Hi,
The 3COM 509B card can run in three modes ISA, PNP, and EISA. Mandrake 7.0
doesn't play nice with this card in PNP mode. Here's what you need to do.
Go to ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509 and get the file 3c509x2.exe this is
a self expanding compressed file. Place this file in an empty directory
and execute (double click) it. This will expand into a lot of stuff you do
not need. Copy the file 3C5X9CFG.EXE to a bootable DOS floppy. Boot your
machine with this floppy and run that program. Change the card from PNP to
ISA and set the IRQ and IO port to one you have open. Good choices for IRQ
are 5, 10, 11 and for IO 200. Let us know how it goes and if you need more
help.
Jerry
At 10/23/00 05:19, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>My linux box (mandrake 7.0) is almost set up. All I need is to
>get my ethernet card working. I have a plug n
>play ISA 3COM 509B card. I can't get this card
>to work. eth0 isn't being initialized no matter
>what I do. Now I'm wondering if I'm using the
>right module for my card. I'm using module
>3c509. Does the 3c509 module not work with the
>3c509B card? Please help!!! Thanks.
>
