Re: CCIE Lab Preparation using GNS3 - QUAD Card Issue

I can not help with drivers but did you consider adding 5th switch as
breakout switch? 3550 will do.
I am not sure if you can use breakout switch on Windows 7 but on Ubuntu it
works OK. I use plain dynamips/dynagen, no GUI.

On 14 December 2010 15:52, Charlie <magiccharlie_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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