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I'll look into this. Several years ago I was using Mellanox ConnectX-2=20
cards and an update broke them. Right after I bought Mellanox ConnectX-3=20
cards they fixed the problem. Maybe I'll see if it works over copper.

Thanks,
Allen

On 8/9/2021 10:59 PM, RussellMc wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 at 13:41, Allen Mulvey <allen@amulvey.com> wrote:
>
>> I have an access control system for my home which uses a central
>> controller with Wiegand RFID scanner/keyboards at the access points. It
>> has worked well for many years. The software was made pre-Windows 10
>> but, until last April, it worked fine on Windows 10 Pro. It worked fine
>> on Windows 10 pro in April 2020.
>>
> There was a change in Win10 earlier this year which "broke" many WIN
> systems running on old network hardware.
> As usual in such case uSoft did not issue a statement about this or any
> form of 'apology'.
> What they did do was to make a change in the update rollout that said ~~
> "This update is not suitable for your system - you will be notified when
> the update can be installed."
>
> After a while an updated update was supplied.
> Systems that had had the update attempted remained broken. The internet
> networking did not work (at all in the systems that I saw as far as I
> knew).
> I tried to fix one without success and then found that installing a newer
> network card worked - in this case I added a USB interfaced card which
> "just worked".
>
> I'd suggest that there is  a reasonable likelihood that you are in this
> position.
> If so either a trial with new hardware (external USB easy) or manually
> adding a more recent update may help. Or not.
>
> It's even p[ossible that a system updated via a temporary new network car=
d
> will then work on the old card.
>
> I'd be interested to hear if this works.
>
>
>   Russell

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