Macintosh LC630 and PDS Ethernet card

Hi,
last time you helped me guys with OS 9.x, which i appreciate much and i think, i will find someone here, who could help me with my next big problem

So, i got this card and Mac LC630 with MacOS 8.1 installed on it. I've downloaded Network Software Install disk from here (v. 1.4.5), which was stupid, i know that already, but installer installed some drivers anyway. Problem is, PDS ethernet card dosen't work at all. Rear, green LED doesn't blink but my router seems to "see" the Mac because the proper light is blinking on the front panel. In Mac-TCP control panel i have:
- AppleTalk
- Ethernet slot 1
- Ethernet slot 2

I've checked all of them by trying to set DHCP or static adresses. MacTCP Ping won't start, displaying message "Cannot find resolver". iCab returns some "-4239482304" errors. What i do wrong?
Is there some special driver for MacOS 8.x, which i'm not able to find, or what? The last question - is there any app, by using which i could check if PDS card is recognized, connected or whatever?

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2015, February 8 - 6:19am

sfp1954

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Are you running TCP/IP?
To run ethernet you have to be in TCP/IP mode using the network switcher utility.
Not sure you should need any drivers at all if you've done a clean install of 8.1.
Are you sure all the Apple drivers are in the extensions folder?
Ethertalk...

2015, February 8 - 5:23pm

sfp1954

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My point being if the previous user didn't have ethernet he may have deleted all the apple ethernet drivers or at the very least disabled them to the Extensions(disabled) folder.