hmm......i do have the same nic......and i do also use it under mandrake
linux and windows......as far as i remember there was no support for nics in
the precompiled kernel that came with the installation.......u will have to
compile a new kernel and add support for your nic.......theres a point under
"ethernet 10 Mbit" that enables support for exactly those 3c509combo
cards.....after that......u should have a look at what pnpdump puts
out......my nic was detected without problems after recompiling.....
for resources about samba u should check out the url :
www.mandrakeuser.org
which provides a wealth of information for all topics of linux.....
--quaylar
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Von: Tim Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Datum: Freitag, 14. April 2000 16:52
Betreff: [newbie] Network Card
>I am trying to set up a simple Peer to Peer network between 2 W98
>machines and my mandrake Linux machine.
>
>I will need to access a printer on one of the w98 machines as well as
>all of the drives (both physical and logical) on both machines.
>
>Eventually I'd like to access the external modem on one of the w98
>machines from my Linux box.
>
>To do the above I believe I need to configure Samba?
>
>But unfortunately I've fallen at the first hurdle in the fact that the
>setup procedure doesn't seem to have detected my NIC. It is a:-
>
>3com Etherlink III ISA (3c509b-combo)
>
>and is running in PnP mode in w98 (I'm currently duel booting).
>
>I can't seem to get Linux to attempt to detect it again (I'm totally
>new to Linux networking, but do have a very basic knowledge of
>Linux/Unix).
>
>Can someone tell me the best way to go about getting Linux to work with
>my NIC?
>
>Once that is sorted out, what is the best information resource in
>getting Samba to work with a combination of Linux an w98?
>
>Thank you for any help.
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