Re: CCIE Lab Preparation using GNS3 - QUAD Card Issue

Wish I could help, but I will say that you will also see some great
improvements overall with GNS3 on Linux.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Malik Nouman Ahmad <djmalik_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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