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

[newbie] Problem with ethernet card 3COM 509B

2000-10-23 Thread Peter Chen
Hi all, My linux box (mandrake 7.0) is almost set up. All I need is to get my ethernet card working. I have a plug n play ISA 3COM 509B card. I can't get this card to work. eth0 isn't being initialized no matter what I do. Now I'm wondering if I'm using the right module for my card. I'm

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

2000-10-23 Thread Greg Cobb
: [newbie] Problem with ethernet card 3COM 509B Hi all, My linux box (mandrake 7.0) is almost set up. All I need is to get my ethernet card working. I have a plug n play ISA 3COM 509B card. I can't get this card to work. eth0 isn't being initialized no matter what I do. Now I'm wondering if I'm

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