Hi all,
Has anyone had any success in getting a 3Com Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 card
(3C905BTX) working under Linux? Years ago I tried to get one working under
both Linux and Windoze on my dad's Dell P-200 (both by modprobing and
recompiling the kernel with support) and had no luck. Then I
forgot that I had so many problems, and ordered a new computer with the
same card in it. I still can't get it to work under Linux. I tried editing
/etc/rc.d/rc.modules and modprobing the card (there's a section that
explicitly says it has support for this card) and rebooting. The card is
in fact detected on boot, and it shows a MAC address and all that.
ifconfig even sets it up properly. But it cannot see the network. I have
the same exact problem under Windows (which would lead any normal person
to think it was the card, but I borrowed a Farallon PCI card and that
works) ...
Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there something with route or
ifconfig that I have to do? Or should I just send this card back and get
an old-fashioned 3Com 509 card (I know those work fine)?
Thanks for your help.
Matthew McCleary
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Matthew McCleary - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Science, New Mexico Tech
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