Re: [newbie] Ethernet setup

2001-01-25 Thread Gerald A. Jones
John, The 3c509B card can run in three modes EISA, PNP, and ISA. Mandrake can only use this card in ISA mode. Here is what you need to do to get the card working. Go to ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/NIC/3c509/ and down load 3c509x2.exe to a DOS/WIN system in to

Re: [newbie] 3com NIC

2001-01-18 Thread Gerald A. Jones
At 1/18/2001 17:51, you wrote: I have just installed Mandrake on a P60 with 2 3Com 3c509b Ethernet cards. The system doesn't recognise the cards, what command can I use to add the correct device drivers ?? Rob Hi Rob! The 3c509B card can run in three modes EISA, PNP, and ISA. Mandrake can

Re: [newbie] Windows help

2000-12-05 Thread Gerald A. Jones
Hi Walter, Believe me your English is far better than my Spanish don't worry I go the message. I know you will get replies about other mail programs but here is how to use Netscape to access the Exchange Mail. Start Netscape Select edit Select preferences Select Mail Newsgroups Select Mail

Re: [newbie] Mandrake on an old system - Firewall

2000-11-27 Thread Gerald A. Jones
At 11/27/2000 06:53, you wrote: I got Mandrake 6 from a friend to install it on an old system. He figured it would work. I'm talking about an : I486 40DX, upgraded with an Evergreen overdrive to 120MHz, and 32 MB RAM Hard disk of 500 MB (bios doesn't support any larger drives) Trident 8900

Re: [newbie] Problem with ethernet card 3COM 509B

2000-10-25 Thread Gerald A. Jones
Peter, I am sending this to you and the list for this reason. I saw your question about the ethernet card on the list and I know a lot about that card. I do not know a lot about linux and memory and I hope someone on the list will see and help you. Now here is what I know about this

Re: [newbie] Problem with ethernet card 3COM 509B

2000-10-23 Thread Gerald A. Jones
Hi, The 3COM 509B card can run in three modes ISA, PNP, and EISA. Mandrake 7.0 doesn't play nice with this card in PNP mode. Here's what you need to do. Go to ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509 and get the file 3c509x2.exe this is a self expanding compressed file. Place this file in an empty