Hello Eric:
I suppose the newer SuSE versions will ship the newest 3c59x drivers but if
not there may be problems.
I am using a 3C905B "Cyclone" network adapter card in this installation but
I did have problems with it. The card is considered "difficult" by some and
I probably will not buy anymore of them.
I am using a rather old SuSE version, version 5.2. It shipped with the
3c59x.c, version 0.49J, 2/7/98 driver. Loaded as a module, this driver
would recognize the Cyclone card but the card could not see the LAN--It
would not ping anything except itself and the loopback.
The solution was to compile and install a newer driver, in this case, the
3c59x.c, version 0.99H, 11/17/98. It seems the B version of the 905 series
is quite different from previous versions and the older driver could not
initialize the card's network interface. After installation of the new
driver, bingo!, the card connected to the network immediately.
You are on the right track when looking at Donald Becker's webpage. You can
get the newest driver from there. Make sure you download the driver source
using FTP and not a browser.
Regards,
Bill Parker, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Eric Maryniak
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 8:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SuSE Linux] 3com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC
> (3C905B-TX) "Cyclone Series" supported in SuSE 6.0 or 6.1
>
>
>
> Is the new 3com card
>
> 3com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
> ("Cyclone Series")
>
> supported in SuSE 6.0 (or will be in 6.1)?
> According to Donald Becker's page it should be in the standard
> driver (called
> "3Com 3c59x/3c90x" in YaST), but I wonder, because it's very new
> and SuSE's
> support database does not mention the Cyclone specifically, just
> the Boomerang
> and Vortex series.
> I'm preparing my PC at work for an installation to 6.1 and want to get my
> hardware inventory right :-)
> Thanx for any info and kind regards, Eric Maryniak
> --
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