I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
seemed to be dead.
I went to the realtek website and got a program called RSET8019
hoping that this would allow me to configure my MAC but the program
doesnt seem to find the card (I get some error message saying I have
no LAN board installed). Is there an easy way to do this or do I have
to write a whole driver from scratch just to set the MAC address? I
hope this is the best group to ask this question.
"Matt" <metalimi@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1186434899.115341.109100@g4g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
> jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
> is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
> I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
> not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
> can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
> seemed to be dead.
Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
you change the address in the drivers.
On Aug 6, 8:36 pm, "Noozer" <dont.s...@me.here> wrote:
> "Matt" <metal...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1186434899.115341.109100@g4g2000hsf.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
> > jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
> > is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
> > I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
> > not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
> > can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
> > seemed to be dead.
>
> Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
> you change the address in the drivers.
Noozer,
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm aware they all have MACs. My
current one is set to 00.00.00.00. I just bought a block of MACs for
my cards that I am developing but have very little driver writing
experience.
>> > I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
>> > jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
>> > is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
>> > I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
>> > not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
>> > can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
>> > seemed to be dead.
>>
>> Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
>> you change the address in the drivers.
>
> Noozer,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I'm aware they all have MACs. My
> current one is set to 00.00.00.00. I just bought a block of MACs for
> my cards that I am developing but have very little driver writing
> experience.
If the MAC is coming up all 0's then the card is broken or drivers not
working.
You mentioned that the utility has issues accessing the card, so I'd guess
the card is defective.
It's an OLD 10mbit card. Might be time to drop $5 for a new one.
On Aug 6, 9:38 pm, "Noozer" <dont.s...@me.here> wrote:
> >> > I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
> >> > jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
> >> > is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
> >> > I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
> >> > not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
> >> > can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
> >> > seemed to be dead.
>
> >> Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
> >> you change the address in the drivers.
>
> > Noozer,
>
> > Thanks for the quick reply. I'm aware they all have MACs. My
> > current one is set to 00.00.00.00. I just bought a block of MACs for
> > my cards that I am developing but have very little driver writing
> > experience.
>
> If the MAC is coming up all 0's then the card is broken or drivers not
> working.
>
> You mentioned that the utility has issues accessing the card, so I'd guess
> the card is defective.
>
> It's an OLD 10mbit card. Might be time to drop $5 for a new one.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Noozer,
This is a card (brand new) that I designed. When you buy ethernet
controler chips to place on your own card, the chip comes blank (no
MAC). Its up to the designer to place a bought MAC on the chip. The
RealTek RTL8019AS is NE2000 compatible (it has the registers for a MAC
address and the ability to put your MAC address in the chip) I am just
unsure how to right to the chip as I did most of the configuration via
jumpers.
Matt wrote:
> On Aug 6, 9:38 pm, "Noozer" <dont.s...@me.here> wrote:
>>>>> I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
>>>>> jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
>>>>> is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
>>>>> I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
>>>>> not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
>>>>> can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
>>>>> seemed to be dead.
>>>> Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
>>>> you change the address in the drivers.
>>> Noozer,
>>> Thanks for the quick reply. I'm aware they all have MACs. My
>>> current one is set to 00.00.00.00. I just bought a block of MACs for
>>> my cards that I am developing but have very little driver writing
>>> experience.
>> If the MAC is coming up all 0's then the card is broken or drivers not
>> working.
>>
>> You mentioned that the utility has issues accessing the card, so I'd guess
>> the card is defective.
>>
>> It's an OLD 10mbit card. Might be time to drop $5 for a new one.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Noozer,
>
> This is a card (brand new) that I designed. When you buy ethernet
> controler chips to place on your own card, the chip comes blank (no
> MAC). Its up to the designer to place a bought MAC on the chip. The
> RealTek RTL8019AS is NE2000 compatible (it has the registers for a MAC
> address and the ability to put your MAC address in the chip) I am just
> unsure how to right to the chip as I did most of the configuration via
> jumpers.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
There is a bit of source code here, for a hobbyist project involving RTL8019AS.
On Aug 7, 1:51 am, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> Matt wrote:
> > On Aug 6, 9:38 pm, "Noozer" <dont.s...@me.here> wrote:
> >>>>> I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
> >>>>> jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
> >>>>> is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
> >>>>> I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
> >>>>> not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
> >>>>> can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
> >>>>> seemed to be dead.
> >>>> Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
> >>>> you change the address in the drivers.
> >>> Noozer,
> >>> Thanks for the quick reply. I'm aware they all have MACs. My
> >>> current one is set to 00.00.00.00. I just bought a block of MACs for
> >>> my cards that I am developing but have very little driver writing
> >>> experience.
> >> If the MAC is coming up all 0's then the card is broken or drivers not
> >> working.
>
> >> You mentioned that the utility has issues accessing the card, so I'd guess
> >> the card is defective.
>
> >> It's an OLD 10mbit card. Might be time to drop $5 for a new one.- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Noozer,
>
> > This is a card (brand new) that I designed. When you buy ethernet
> > controler chips to place on your own card, the chip comes blank (no
> > MAC). Its up to the designer to place a bought MAC on the chip. The
> > RealTek RTL8019AS is NE2000 compatible (it has the registers for a MAC
> > address and the ability to put your MAC address in the chip) I am just
> > unsure how to right to the chip as I did most of the configuration via
> > jumpers.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
>
> There is a bit of source code here, for a hobbyist project involving RTL8019AS.
>
> http://www.circuitcellar.com/chipcen...01/c1101fe.pdf
>
> Datasheet for the chip.http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datashe...ETC/RTL8019AS/...
>
> Paul- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Paul,
Thank you. That is exactly what I am looking for. I have also
never seen circuitcellar.com. I am gonna have to look more into this
site!
Matt wrote:
> On Aug 7, 1:51 am, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
>> Matt wrote:
>>> On Aug 6, 9:38 pm, "Noozer" <dont.s...@me.here> wrote:
>>>>>>> I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
>>>>>>> jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such. When I install it, the card
>>>>>>> is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
>>>>>>> I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
>>>>>>> not have a MAC address. I looked through the forums and it seems you
>>>>>>> can change this address but all the links leading to software or code
>>>>>>> seemed to be dead.
>>>>>> Every NIC has a MAC address. It's hardcoded onto the card. Some cards let
>>>>>> you change the address in the drivers.
>>>>> Noozer,
>>>>> Thanks for the quick reply. I'm aware they all have MACs. My
>>>>> current one is set to 00.00.00.00. I just bought a block of MACs for
>>>>> my cards that I am developing but have very little driver writing
>>>>> experience.
>>>> If the MAC is coming up all 0's then the card is broken or drivers not
>>>> working.
>>>> You mentioned that the utility has issues accessing the card, so I'd guess
>>>> the card is defective.
>>>> It's an OLD 10mbit card. Might be time to drop $5 for a new one.- Hide quoted text -
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>> Noozer,
>>> This is a card (brand new) that I designed. When you buy ethernet
>>> controler chips to place on your own card, the chip comes blank (no
>>> MAC). Its up to the designer to place a bought MAC on the chip. The
>>> RealTek RTL8019AS is NE2000 compatible (it has the registers for a MAC
>>> address and the ability to put your MAC address in the chip) I am just
>>> unsure how to right to the chip as I did most of the configuration via
>>> jumpers.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Matt
>> There is a bit of source code here, for a hobbyist project involving RTL8019AS.
>>
>> http://www.circuitcellar.com/chipcen...01/c1101fe.pdf
>>
>> Datasheet for the chip.http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datashe...ETC/RTL8019AS/...
>>
>> Paul- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Paul,
>
> Thank you. That is exactly what I am looking for. I have also
> never seen circuitcellar.com. I am gonna have to look more into this
> site!
>
> Thanks again,
> Matt
>
Before the web existed, Circuit Cellar articles appeared regularly
in Byte Magazine. Steve Ciarcia gets honorable mention here.
On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:14:59 -0700, Matt <metalimi@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I just got a Network card with the RTL8019AS chipset on it. It uses
>jumpers to set the IO, IRQ, and the such.
Nostalgia :-)
Did you make the appropriate changes to your Bios ?
(assign the IRQ for the card, probably 7 or 5, as 'fixed') ?
>When I install it, the card
>is detected and I can ping back and forth to other computers with it.
Are you sure ?
Somehow it seem not logical for a card to PING unless a TCP/IP
stack is fully functional. And I fail to see a NIC functioning,
lacking a common commodity as it's MAC address :-)
>I am having issues connecting to routers however because my card does
>not have a MAC address.
RTL8019AS 
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