problem w/ 3com 3c509b TPO ISA

[ze ioio]

>> SORRY : LONG POSTING <<

Hi there,

More newbie than I ? U can't !

Here is my problem : I have a Mandrake 7.0 and a 3com 3c509b-TPO ISA NIC.
The fact is that the NIC doesn't work.

I've tried all I can : my NIC is set to legacy mode (PNP disable), it works under windows. While configuring the NIC with DrakConf, the checkup at boot time sez "eth0 initialisation failed, delaying eth0 init".

Are there files to check (I've already found "conf.modules" file where some info are stored but I don't know what have to be written in) ?

I know that turning the system up side down isn't a very cool way to resolve the probem but I can explore it : I'm totally unaware to Linux !

Thanks for your replies,
ioio

[JuanTanamera]

Originally posted by ze ioio:
>> SORRY : LONG POSTING <<

Hi there,


More newbie than I ? U can't !


Here is my problem : I have a Mandrake 7.0 and a 3com 3c509b-TPO ISA NIC.
The fact is that the NIC doesn't work.


I've tried all I can : my NIC is set to legacy mode (PNP disable), it works under windows. While configuring the NIC with DrakConf, the checkup at boot time sez "eth0 initialisation failed, delaying eth0 init".


Are there files to check (I've already found "conf.modules" file where some info are stored but I don't know what have to be written in) ?


I know that turning the system up side down isn't a very cool way to resolve the probem but I can explore it : I'm totally unaware to Linux !


Thanks for your replies,
ioio
try putting alias eth0 3c509 in /etc/conf.modules
if that does not work try alias 3c509
then do /sbin/ifup eth0
you could also hack /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to your liking

[Iceman]

Hi:

Did you configure the NIC for the correct IRQ and Base I/O with the DOS utility 3com provides?

You must, if you have not. If you don't have the utility it's at the 3com website.

[mandreko]

you can find the current i/o and irq in windows if you still have it... right-click on "My Computer" and select "Device Manager" look for the nic, and there's a tab for it

it will say something like i/o 240... you have to make it 0x240

[ze ioio]

Thanks all of you !

I found what was wrong : an "options" parameter was added in /etc/conf.modules because I filled in the "base" and "irq" fields.

As sson as i've deleted this line (keeping only the "alias eth0 3c509" line), it works each times I reboot !

Once again, thanks for all your comments,

ioio