# i need drivers **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 26, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202 "2004-03-26T12:24:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/1 "2004-03-26T12:24:26Z")
and i can’t find them… i’m sure there are only a limited number of people that will even understand my request… and i’m sure the number of people that will be able to help is slim to none. BUT- i’m looking for win xp / 2k drivers for a Fore Systems ForeRunner LE 155mb card… i’m just looking to run my internal network san at a good throughput… but also my main computer… it’ll just be basic IP over ATM with PVC, no svc or signalling or anything. ForeSystems was bought out by Marconi, who are nazi’s with support of old Foresystems stuff… so i’m fucked. i have a couple bay network switches with fiber cards and would really like to run fiber to my most heavily used pc… ANYONE that can help me will recieve something in return… i’ll give ya a fucking bay networks hub or something…😃 thanks ps - this is for my home use… if it were for work i wouldn’t be using 8 year old cards :tounge: PSS - i have the linux drivers… so i’ll just throw it on my redhat server if i have to… but i’d like to run fiber using my veritas 9 backups… thanks ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/2 "2004-03-26T12:29:37Z")
well you drive a V-dub shouldnt it be “DRIVERS WANTED” 🤣 🤣 i crack myself up. wow that is so jibberish to me. is this stuff that can be found on ebay?? cause i only think that there are two people that deal with comp. that deep on here and one of them are you. ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/3 "2004-03-26T12:43:33Z")
FR LE 155 ATM PCI RJ45 NETWORK INTERFACE CARD ADAPTER CD/DOC/DRIVERS Manufacturer: MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS Part Number: 1050101100 Lowest Price: CHECK FULL VENDOR LIST Featured Resellers Price A Matter Of Fax $134.34 CompSource $138.00 Etronics $141.06 PCHardware4U $146.00 A2Z Computers $146.00 ``` The ESX-3000 LAN switch is designed specifically to meet the edge demands of large enterprise networks. It delivers industry-leading flexibility, scalability and performance to the wiring closet and the riser at an affordable price. The ESX-3000 offers high density wiring closet and riser connections plus multiple high speed uplinks. With support for either 192 ports of 10/100 Mbps desktop Ethernet, 128 ports of 155 Mbps ATM or 32 ports of 622 Mbps ATM, the ESX-3000 offers the highest Ethernet and ATM density of any LAN edge switch. Plus, the ESX-3000 is the only LAN edge switch that is 2.5 Gbps OC-48c-ready. ``` Dimensions Height ForeRunner LE PCI 155 ATM RJ-45 Width ForeRunner LE PCI 155 ATM RJ-45 Depth ForeRunner LE PCI 155 ATM RJ-45 Weight ForeRunner LE PCI 155 ATM RJ-45 Other Spec Info Manufacturer Part No. 105-0101-100 Included Accessories Drivers/Documentation CD Transfer Modes Bus Master DMA Network Type ATM Misc Features ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) Support Standards UNI 3.0 Drivers/NOS Support Windows 95 Drivers/NOS Support Windows 98 Configuration Plug and Play (PnP) Compliances/Certifications CISPR 22 Class B Misc Features Manageable Compliances/Certifications FCC Part 15 Class B LAN Connectors / Channels ATM-RJ45 Standards UNI 3.1 Configuration S/W Configurable Misc Features QoS Compliances/Certifications EN 60950 (T\_V) Transfer Modes Burst Mode DMA Cable Types Cat 5 UTP Standards Lan Emulation 1.0 Configuration Auto Configurable Drivers/NOS Support Mac OS Standards PCI 2.1 Bus/Interface Type 32-bit PCI Compliances/Certifications ATM CBR Buffer Memory 128 KB Quantity Single Pack Drivers/NOS Support Windows NT 4.0 DMA Settings PCI Controlled Power Characteristics PC Powered Form Factor 1/2 Card Compliances/Certifications ITU I.363 Manufacturer Marconi Compliances/Certifications UL 1950 Type Device Network Adapter Drivers/NOS Support See Website for Supported Versions Power Details .2 amps max @ +5V; 1.5amps @ +12V; 1.5amps @ - 12 Compliances/Certifications EN 55022 Drivers/NOS Support OS/2 Warp 3.0 Interrupts (IRQ) PCI Controlled Compliances/Certifications ANSI T1S1 5/92-002R3 Drivers/NOS Support NetWare Client Standards PCI 2.0 Compliances/Certifications EN 50082-1 Native Transmit Speed(s) 155 Mbps Drivers/NOS Support Windows 2000 Compliances/Certifications ATM UBR Reference Info SKU 1050101100 URL Manufacturer Link Spec Detailed Info Product Family ForeRunner Product Line Series Model LE Connectors ATM - RJ-45 Modular-style Case Pack Quantity 1 Manufacturer Sku 105-0101-100 Network Architecture ATM Slot Type PCI Vendor FSY Support Info Technical Support Phone Number 724-742-6999 Technical Support URL Support Link Warranty Info Base Warranty 1 Year (12 Months) ---
**Author:** ![venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@venom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/venom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/4 "2004-03-26T12:48:35Z")
i am lost 😕 ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/5 "2004-03-26T12:53:53Z")
see below ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/6 "2004-03-26T12:54:58Z")
> _Originally posted by scfb518t_ > > **Drivers/NOS Support See Website for Supported Versions** Basically what that means is Marconi is the devil. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/7 "2004-03-26T13:20:27Z")
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**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/8 "2004-03-26T13:27:10Z")
basically marconi is fucking me plus i’m not running atm rj45… i’m goin straight fiber beoytch… sc/sc … so yeah… as you can see i’m screwed… i’m not paying anything for drivers and marconi will only cough up win95 drivers :rolleyes: :rolleyes: someone might read this and hook me up though… never know? ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/9 "2004-03-26T13:28:36Z")
btw i’m looking for a pci card drivers… not the switch load balancing / algorithm firmware. ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/10 "2004-04-05T09:41:06Z")
I’m not real familiar with the peice of hardware you need the drivers for but if it’s going on 8 years old, been through a company buy out, and was created before Win XP was even though of you may be up shit crick other than usin the Linux drivers you have. My best attempt to help is this: One of my professor’s at school knows one of the lead support guys from Marconi. He even had him do a few presentations for us over a couple semesters. I will e-mail my professor and see if he can get you any information right from Marconi. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/11 "2004-04-05T09:50:00Z")
thanks a bunch dude… i’m actually running that card on my suse firewall… but i want to run it on my xp desktop… it’s a forerunnerLE old school 155 mbs card… see what the marconi guy says… probably simply that marconi doesn’t give a fuck about forerunner… which i can’t really blame them. it’s just old crap i have laying around that i could use… i have a bunch of fiber, i have numerous bay network switches with fiber cards… i just need a PCI card… and don’t really want to buy one if i already have one… ---
**Author:** ![silvrhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/12 "2004-04-05T10:26:27Z")
Did I mention I work for Marconi? ---
**Author:** ![silvrhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/13 "2004-04-05T10:31:45Z")
Shows what you know… Actually we have drivers for the card, but I would suggest finding an HE card instead of the LE. The LE isn’t really performance oriented. It’s a value based card when ATM to the desktop was trying to go mainstream. HE Card Specs: [http://www.marconi.com/html/products/forerunnerheatmnics.htm](http://www.marconi.com/html/products/forerunnerheatmnics.htm) I’m not really sure why you would want ATM, OC3 isn’t that fast, OC12 isn’t bad but you could just do two gigE cards with a crossover cable and be done. It’d be cheaper as well. > _Originally posted by s10blazed_ > **I’m not real familiar with the peice of hardware you need the drivers for but if it’s going on 8 years old, been through a company buy out, and was created before Win XP was even though of you may be up shit crick other than usin the Linux drivers you have. My best attempt to help is this: One of my professor’s at school knows one of the lead support guys from Marconi. He even had him do a few presentations for us over a couple semesters. I will e-mail my professor and see if he can get you any information right from Marconi.** ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/14 "2004-04-05T11:06:06Z")
> _Originally posted by silvrhand_ > **It’d be cheaper as well.s** no i actually don’t know anything about marconi… only crap from the forerunner days… you never mentioned that you work for marconi… otherwise i would of just asked you… the cheaper part makes perfect sense… however, to this point i haven’t spent a dime… this is for my home network san… i was just trying to play around in my spare time and couldn’t find windows based drivers… eventually i found NT drivers but, naturally they won’t work with xp… i did some tweaking and got the card operational… but it’s much nicer just to plug and pray with my suse firewall… but i don’t really need fiber at home i just have fiber switch, fiber wire, and a fiber card and figured might as well see if i can get them to work… ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/15 "2004-04-05T11:09:39Z")
> _Originally posted by silvrhand_ > **Shows what you know…** > > > > **Actually we have drivers for the card** umm… not to start drama… but i’m pretty sure you don’t have drivers for XP for the LE card??? i see the HE card… and i agree the le was value based when they were trying to promote ATM… also, the two gige cards would work much better… and at work when i’m not the one paying the bills, i buy whatever i think is best… when i’m paying the bills i take whatever is free… 🆒 like i said, from my previous job i had an LE card sitting around and tried to get it working… all i could find is 95 / nt drivers… ---
**Author:** ![silvrhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-drivers/165202/16 "2004-04-05T11:12:00Z")
I can give you the quick history: Glory days of telecommunications we were into everything: Core Enterprise ATM to the desktop Fiber to the home etc, etc. After the big dump in the telecom market, we are into one thing… Core products. Most of our enterprise stuff is now legacy, the only really thing we promote NIC wise is the ForeRunner HE series cards which are designed to do full duplex line rate speeds. gigE cards cost about $30 each from newegg, will be better supported, and be faster than the LE card by 3/4 times. drop me an email and I’ll send you something. > _Originally posted by turbovw18_ > **no i actually don’t know anything about marconi… only crap from the forerunner days…** > > > > you never mentioned that you work for marconi… otherwise i would of just asked you… > > the cheaper part makes perfect sense… however, to this point i haven’t spent a dime… this is for my home network san… i was just trying to play around in my spare time and couldn’t find windows based drivers… eventually i found NT drivers but, naturally they won’t work with xp… > > i did some tweaking and got the card operational… but it’s much nicer just to plug and pray with my suse firewall… > > **but i don’t really need fiber at home i just have fiber switch, fiber wire, and a fiber card and figured might as well see if i can get them to work…**