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
