According to Matthew McCleary: While burning my CPU.
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> 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) ...
Well if you see the address of the card and 'ifconfig' shows the interface,
and there is no IRQ conflict, + you have a valid route then the card should
transmit and recive traffic, you can check to see if anything has been
detected by doing ifconfig a few times, check the RX en TX packets count(s).
You can also see if the card is producing interrupts by doing, 'cat
/proc/interrupts.
If the card is a T-base coax type (BNC connector), then make sure it
terminated at both ends with a terminator, (50 ohm resistor).
>
> 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
>
> "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and BSD.
> We do not believe this to be a coincidence."
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Regards Richard.
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