RE: [LUNI] 3c905

From: Beach, Ken (kbeach@ldrind.com)
Date: Tue Aug 15 2000 - 16:47:46 CDT

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    Hmmm... I feel stupid replying to myself, but ahhhh well...

    I went brain dead and transposed numbers (I saw 3c509 and not 3c905)...

    The 509 is an old ISA and the 905 is a newer PCI...

    I believe you use the 3c59x module...

    Sorry for any confusion.

    Cheers,
    Ken

    > From: Beach, Ken [mailto:kbeach@ldrind.com]
    >
    > > From: Petra Hofmann [mailto:petra_lynn@usa.net]
    > >
    > > Where can I find installation information for 3c905. I've RH
    > > 6.0 server.
    > > Will I need to recompile using correct driver?, etc. Thanks
    > > for assistance,
    > > Petra
    >
    > The 3c905 module that comes with RH6 should work fine. A
    > couple of notes:
    >
    > 1) If it's a combo card (and I think the whole series are various
    > configurations of combo) you will have to boot to DOS and use
    > the config
    > utility from 3com to tell it what hardware (ie BNC, AUX or
    > 10B-T) to use.
    > Auto never seems to work...
    >
    > 2) In the conf.modules alias, don't pass and irq or memory
    > parameters... it
    > will cause the card to hang... The module will find the info
    > on its own...
    >
    > If you have any problems, please feel free to drop me a note,
    > I use a ton of
    > 3Com nics.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Ken
    >
    >
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