What version of 3c59x.c is built into your kernel? I had the same
problem with my board until I used at least version .99D (dated 4/26/98),
which did NOT come by default with my linux distribution (RedHat 5.1).
Dave Merkel
On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, Charles Shoemaker wrote:
> Ok, it's a little off-topic. I'm building a masquerading gateway for
> a client, which has a 3C905 "Vortex" 10/100 card in it. Eventually
> there will be 2 of these. Right now, I'm having difficulty getting
> ONE card to talk to my office network.
>
> The card appears to initialize correctly, and looks OK in ifconfig,
> but won't talk. Pings fail, and telnet attempts come back with "no
> route to host". My /etc/sysconfig/network file is identical to
> others; the output of route looks just like my working machines, but
> no apparent communications. I also can't ping this machine from
> others on the local network.
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts, before I dump these "fine" cards and put
> in $20 NE-2000 clone cards.
>
> (I seem to have more trouble with new 3Com cards than any others, in
> Win 95 and NT machines, too. These cards won't connect, but cheap
> cards find servers and the rest of the network first time, every
> time. Is there something wrong with me? Are the Network Gods
> frowning on me?)
>
> Charlie Shoemaker
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