> Daniel Woods wrote:
> > During the install process, LM7.1 only picked up one of my ethernet
> > cards (PCI D-link DFE-1530TX 10/100) which it recognized as a "Realtek
> > 8139 10/100 (rt18139)" (I assume that's ok). My regular ISA 3c509 card
> > was not recognized, why ?
> >
> > I want this machine as a firewall & IP Masq, web and mail server.
> > So I want the 3c509 (ISA) as the internet accessible one for my
> > cable modem, and the D-link (PCI) card for the local network
> > attached to a 100Mbps switch.
> >
> > After the install, ifconfig only showed "lo" but no "eth0".
> > /etc/conf.modules did have "alias eth0 rt18139" in it.
> >
> > I used linuxconf to try and setup network interfaces so that
> > eth0 was the 3Com card, and eth1 was D-link. They showed up
> > ok in conf.modules, but after a reboot there was nothing
> > in ifconfig and no net access.
> > ...
>
> In linuxconf under Networking -> Basic Host -> Adapters, you can list
> your cards and point to the modules and assign IP addresses or spec
> bootp/dhcp and tick the small box at the top that says "enabled", and
> things should work fine as soon as you quit linuxconf, activating
> changes. You need to specify the right module for handling them, as
> well, but there is a drop-down list for that blank, and 3c509.o is
> listed.
I did all that but then gave up and put the 3c509 card in the win98
(kids) box. It installs on win98, I set IP to local 192.168.1.2
but winipcfg/ipconfig show 0.0.0.0 instead. I don't get it !!!
For my LM7.1 server problem, I placed the D-link PCI first and then
put a 3com 900B-TP PCI in the second slot. This whole thing was able
to recognize but not activate eth1 or have network access. I gave up.
I then removed them both, booted up, installed the 3c900 first and
let it be known as eth0, setup linuxconf and then ok. I rebooted after
installing the D-link into the second slot and it came up ok as eth1
and I set it's IP to 192.168.1.1 (server). The 3c900 uses DHCP to
get the IP from my cable-modem ISP.
I can now access the internet via eth0 (3c900), but I can't ping the
other machines (not surprising with win98 problem above). This includes
the win-NT/linux machine set to 192.168.1.3 which shows up ok with
ipconfig, and it can ping itself. It cannot ping the server ...1
or vice-versa. For both the NT and 98 machines, I set DNS to the
ISP values but set a local IP. I know the new D-link NIC in the NT
works because I am using it now to connect to the internet after
I plugged in my cable modem here to check. What am I doing wrong ???
> The 3c509 is an ISA card and most OSes are moving away from such legacy
> devices, and never did detect them well, especially the PnP (PlugnPray)
> ...
ISA is still useful since I was able to install my old ISA SupraExpress
Modem with no problems, and then able to check my mail.
Thanks... Dan.
