Re: Re[2]: [SLE] 3com 3c509b NIC

27 Nov 2000

      Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:38:24 +0000
From: Tor Sigurdsson 
Message-ID: <20001127173824.A2464@dustpuppy.suse.starf.rhi.hi.is>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [SLE] 3com 3c509b NIC

Hi,

For a 3Com 3c509b ( as stated in the subject ) you would first
of all ( before trying to use the card ) have to do the following:

        1) Aqquire the program 3c5x9cfg.exe from ftp.3com.com ( or www )
        2) Copy the program to a DOS formatted floppy
        3) Boot the machine into DOS
        4) Start the program
        5) Select configure card.
                If you have Plug-and-Play set to on, I recommend setting
                it to off, save the settings and goto step 3
        6) Set the card to a fixed IRQ/IO ( I usually use IRQ 5,9,10 or 12 
                depending on what hardware is availble, and IO 0x320 or 0x360 )
        7) Save the settings to the card
        8) Start Linux, ( single user mode would be fine ) and try:
                modprobe 3c509
                if it doesn't complain, and if you can use ifconfig eth0 ( or eth1.. )
                then it did the trick :-)

Happy hacking.

-tosi

On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 07:40:31AM -0800, michael long wrote:
...
This is a second card being installed in the machine. When I
run yast2 it finds the first card but not the 3com. I can go
to yast and configure eth0 and eth1 but eth1 (the 3com) is never
activated. Are there any error logs that would record what is
happening?
...
--- Original Message ---
From: Mark Robinson 
To: Jyry Kuukkanen 
Date: 11/27/00 3:20:30 PM
...
Hello Jyry,
Monday, 27 November 2000, you wrote:
...
...
Has anyone configured this card successfully with suse70?
JK> Works within 1min.
I have a 3c905x, and it was autodetected and runs fine
lsmod shows
3c90x                  20240   1  (autoclean)
What errors are you getting?
Mark                            mailto:mcr@reason-technology.com
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Re: Re[2]: [SLE] 3com 3c509b NIC

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