppy disk in drive A Finally press OK If the path was correct and the f...

Page 4: ...front when entering the IDs Figure 1 The Adapter and Protocol Configuration dialog box 7 Add the required protocols from the Protocols list to the USB Ethernet adapter You can do this by selecting th...

Page 5: ...rp be 9 Press Close button to close Configure dialog box 10 Press Exit button to close MPTS utility 11 Reboot the system This completes the installation procedure You can install any other USB device...

Page 6: ...ven more powerfull installer which was developped in co peration with IBM using OS 2 s unique CID technology eCS 1 1 is a very complete and up to date product and it includes all drivers available via...

Page 7: ...ted entries Product ID and USB Vendor ID to enter respectively the device and munfacturer IDs Where can you enter the hexadecimal numbers In the image above you see the field Product ID will change au...

Page 8: ...USBETHR in case USBETHR is already used M maxNetworkAdapters Specifies the number of network adapters accepted for service 2 4 USB Ethernet Uninstall Instructions 1 Open MPTS Network Adapters and Pro...

Page 9: ...Hardware List Project You can get support for the three devices tested by IBM directly with IBM Costumer Support but they will refuse to help you for other devices Should you have any hardware trouble...

Page 10: ...001 0x0008 Entrega E45 Ethernet adapter USB 0x1645 0x0005 I O DATA USB ET T USB network adapter 0x04bb 0x0901 Jaton USB to Ethernet adapter XpressNET 10Base T 0x087d 0x5704 Linksys USB10T Ethernet net...

Page 11: ...ew Device Report A small windows now opens and lists all technical information From here you can also see the IDs You will soon find out whether the device works or not If the manufacturer assured you...

Page 12: ...er for service At present the driver supports adapters with embedded Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101 chip The default vendor is 3Com Sets the default help text to appear on screen when the user requests help...

Page 13: ...also work with other Linux distributions Since the driver was already present in the Linux kernel and it should be in many major distributions installation was rather simple To install you need the Ke...

Page 14: ...install the kernel image and reboot Note that when you compiled the driver as a module you can load it now by executing the insmod command 6 Appendix C USB Terminology There often seems to be some mis...

Page 15: ...USB devices Increases the data transfer rates from 12Mbps to 480Mbps 60MBps on Hi Speed USB controllers Backwards compatible with the original USB uses the same wires Firewire New port for branching...

Page 16: ...IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION JONAS BUYS CAN UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA NOR TO POSSIBLE DAMAGE OF YOUR COMPUTING SYSTEM This document is also subjected to t...

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