Re: CCIE Lab Preparation using GNS3 - QUAD Card Issue

From: Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:48:52 +0300

I guess there is no way to use my QUAD cards on Windows 7 (64 bit) edition
due to the drivers !!!

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I don't know if I should be asking this question on this forum but I really
> need some help. In the process of preparing for the lab, I am setting up one
> at my home. I read many forums and decided to go with 4 real switches while
> routers will be emulated on the GNS3 mainly due to cost. To do that I bought
> 3 D-Link DFE-580TX Quad NICs to have a total of 12 ethernet ports on the PC
> which can be used to connect the emulated router ports to the 4 switches.
>
> Now the issue is that I have set up a PC with 8 GB RAM which means that I
> have to use 64bit OS. I installed Windows 7 64 bit edition but the card is
> not supported on it, however it works on Ubuntu but I am not comfortable
> with that OS.
>
> I was wondering if anybody could help me in getting the 64bit drivers for
> the mentioned card. I have tried a lot but couldn't find it on internet.
>
> Regards,
> Malik

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