Le 2001.01.12 03:06:12 +0400, Raymond S. Swaim a écrit :
>
> I just bought a new PC: a Dell Dimension 4100 which came
> with a 3com 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink).
>
> I can't get the 3com NIC to initialize and retrieve my
> IP address via DHCP on bootup. During bootup, when it
> tries to initialize the NIC, it hangs, and eventually
> times out with a error that DHCP retrieval failed. The
> NIC is connected to a cable modem and I use the Austin
> Roadrunner service.
>
> HardDrake identifies my NIC as a 3c905 NIC (which is
> correct), but it installs the 3c59x module instead of the
> 3c90x module. From what I've gathered from the newsgroups,
> it appears that the 3c59x module works for *some* 3c905
> NICs, but not all of them. Perhaps it works with earlier
> kernel revisions, or with earlier 3c905 NICs. All I know
> is that it definitely does not work with mine.
[...]
Curious...
I also have a 3com905C, and i use the 3c59x driver on a 2.2.17 kernel
without problem. I also tested it on a 2.4.0pre-release. It is the one from
www.scyld.com, written by Donald Becker, that is considered glabally better
as 3c90x driver, written by 3COM themselves. Both are in kernel 2.2
sources, so you should be able to compile them without problems. See this
post on mandrake archive list, and this page on scyld.com for details:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cooker%40linux-mandrake.com/msg22893.html
http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
I also had problems with DHCP, but as our DHCP servers are are very
ill-configured, i assume those are not driver's issues.
--
Guillaume Rousse
Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will.
O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
