Re: [expert] 3com cards and 7.2
One event that for some reason I didn't associate with the NIC before was a problem that I stumbled across with mdk 7.1. What happened is that I tried to get an IBM-DTLA-307045 to work with optimized settings with a BE6-II m/b. When I put the optimized configs inside of rc.local the machine hung on boot. When I booted off of a bootdisk and changed things back, I could no longer get dhcpcd to work right. To the best that I could tell (its been a while and this is a side problem that I didn't delve too deeply into) the config files managed to get hosed. (Probably was something with the disk buffers not being completely in sync with the disk.) I can't think of anything off hand that would screw up dhcpcd when compiling the kernel. It seems that is a separate mechanism that is not really a kernel option. One thing that I usually do differently when recompiling the kernel is compiling the drivers for my ethernet card directly into the kernel instead of as a loadable module. I only do this so that I don't have to go through the extra effort of building a new initrd image. On the machine of mine with the 3c905C I'm currently running the plain vanilla 2.4.1 kernel on it (not even Mandrake's rendition of the 2.4.1) and it grabs its info without a hitch or any slowdowns. Maybe you can store your kernel configuration to a file and then send it over to me for closer inspection. Praedor Tempus wrote: I too have the 3c905C. My problem is not that it doesn't work, it does (after a fashion). The problem I have is that during bootup, when dhcpcd sets out to acquire an IP for my computer, it takes FOREVER. It eventually gets around to it and bootup continues and my connection is fine (and the proper module is loaded for the card). This didn't happen after the inital 7.2 install - getting an IP during bootup happened almost immediately. Later, I built my own kernels, as I am wont to do, and I select the proper 3c90x vortex/boomerang module during xconfig. This is apparently repeatable - after the initial install (which I have done multiple times in the past due to occasionally REALLY screwing my system up and finding it easier just to reinstall and go from there) all is well and I get an IP address almost immediately. After building a kernel, however, even if I do not end up using it, appears to dick it up so that during the bootup, even though the module is identical, SLOW IP acquisition. I am not using the kernels I have built myself right now and am back to the 2.2.17-21mdk kernel (and ITS modules), but the situation remains. How can I fix this? What settings for the card might I mess with to get things rolling so that getting an IP is almost immediate. The only thing I an think that could be different is some card/network setting is slightly altered from the default when a new kernel is built and installed. I use dhcpcd-1.3.18pl3-4mdk, have a DSL connection through a Cisco 675 modem/router. On Friday 09 February 2001 16:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: My brother has a 3c905B and I have a 3c905C. We are both using the 3C59x driver that mdk 7.2 auto selects and neither of us have had any problems in 100baseTX full duplex mode under mdk 7.2. My brother did once have a problem with very slow x-fer rates under an earlier version of Mandrake when he once switched the card from a 100baseTX switched port to a 10baseT port on a hub on the same (logical) subnet without bringing the machine or even the interface down. To the best that I could figure it looked as though the card had automatically switched down to 10baseT, but stayed in full duplex mode. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] 3com cards and 7.2
My brother has a 3c905B and I have a 3c905C. We are both using the 3C59x driver that mdk 7.2 auto selects and neither of us have had any problems in 100baseTX full duplex mode under mdk 7.2. My brother did once have a problem with very slow x-fer rates under an earlier version of Mandrake when he once switched the card from a 100baseTX switched port to a 10baseT port on a hub on the same (logical) subnet without bringing the machine or even the interface down. To the best that I could figure it looked as though the card had automatically switched down to 10baseT, but stayed in full duplex mode. Sean Armstrong wrote: I have a 3com 3C905-TX network card. I can`t get the network interface to come up. It fails at bootup every time. Is this a Driver issue? Or is my network setup wrong? Diskdrake automatically set it up to a 3C59X card and I set it to a 3c905 card. Either way it di not work. Thanx SA _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [expert] 3com cards and 7.2
I too have the 3c905C. My problem is not that it doesn't work, it does (after a fashion). The problem I have is that during bootup, when dhcpcd sets out to acquire an IP for my computer, it takes FOREVER. It eventually gets around to it and bootup continues and my connection is fine (and the proper module is loaded for the card). This didn't happen after the inital 7.2 install - getting an IP during bootup happened almost immediately. Later, I built my own kernels, as I am wont to do, and I select the proper 3c90x vortex/boomerang module during xconfig. This is apparently repeatable - after the initial install (which I have done multiple times in the past due to occasionally REALLY screwing my system up and finding it easier just to reinstall and go from there) all is well and I get an IP address almost immediately. After building a kernel, however, even if I do not end up using it, appears to dick it up so that during the bootup, even though the module is identical, SLOW IP acquisition. I am not using the kernels I have built myself right now and am back to the 2.2.17-21mdk kernel (and ITS modules), but the situation remains. How can I fix this? What settings for the card might I mess with to get things rolling so that getting an IP is almost immediate. The only thing I an think that could be different is some card/network setting is slightly altered from the default when a new kernel is built and installed. I use dhcpcd-1.3.18pl3-4mdk, have a DSL connection through a Cisco 675 modem/router. On Friday 09 February 2001 16:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: My brother has a 3c905B and I have a 3c905C. We are both using the 3C59x driver that mdk 7.2 auto selects and neither of us have had any problems in 100baseTX full duplex mode under mdk 7.2. My brother did once have a problem with very slow x-fer rates under an earlier version of Mandrake when he once switched the card from a 100baseTX switched port to a 10baseT port on a hub on the same (logical) subnet without bringing the machine or even the interface down. To the best that I could figure it looked as though the card had automatically switched down to 10baseT, but stayed in full duplex mode. [...] -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] 3com cards and 7.2
Sean Armstrong wrote: I have a 3com 3C905-TX network card. I can`t get the network interface to come up. It fails at bootup every time. Is this a Driver issue? Or is my network setup wrong? Diskdrake automatically set it up to a 3C59X card and I set it to a 3c905 card. Either way it di not work. Thanx SA _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com /etc/init.d/network stop rmmod 3c59x.o insmod 3c509.o /etc/init.d/network start Dovydas
Re: [expert] 3com cards and 7.2
I have a 3com 3C905-TX network card. I can`t get the network interface to come up. It fails at bootup every time. Is this a Driver issue? Or is my network setup wrong? Diskdrake automatically set it up to a 3C59X card and I set it to a 3c905 card. Either way it di not work. Thanx /etc/init.d/network stop rmmod 3c59x.o insmod 3c509.o ?! ^ this module do not support 3com905 3c509.o - This driver is for the 3Com EtherLinkIII series.(eisa card) 3c59x.o - This driver is for the 3Com "Vortex" and "Boomerang" series ethercards. Members of the series include Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597 and the EtherLink XL 3c900 and 3c905 cards 3c90x.o - This is 3Com's EtherLink PCI driver for Linux. It provides support for the 3c90x and 3c980 network adapters listed here: EtherLink 10/100 PCI NICs 3C905C Family and 3C920 ASICs EtherLink 10/100 PCI including the -TX and -TX-M 3C905B Family and 3C918 ASICs EtherLink 10/100 PCI including the -TX -TX-M and -TX-NM 3C905B-COMBO EtherLink 10/100 PCI COMBO 3C905B-T4 EtherLink 10/100 PCI T4 EtherLink Server 10/100 PCI NICs 3C980C-TXEtherLink Server 10/100 PCI 3C980B-TXEtherLink Server 10/100 PCI 3C980-TX EtherLink Server 10/100 PCI EtherLink 100 PCI NIC 3C905B-FX EtherLink 100 PCI Fiber EtherLink 10 PCI NICs 3C900B-TPOEtherLink 10 PCI TPO 3C900B-TPCEtherLink 10 PCI TPC 3C900B-COMBO EtherLink 10 PCI COMBO 3C900B-FL EtherLink 10 PCI Fiber /etc/init.d/network start Dovydas
