EN2242 Windows Driver

The EN2242 MiniPCI Ethernet Adapter is used on the HP Omnibook XE3 that my company uses. We recently did a fresh install of Windows XP on one and found that the "Out of the box" driver that Microsoft supplies for this integrated Ethernet card has big problems! Our workstations are connected to Cisco 2980G switches and our ports are locked at 100MB/s Full Duplex. Locking the EN2242 driver at this speed causes major network errors. The only way it will run clean under Windows XP connected to our switches is at Half Duplex. The same Adapter works fine under Windows 2K so we suspect it's a driver issue. HP has no solution at this time.

thanks!!!

thx for this piecie of info...veru usefull.

I just wonder if the drivers for the en1207-f works also for the en2242 pci MINIpci adapter - special made for laptops

grazie mille

Thanks, you really helped me out with this info!

Thanks for the info. I've spent too much time this afternoon looking for XP drivers for this device. I'm also a little freaked by the bletchley leisure centre article as I too learned to swim there and get addicted to computer games!! Small world really.

Thanx - ive been searching for ages for this driver.

I'm missing something. I used the link, and unzipped the file, but there is no exe file to run the installation.

Someone please point out my obvious mistake!

Thanks

After unzipping the archive, press the start button, go to "control panel" and double-click on "system". select the "hardware" tab, and press the "device manager" button. Your EN2242 device will show up in the "network" area. Double click on it, and select the "driver" tab. choose "update driver" and "install from a specific location", and choose "don't search - I will choose the driver to install" button. Press the "have disk" button and go to the folder where you unzipped the driver. You should now be able to select the EN2242 driver and install it from there.

You may find that the wording might be slightly different depending on the version of windows you're using.

Hope this helps.

I Found this site trought google and believe me this page solve me a client problem. Thanks...
Rui

Thanks for your homepage - but unfortunately it doesnt solve my trouble: I have a laptop using the EN224 pci MiniDevice, which usually works fine for LAN and shared Internet routing.
For some reason the network tells every now and then (sometimes five times a minute, then once an hour) that the networkcable is not connected! I tried if the connections causes it, but definitely NO. Moving the network cable cant repeat the problem, nor changing the cable. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, but no help either. Maybe anyone can help?
Thanks very much.
Thomas

Anyone knows a DOS-Driver for the EN2242-Mini-PCI-Adapter? Need to use it with Norton Ghost for Partition Backups. OR is there any compatible Driver from another manufacturer? Any Ideas? Thanks!!

Okay sorry for that stupid question, i got the answer: The driver posted by Chris (Thanks Chris!) includes drivers for a variety of OS, those for DOS too. These work fine. So Problem solved. And maybe Chris should consider using that bombing-method with google to make this really helpful page more popular ;-))

Thanks, I too have been searching. You are a star!

I have been searching for the drivers for Accton's EN2242 for a while now and I finally found your site with the info I was looking for. Thanks

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou - I can finally back-up my acer aspire. I could not get any pcmcia net-card to function correctly! - You are THE MAN!

I`m also looking 4 the EN2242-Mini-PCI-Adapter dos driver can somebody help me!
thnx 4 the trouble

I downloaded the drivers for this card and installed the Windows 98 ed. Now the builtin ethernet port works and I can connect to the network, but cannot get Iexplorer to work I also get a message on boot that says "The TCP/IP Network transport is not installed"
Any ideas how to fix?????
Thanks,
"O"

http://www.admtek.com/Download.htm AN983 is the same card with a different name. this driver will work for EN2242 :)

so, where can one find the linux verison of the driver? i installed Redhat 5.2 and SuSE 7.3 on my pavilion n5195 but neither one would use the NIC. both of them went on flawlessly btw, but i need to have a working NIC to make the laptop portable....please help, XP is my only option (funny thing - WinMe locked up trying to detect hardware, it came with Me) thx all in advance.

Commenting on the post by Rui Silva on May 16, 2002 03:31 PM

I had this same problem and I found out that the pins in my ethernet adaptor were stuck UP. They wouldn't pop back down when the network cable was disconnected. If your laptop's under warranty, send it back for a new one.

Thanks, very fine pages!

kiitos=thanks!

THANKS! Your site is a great resource.

thank you very much... that saved me many hours searching this driver.

wooooohooooo
greetz from GERMANY thx for the tipp i find your post with GOOGLE :)

The information was excellent. Downloaded the driver and used the DOSODI exe to login to my server using the laptop EN2242-Mini-PCI-Adapter and it worked like a charm.. THX again

Has anyone been able to create a network boot disk using the ndis dos driver? I'm attempting to ghost a Windows XP HP Omnipro notebook, and I cannot get the boot disk to work.

Hi! I have an accton en2242 on my laptop(Omnibook xe3). I´m running winxp pro. The problem is that it say "No network cabel found" and then "Connected to the network" it say it all the time. Cut the connection back and forward. I tried to change cables but now luck. I got the newast drivers for xp. Please someone.... tanx

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to millie: sounds like you NIC is bad. I have a pavilion n5195 an XP Pro went on flawlessly, the connected/not connected is the NIC.

i have an hp n5475 with this card and i was trying to use it with mysurfboard cable modem and road runner service but when i run road runner setup it says cant renew ip or something similar is there anything i can do for it?

Thanks a lot. The 1207-F package solved my Ghost image problem. I wonder wether it's possible to find a En2242 driver for BeOS. Does anybody know something about that?

I have the hp omnibook xe3 with the Accton EN2242-Mini-PCI-Adapter and run windows 98. I can't renew my IP when I connect to my router. It gives me a "DHCP Server Unavailable: Renewing adapter" error. I've tested other conmputers and the router and cables work fine. Does anyone know how to make this work?

I just made it work. I went from the router to a hub and then to my laptop and it works fine. How wierd.

I'm still having difficulties getting this Accton EN2242 NDIS driver to work with Norton Ghost and a HP Omnibook XE3-GC. What am I doing wrong??? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I have an HP n5440 notebook, and it has a EN2242 fast either net card. I am using windows XP pro. The problem is, after like a year, the card can't work in autosense mode (which is 100baseT). Under 100BaseT, it generates a lot of collision, and I have to set it to 10BaseT (and I have to change my desktop to 10BaseT instead of auto mode) so they can talk. Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

hi
i need a driver for win98, for a pcmcia card "AnyCom ECO Ethernet" can anyone help me?
chris

i'am fujitsu-siemens amilo D with XP
and i'am un en2242 i search
drivers for this version
thanks

Tx from New Zealand,
This was a life saver :)

I have a H.P. notebook that I am trying to Ghost and image off of. I am having a hard time with the Accton EN1207F drivers. The card says it is a EN2242 Mini-PCI. I need DOS drivers for this card, and I did not see them anywhere after I usziped the download you found. Where can I get help on this??

I too tried to point the ghost network boot disk setup to the file and it doesn't find the necessary information.
when i manually point to the ndis file it gets loaded and as a name I use the filename without .dos (and ghost
adds $ for some reason) Then, when I boot it seems to work (able to bind) but it stops at the 'ibm netbind...." line
so ghost never starts.

fujitsu-siemens amilo D with XP
and i'am un en2242 i search
drivers for this versionhow work with norton ghost
thanks

Okay, heres an interesting one for you guys. I have an iiyama laptop with a EN2242 which constantly switches between plugged and unplugged.

Now, if i move my laptop so its directly connected to Switch I dont have a problem.

But, I need the laptop plugged in upstairs. I`m connected to a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Workgroup Hub. Which in turn is connected to the GigaFast Ethernet EtherEngine 500-S Switch.

I`m being to think that the problem might be related to packet collision or something. What does anyone else think?

Regards

SJet

plaese send me driver accton en1207f

I found this post by google:
"i need a driver for win98, for a pcmcia card "AnyCom ECO Ethernet" can anyone help me?"
well, a friend of mine has that very same card, he uses windows xp, and he needs a driver too - apparently windows xp doesn't have one.
Does anyone have suggestions?
thanks in advance,
hannes

I Need a driver for PC portable HP
Accton EN2242 Series MiniPCI Fast ETHERNET Adapter

What I can't do is get it installed on my friend's laptop running winME. He has been running a modem, but his office have upgraded to a LAN and adsl, but we cannot get his network card working. Any clues on the whereabouts of the winME drivers? Thanks.

HI, i have a question does the accton en2242 for for xp?

SOrry wrote that wrong i was wondering if the accton en2242 had a XP driver?

I have tried every driver from every site mentioned above and nothing will get my HP Pavilion n5190 with the Accton EN2242 Series MiniPCI Fast ETHERNET Adapter to work at 100baseT. It will only run at Full duplex 10baseT with my 4 port Etherfast Linksys router. I am using Windows XP PRO. Any help would be great....Thanks!!

The EN2242 driver from Accton freezes when I try to upload it onto my HP5295 running Windows ME. It freezes both from disc and from the desktop. I have downloaded it many different ways from three different computers. Any suggestions?

I have a EN2242 Mini-PCI fast ethernet adapter on a pavilion N5481 It switch from plugged to unplugged all the time. My OS is XP Here are the comments of HP

Any one have a solution for that problem??

The HP Omnibook/Pavilion Notebook series will not support an upgrade to the Windows XP operating system. The notebook does not meet the minimum configuration and performance specifications required to run Windows XP or the functionally of the technology within the notebook may be limited.

This does not mean Windows XP will not run on your notebook. However, HP will not be able to provide new Windows XP-compatible drivers or BIOS for this system or resolve any issues that may arise.

If you are interested in running Windows XP, you may want to consider a new PC that is designed for Windows XP. Click here to see the full line of Windows XP-ready PCs.

I have a HP Pavilion with Windows XP pro. I have the same problem with my 4424. What should I do? Thanks.

Sorry, I've ment 2242.

Hello,

i´m using Win XP Pro on an Gericom 1st Supersonic M6T with that EN2242-Ethernet-Adapter.
From time to time my PC shows that the LAN-Cable wasn´t plugged - then it´s OK - then it wasn´t plugged... Then i already wasn´t able to access my router or any PC on the LAN. When unplugging and plugging again the cable it worked (short).
First i thought it was my router and bought another one. That was a error - now i don´t see that message again - but i still have the problem that the LAN-Connection simply freezes up - no traffic available. Unplugging and plugging again solves this problem (mostly). That problem doesn´t seem to appear on Win ME, 2k or Linux (all 4 running on my LapTop).
Does anyone know how to handle it?

Thank You
C U L8er

I found a solution working for me on my Gericom Notebook!!! I saw an entry in a forum telling to clear the CMOS would help. Well - after doing so my EN 2242 works perfectly on XP Pro with Router. Since then no more hangups, breaks or showing messages, LAN-cable is unplugged.
Don´t know if it works for anybody else. But it´s worth a test, isn´t it?
C U L8er
Werner Tröger

Hi,

Same problem on an HP Omnibook XE3, under WinXP Pro (SP1) :
Link goes up/down/up/down ...
I tried 5 different drivers, but i get always the same problem.
I tried to change "Media Type" to every possible combinaison and ...

IT DOESN'T WORK :(

Thank you for all infos.
Lemon

Many many problems longstanding getting my Amilo D to network with other machines while loaded up with XP ( how it was supplied incidentally). Based on one tip here found and downloaded the driver for the AN983 modem and solved the problem.
Thanks

Hello again,

i had the old problem again - but still found a solution (for me):
I simply pulled carefully the contacts more to the center. Since then i didn´t see the "Non plugged - plugged - Non plugged"-message again.

C U Werner

Hi all. I can't believe that it's like "BRAIN SURGERY" to get Ghost to friggin work thru a Linksys router!!!! I have spent countless hours trying to backup my laptop with a EN2242 builtin nic card!!!!! I have yet to get it to work. What the hell..... LOL... All I want to do it back up my laptop drive to my desktop. Is that asking too much??? Symantec has ZERO help on their massive support database. I cannot be the only guy out here trying to do that. Let's see, HP laptop, Linksys router.. Yeah. I must be the only guy in the world with that combo... Whats the deal???????????????????

Ken

You are not the only one. I have HP XE3 with Accton 2242 mini PCI ethernet card. I want to use Ghost to back it up to my desktop as well. I have tried the 1207f driver package. Of course Ghost Boot Disk wizzard says that it "Can't parse OEMSETUP.INI". I have also tried Ghost 2003, which has built in EN1207F drivers using the same EN5251.DOS file and it still does not work. Mine gets all the way to "Waiting for DHCP Server...". It is connected to a Linksys router, and if I boot it into windows it works fine; even gets an IP address and can surf the web. I'm no Ghost Boot Disk newbie, I've made these silly things work before. This NIC is just LAME! Anybody get the HP Omnibook or Pavilion with the EN2242 NIC to work with a Ghost Boot disc?

One more thing, I have used Barts Boot Disc wizzard to create me some sweet automatic boot discs in the past. It doesn't seem to want to work with this card.

On that note, if you are looking for Dos network drivers, it seems that Barts Boot Disc is a good place to start. Search google for it :)

It works fine with my Omibook XE3 with Accton 2242 NIC..
configuration of the ghost 2003 bootdisk:

--> Ghost 2003
--> EN1207F
--> static IP

I have an OmniBook XE3 with ACCTON EN2242 Series mini PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter; The problem is I have not the driver DOS special for my card ACCTON EN2242. If anyone can helpe me I thank him very much

Phille: I just tried what you suggested (Ghost 2003, 1207F, static IP). The driver sees the NIC, TCP/IP loads up, Netbind starts, then a warning that the MAC driver does not support loopback suggests using NTSNX, finally Netbeui starts up and the machine locks up. I would suspect the machine, but it seems to do the same thing on 3 different computers.

All three of these computers work fine on the network when Windows is booted, so I am reasonably sure that the hardware is ok.

To add to the puzzle, on of the NIC's reports a MAC address of FF-FF-FF-FF-FF with the DOS driver. Do I just have 3 bum NICs?

Is there any way that you could email me a zip snapshot of the boot disc that got to work?

I have exactly the same problem as Scubanarc. I have an omnibook Xe3 and have tried both the static IP and the DHCP server methods. Phille, are you on a domain? I would love that zip snapshot too.

Same lockup happens here too (HP Omnibook XE3). After "IBM DOS NETBEUI 3.0" everything freezes.

Do you know how to change MAC of accton en2242 under WinXP? HP Pavillion; the original driver doesn't have any options; I took advise from this comments to apply driver EN 1207 - it has much more options but still no change of MAC. In my Planet it is no problem; but imagine notebook without internet connection :-(
Mark

Update of my request. I found a HP driver which enables to put VLAN but not any that permits to change network address of card.

test nowej wersji carline

Has any body resolved the lockup after "IBM DOS NETBEUI 3.0" everything freezes.

I still can't figure it out......

I have been trying to get the EN2242 dos driver working with Ghost v8 from the console. The best I achieved was to get the Packet driver working via a bot disk. I eventually found another version of EN5251.dos which does work. I am not sure what the version is but atleast it does work. If anyone needs it please contact me. Alternatively Chris or somebody could host it.

Robert, please kindly e-mail me the EN5251.dos drivers that will work with my EN2242 built-in NIC. I am trying to backup my XE3 laptop using Ghost by booting up from a floppy boot disk. Not much luck at this moment. Please help. Thx.

Trevor, please kindly e-mail me the EN5251.dos drivers that will work with my EN2242 built-in NIC. I am trying to backup my XE3 laptop using Ghost by booting up from a floppy boot disk. Not much luck at this moment. Please help. Thx.

If you have problems building a boot disk using the NDIS driver for the EN2242 try selecting the packet driver instead, that worked straight away for me.

For Omnibook XE3 GC
With Ghost 7
en5251 packet driver (PKTDRV)
EN5251PD.COM
param : -a 0x60
Multidiffusion : RECEIVE_MODE=6 in WATTCP.CFG file under a:\Ghost folder

And Enjoy !

I try to make a ghost boot disket to Admtek an983 NIC... But I get this message: 33 unable to bind and Don't find the name in protocol.ini... I have used the cd that came with the main board.. And I have downloaded the same driver from the net... But neither of the drivers work... What could be wrong... When I make boot diskets to a different NIC i works like hell... I should work it just should..

FIX for GHOST EN5251 Piece of Sh.t adapter in the Omnibook XE3 machines.

Please e-mail me and I will send you the required setup for the boot disk so you can run the image. I've been hammering on this for about 2 months before I figured it out.
jponder@bradfordcsd.org

I run my hp pavillion n5190 with windows 2000.

The only problem i am having is that when it goes to drop into stand by mode i get an error message telling me to update my accton 2242 driver. anybody now of any adverse effects for updating this.

thanks

marsh

Is it difficult to change EN2242 into another card in Pavillion notebook? I can't connect it to local network. Do anyone has done such thing?

Hi

Just wanted to thank for this thread.
Very helpfull

Papa

I have a HP N5190 with a 2442 mini card running on XP Home. I have installed an SMC wireless 54G card and disabled the 2442. My network connection drops on and off my DHCP server giving the 169.x.x.x address. I have to disable then renable the wirless card. It might hold the address a few minutes then loose it again. Is there a bios upgrade for the HP 5190?

Thanks,
anthony

I have got a problem with my Amilo D series. I was trying to install Windows 2000 and now I am looking for a suitable graphic driver since Amilo D does originally not support Windows 2000. Can anyone help me?

Robert, please kindly e-mail me the EN5251.dos drivers that will work with my EN2242 built-in NIC. I am trying to use ghost with my XE3 laptop by booting up from a floppy boot disk. Not much luck at this moment. Please help.

It boots to some degree, then lock up at the line IBM DOS NETBEUI 3.00 and does not go any futher.
gardnerj@baycollege.edu

I've got a Gericom with the 2242card, and cannot connect to the internet. I read all comments, and saw a post saying 'put it on half duplex', but that's not an option (only 100BaseTx, 100BaseTx Full_Duplex, 10BaseT, 10BaseT Full Duplex & automatic detection); what to choose? AND another post tells to clear the cmos; how do I do that? Would an usb-based networkadapter be the way out of this? Thxia

Okay here is a copy of a NDIS2 driver that will work with the HP Omnibook XE3 GC with EN2242 built-in NIC and Ghost 7.5 or later (I'm using v8). I downloaded a current driver from the Accton website and it did not work at all for me. http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=177162

The really strange thing is that I cannot find any difference in the two drivers at all. But I worked 2 days on this problem. Then I downloaded the new DriverGuide files and bang it worked the first time.

Chris thanks for this page big help.

Would anybody have the plugged-non plugged problem again, the resolution is fairly easy: you must set the network card to 10BaseT, and the other network card (or your router) to 10BaseT as well, preferably half duplex.