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 Greg Cobb
Hi, If I remember correctly, the 3C509B cards can be used as PNP or in ISA mode. That's the card I've used in many systems. 3Com has a DOS utility that'll let you specify the IRQ and address and also disable PNP at the same time. If you were running this card in PNP mode previously,

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