maybe you have to disable the 'play n play' future with the 
utility that comes with your NIC or download it from 3com 
site..

and then do 
modprobe 3c509 io=0x300 irq=9
if thats ok then your on man...

have fun..

> not /etc/modules, but it's /etc/conf.modules
> sorry
> 
> Regards,
> Choliq Soewandarto
> 
> > ----------
> > From:       Choliq
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> > Subject:    [GUNADARMA] How to configure 3c509b NIC 
loadable module ?
> > 
> > I  have a 3c509b - TP ISA in my machine. When I command:
> > ifconfig eth0
> > it says the device not recognized.
> > 
> > then I added following lines into /etc/modules :
> > alias eth0 3c509
> > options 3c509 io=0x300 irq=9
> > 
> > as been configured on my nic, but still can't 
recognized by my Phat Linux
> > (a
> > linux distribution reside on dos partition). How can I 
solve this problem
> > ?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Choliq Soewandarto
> > 
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