Great ! With cat /proc/interrupts I could see that it was indeed an IRQ 
conflict : ISA NIC (eth2) and the PCI NIC (eth0) were using the SAME IRQ 
(10). So I ran the setup tool from 3COM, changed IRQ from 10 to 5 on the ISA 
card and it works like a charm !

Thank you really much !!! :)

Le Mercredi 1 Juin 2005 23:33, vous avez �crit :
> You can start here:
>
> http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/searchbyproduct.jsp?path=download&search
>=3c509
>
>
> or you can use this Linux program (I never tested)
>
> http://www.scyld.com/3c5x9setup.html
>
>
> The IRQ setting in  /etc/modules probably works only if the real IRQ
> setting is so. I do not think it can trigger the IRQ at run time.
>
> Let me know if  it works.
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mystik_cool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "M Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [leaf-user] 3c509 module overriding the 8390&ne2k-pci modules
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanx for your quick answer. IRQ=5 isn't better. Could you point me to this
> diagnostic package ? I think I'll be able to fix it with this tool, but I
> don't have a lot of time to spend searching for it for the moment :-/
>
> Thank you very much !
>
> Le Mercredi 1 Juin 2005 22:26, M Lu a �crit :
> > I suggest that you download the diagnostics package from 3COM and boot
> > the machine in DOS mode and make sure that the cards are not conflicted.
> > Based on the diagnostics, you can set the IRQ for the ISA so that the
> > conflict goes away.
> >
> > In the past, I have used this for older Bering and not sure if it still
> > works with newer Bering
> >
> > # ISA ethernet cards
> > #3c509 - eth0
> > 3c509 irq=5
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mystik_cool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:22 PM
> > Subject: [leaf-user] 3c509 module overriding the 8390&ne2k-pci modules
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've a small problem here.  Here's the story :
> > >
> > > I've 3 network cards in the box running Bering-uClib LEAF firewall
> > > (last version). Two are PCI, one configured as eth0 and connected to my
> > > modem (and
> > > getting IP via DHCP), other one is eth1, has a static IP and is
> > > connected
> > > to
> > > my local network, via a switch. Everything works fine since a long time
> > > with
> > > this configuration.
> > >
> > > Now I recently found an old ISA network card, which is the third one. I
> > > added
> > > the 3c509 module to my module's package to be able to use it, and
> > > edited the /etc/modules, uncommenting the "#3c509" line. Now the ISA
> > > card is detected fine, as eth2. But it seems that there is a conflict :
> > > when I restart the system now, the PCI card eth0 seems to be "driven"
> > > by this new module, and I've errors when it sends DHCP requests.
> > > How can I say to my computer "use the 3c509 module only for the ISA
> > > card"
> > > ? :)
> > > Maybe with an "irq=..." parameter ?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much in advance for any help
> > >
> > >
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