>From the info in yout original post, I would hacve to say it could be one of three >things: 1. The RJ45 connector on the NIC is damaged or bad. (Is the link light on the card on? If there is an activity light, does it blink when you ping in Windows?) 2. The cable is bad or or miswired (Have you tried a known, working cable? Have you tried using an Xover cable with another machine and skipping the hub for now?) 3. You are plugged into a Xover port on the hub. (Hev you tried another port? Some hubs use the last port as an Xover or "Uplink" port.) I wouldn't give up on the card unless the link or activity lights don't do anything. If you are handy with a soldering iron, you can try heating each of the solder joints at the RJ45 jack. Something may have loosened there... As far as Linux recognizing it, if I am not mistaken, that card is based around the 3C509 chip. There is driver and kernel support for that in Linux. However, you need to know the IO address that the card is set to before you can use it. IF your Linux box is up and running and you have X working... do this: Run 'kernelcfg' and select the NIC | 3c509 module. (You will need to know the IO address the card is set to before doing this. Don't depend on what WIndows tells you because it may have reassigned something. Use the NIC utilities which can be found n the 3Com site.) Type in the IO address for the IO option. I can't remember whether you need to type it in prefixed with an 0x or not. Try both. ex: The IO address is 340 (hex), try 0x340 or just 340 as the IO option. Hope this helps, George ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Glen Lee Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:12:42 -0500 (CDT) > I just purchased for my home LAN at a flea market a used 3 Com > Etherlink III ISA card (I know, it was stupid... No, it wasn't. Just risky... :) -- *********************************** George H. Lenzer Owner - D.L. Media Lakewood, Ohio 44107 --He who dies with the most toys --is still dead. *********************************** -- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
