I'm not sure if that is what you need, but there is a diagnostic program for
3Com 3c5x9 ether cards. Look for 3c5x9utils-1.0-1.
RPM can be found on the Red Hat server
Mike
plaven wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd like to know if there is a generic NIC diag program out there for
> Linux? The reason that I ask is that I doubt that it's a hardware problem
> with the network, more a conflict with settings.
>
> I tested the 3com card with a dos program and it worked fine, I have
> checked out the procs/interrupts file and it's sitting in IRQ 5 as tested.
> Checking the boot up file with dmesg shows no problems with the card, I can
> even ping it the machines IP address.
>
> I can ping the ip address on the win95 machine of it's card, but get a
> request timed out on the linux machine.
>
> So I'm hoping that there is a general diag program out there that will at
> least let me interogate the card and double check it's settings.
>
> TIA
>
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