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Article ID: 150394 - Last Review: November 15, 2006 - Revision: 1.2
No Domain Validation with Intel EtherExpress Pro and IBM Docking Station II
This article was previously published under Q150394
When you use an IBM Docking Station II and an Intel EtherExpress Pro
Ethernet network card, computers running Microsoft Windows 95 cannot log on
to the network and be validated by a domain controller. Running SoftSet,
its diagnostic and setup program, the Loopback test will fail.
The problem is with the amount of electromagnetic interference (EMI) inside
the Docking Station II. Under these conditions, the EtherExpress Pro will
fail to operate correctly.
To work around this problem, change the setting, Force 8 Bit Operation, to
True. This slows the card down by making it use 8-bit data transfers
instead of 16-bit. This slower transmission rate is sustainable even with
the high amounts of EMI. In addition, IBM has released a driver which
alters the bus timing and is reported to help ISA cards work in these
docking stations.
Microsoft has not tested this driver and makes no claims about its
effectiveness.
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