Can't get 3com Etherlink III (3c509b) NIC to work under Linux

[joshdoe]

All I've tried is auto-detect using netconfig, but that doesn't find it. I found a lot of stuff on google about this NIC and linux, but most of it wasn't in English. Anyone know of anything I can do? I've got three or so of these, and all have the same problem. I read somewhere about specifying I/O ranges and such, but nothing was clearly defined. Thanks

 

[Russ]

What distro are you running? And, do you have linuxconf installed? If so, open up a terminal and type linuxconf at the command prompt. Hit enter. This will bring up a box full of options. Click "networking", then "basic host information".

Click "adapter 1". This will be your Eth0. There will be multiple options available. As your net device, select Eth0. Under that you will find "kernel module". Next to this is a drop down box to select network drivers. Select the appropriate one.

Enter your IP address and subnet mask on the lines for these. Click accept. After you've closed all the boxes, another will pop up. Click activate changes. Then from a terminal type ifconfig -a and hit enter. This will tell you if the card is setup.

Russ, NCNE

 

[joshdoe]

I tried Red Hat ~7, Slack <5, and Slack ~7. All with same results.
I'm not sure, but I'll check. I've just been working in bash.
Thanks, I'll try that tomorrow. Hope it works, I'll be setting the PC up as web/ftp/telnet server and NMS. This is all for my networking class, just learning the basics.

 

[Shuxclams]

Joshdoe,
Make sure its listed in iaspnp.conf, then at the command line type &quot;insmod 3c509&quot; and hit enter, then type &quot;ifup eth0&quot; enter, then go to netcfg or linuxconfig and give it the IP, subnet and gateway information, type &quot;ifconfig&quot; enter and you should see &quot;UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST&quot; right underneath the IP, MAC and subnet info.







SHUX

 

[Russ]

Shux,

Stop confusing him with all that Linux Geek talk.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Shuxclams]

But I was just trying to help.....







Well did it work?




SHUX

 

[joshdoe]

I think I can follow that.

I didn't get to it today, as we were taking our mid-term exams. I did fine on all of it but the OSI model. I fully explained three layers, but only half of the other four.

I'll do it tomorrow, assuming I have the time. Thanks again.

 

[Shuxclams]

OSI is suck...... Good luck.






SHUX