The solution was to use the bad option on the card
that wasn't reporting a valid signature.  My conf.modules
file now looks like this:

alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
options ne io=0x320,0x340 irq=11,5 bad=0x000,0xbad

I found the bad option by grepping through the
source for the error message that was appearing in the
system log.  (I'm just another satisfied open-source user.)

I'm not sure why one card returns a valid signature and
the other doesn't since they are identical cards.  I'm not
curious enough to spend any more time figuring it out though.

Thanks to all,
Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 8:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Two NE2000+ cards?
> 
> 
> I've got two Microdyne NE2000+ cards in a computer
> system and I can't seem to get them to both work.
> (They work fine under Win95, so I don't think it is
> a hardware problem.)
> 
> I've built the driver as modules and my conf.modules file
> looks like this:
> 
> alias eth0 ne
> alias eth1 ne
> options ne io=0x320,0x340
> 
> This comes straight from the Ethernet HOWTO, but doesn't seem to
> work for me.  I've also tried specifying the IRQs on the options
> line, but still no luck.  I've also tried loading the module twice
> as suggested in the HOWTO.
> 
> The error message I get in the system log says "No valid signature
> found at 0x340"  and then prints some hex numbers.   I assume 
> it's trying
> to read something from the card IO ports and not getting what 
> is expected.
> I'm certain the 0x340 address is correct.  I configured it 
> that way using
> a DOS based configuration utility and Win95 reports that it 
> is using this
> value.  (These are not PNP cards, but are software 
> configurable.  I believe
> the resource settings are stored on the card in EEPROM or some such.)
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Tony Richardson
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