The 3c59x driver seems to break down as load increases. At very high
loads on the newer cards (B/C versions) a lot of packets start getting
dropped and on occasion the card tends to drop off the net inexplicably.
On a home net you might be fine, but the 3com driver is GPL. I tend to
run some heavy traffic servers, so the choice is easy.
- rick warner -
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Frank Reichenbacher wrote:
> Rick,
>
> I'm running my home network on a 3c905C using the 3C59x driver and it
> appears to be runnning fine. Configured without a hitch. Should I be worried
> about data corruption or performance degradation? I saw the somewhat cryptic
> warning in the Redhat hardware compatibility list but I took my chances.
>
> Frank Reichenbacher
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: RH62 and 3com 3C9X
>
>
> >
> > Nicht. The 3C905 is very definitely PCI. There are 3 revs of the card,
> at
> > least: 3C905, 3C905B, and 3C905C. The original and the B version will run
> > off the 3C59x driver, or rather nominally off the 3C59x driver. If you
> > read the HOWTO, Don Becker's comments, etc. the 3C59x is 'supported' with
> > the original Rev only. For B and C variants it is imperative that the
> 3COM
> > driver, the 3C90x driver, be used. If you go to www.3COM.com and search
> > for Linux the driver page should show up; download the latest version
> which
> > at last check as 1.0.0i. In the package are scripts to compile the
> > module. Compile, install into the modules directory, make sure that the
> > conf.modules has the following line:
> >
> > alias eth0 3c90x
> >
> > and reboot. That should work.
> >
> > - rick warner
> >
> > On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Marco Shaw wrote:
> >
> > > Pretty sure these are ISA NICs. Typically, ISA won't be auto-detected
> 100%.
> > > You'll need to:
> > > 1) Set some jumpers to a specific IRQ/IO
> > > or
> > > 2) Get the current config by using a DOS config diskette (or installing
> > > Windows), if jumperless.
> > >
> > > Then try to load 'insmod 3c509 irq=X' to see if the module will load.
> > >
> > > That's a good start...
> > >
> > > Marco
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Carson, Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:18 PM
> > > Subject: RH62 and 3com 3C9X
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > After tossing RH7 into the trash can after many many glibc woes, I am
> > > going
> > > > to step back to RH62. However, it has a 3Com 3c905 NIC, which it is
> not
> > > > detecting. (This box was a SuSe box before trying RH7) Do I need to
> get a
> > > > newer kernel and recompile, or is there something I can do at install
> time
> > > > to detect this NIC?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks greatly,
> > > > Chuck
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chuck Carson Sr. Systems Engineer
> > > > 858.909.3505 Office eBuilt.com
> > > > 760.212.5899 Mobile San Diego, CA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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