On Sun Jan 03 1999 at 23:08, Tony Nugent wrote:
> I have a need to set up a series of linux boxes in series on coax
> link, with each box using a 3Com 3C509-Combo card (dated 1992).
>
> These cards can use either the RJ-45 (twisted pair), coax or an (old)
> AUI interface.
>
> The card needs to be software switched to use a particular interface.
> I could use an old dos boot disk with a 3com utility program on it,
> but surely I can do with with linux.
>
> Does anyone know how this is done?
It _is_ easy to do... I found the answer at this URL:
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/3c509.html
(Beats me why I didn't go looking there in the first place - the URL
is mentioned in both the sources and the driver itself! :-)
To quote:
Only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden when using the
river as a module. Setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and AUI/IRQ11 is
done by using the xcvr and irq module options:
options 3c509 xcvr=3,3 irq=10,11
Available Transceiver Types
The available transceiver types are
0 default from EEPROM, normally 10baseT
1 AUI (DB15 connector)
2 undefined
3 10base2 (BNC)
4 10baseT only (RJ45 connector)
Cheers
Tony
