Realtek LAN driver compatibility

[paulvernon63]

Hi,

At school 1 I have version 7.48 of the rt64win7 Realtek LAN drivers added to a boot image on WDS. I can deploy images to Toshiba Satellite Pro C50 laptops but they don't work with the Sat Pro R50-B laptop; although the laptop PXE boots OK it fails when the install process starts.

At school 2 I have version 7.65 of the same driver added to the boot image and that does work with the R50.

Does anybody know if I add version 7.65 to WDS at school 1 will it be backwardly compatible? Will I continue to be able to deploy images to the C50 as well as the R50?

Thanks,

Paul.

[Michael]

If you look at the INF of the driver, it'll list what models of network adapter it supports. Using the search tool within notepad is the easiest/quickest way.

[paulvernon63]

Thanks Michael. I'll take a look.

Paul.

[paulvernon63]

Hi,

So I've found the following entry in compatible ids in the details tab for the driver on the laptop I was concerned about.

ven_10ec&dev_8136&rev_07.

 

That appears as an entry in the rt64win7 inf file

%RTL8136.DeviceDesc% = RTL8105.ndi, PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8136&REV_06

 

so I am guessing the driver is compatible. Would you agree? Is there an easier way to check?

 

Regards and thanks,

Paul.

[Michael]

The revision is one digit different, but odds are yes it should work. If in doubt, try installing the INF manually on a compatible device. It'll either play ball or reject it, but yes it should work in my opinion.

[paulvernon63]

Thanks so much for your help. I've realised I can add the driver to a new driver group so hope that will help; both drivers will still be on wds.