Ethernet Woes

[Cliff]

Hmmm,  I have a 3c509 in this box now running slackware 7.0, but I know that
there are different revs for the chipsets used on these NICs.  You shouldn't
have to specify the irq/io address for the card either.  One possibility
would be to try running isapnp to see if that will pick up the card at all.

Here's what info I have for my 3com:

3c509tp
8352-00 Rev C (handwritten on board)
3Com chip-number (the big central chip) is 8350-01

Let us know what you've got and we can go from there...

Cliff

Slowping wrote:

> I have 3 of these 3c509 ISA cards.
> I haven't been able to get any of them to work reliably.
>
> I personally think its a problem with the module that comes with RedHat.
> I've tried it with RedHat 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2.
>
> Apparently, Slackware can load up these modules fine. If anyone's got
> Slackware and one of these cards, please verify this.
>
> > 1 3Com 3c509b (isa) 10Mbit which I am completely unable to get Linux to
> >   recognize. This is the primary stumbling block. I have two of these
> >   cards, and only one netgear. I need two to setup the gateway. So, at
> >   least on of the 3c509 cards _has_ to work (if I buy anymore computer
> >   stuff my wife'll kill me :)