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Packet drivers for PCI-E Atheros chips (Announce)

posted by dggionco, Buenos Aires - Argentina, 14.10.2025, 12:02

I found some packet drivers for PCI-E Atheros chips in the following site:


https://packetdriversdos.net/


Below are some descriptions:

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*** PC/TCP PACKET DRIVERS

1 - L1FPKT.EXE Packet driver for the Atheros AR816x/AR817x PCI-E Ethernet Controller Version: 2.1.0.10
Copyright 2001-2008(c). Atheros Technology Corp.


2 - L1CPKT.EXE Packet driver for the Atheros AR813x/AR815x PCI-E Ethernet Controller Version: 2.0.2.1
Copyright 2001-2008(c). Atheros Technology Corp.

3 - L1EPKT.EXE Packet driver for the Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114/AR8131/AR8132 PCI-E Ethernet Controller, ver 1.0.0.14
Copyright 2001-2008(c). Atheros Technology Corp.

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Apparently, they work with MS-DOS, but since I don't have NICs or motherboards with those Atheros chips, I haven't been able to test them.

Complete thread:

• Packet drivers for PCI-E Atheros chips - dggionco, 14.10.2025, 12:02 (Announce)
  • Packet drivers for PCI-E Atheros chips - tom, 15.10.2025, 19:18
    • Packet drivers for PCI-E Atheros chips - RayeR, 16.10.2025, 17:54