In desperate need of inexpensive working Network card!

James, I'd suggest getting a copy of 3C5X9CFG.EXE and a DOS boot disk to
get your nics configured. Should be able to D/L it from 3com.com.
It'll also run diagnostics for you. Good luck
Steve

James Carter wrote:
>
> Great! Thank you for the great response I appreciate it. I only have one PCI
> slot, which is why I have to use the ISA card in the first place. What I am
> attempting to do is build a router with an old Packard Bell 486DX machine. I
> chose this machine as it holds a small footprint in a shelf on my desk. It
> is working great, aside from the PCI NIC not working nicely with the ISA
> NIC.
>
> I would like to use the ISA NIC to serve as my WAN link, and the PCI NIC to
> serve as my internal private LAN gateway......thus doing simple NAT. With
> that said and done, I could then focus on the more advanced routing,
> firewalling and IDS. I think with what you have said thus far has given me
> enough to work with. I appreciate your help, and the help that I have
> received from the rest of the group here.
>
> I currently do have an ISA card in the box but need to give it back as it
> was borrowed from a friend that has need of it. So I would need to purchase
> an ISA card.....and would like to stick with the 3com cards.
>
> In anyones opinion, would it be better if I went with 2 ISA cards instead of
> 1 PCI and 1 ISA? I am also planning on incorporating a modem into the
> mix......so if 2 ISA cards would work that may be all the better.
>
> Thanks again for all your help I do appreciate it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Craig
> White
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 7:36 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: In desperate need of inexpensive working Network card!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of James
> > Carter
> > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:09 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: In desperate need of inexpensive working Network card!
> >
> >
> > I need an Etherlink III ISA 509B 10BaseT NIC. Can someone part
> > with one, or
> > know where to pick one up for fairly cheap in the Southeast valley????
> >
> >
> > Also, why would Redhat 7.1 have a problem with an ISA 509b NIC and a PCI
> > 905b NIC operating in the same machine? I only ask because I can't seem to
> > get the OS to recognize the 905b.
> >
> ----
> Given that RH 7.1 will detect and install proper drivers for almost all PCI
> NIC cards and that you can pick up Linksys cards at Fry's for about $10 and
> $17 for SMC EZ, I think that fooling around with anything else is probably
> foolish.
>
> But - if you are determined to make the 509B work - you will have to make
> certain that it is set to an IRQ that isn't already in use, that it is IRQ
> 10 or less (leaving only 3,4,5,7,9,10) and subtract 3 &/or 4 if you have
> modem(s), another serial device, 7 if you have a parellel printer or other
> device, 5, 9 & 10 if you use a sound card - THEN ...
>
> it should detect the card - if you have more than one in your machine - you
> need to configure them all on on the first card... i.e you have 2 of the
> same cards eth0 & eth1. You have to configure eth0 with the specific IRQ,
> BaseAddr, deviceDriver...values for both NIC's on the same line.
>
> eth0
> 3COM509XXX
> ip=192.168.1.1,192.168.2.1
> sm=255.255.255.0,255.255.255.0
> IRQ=10,5
> BASE=0x300,0x260
>
> and leave eth1 blank - except for active - that must be checked.
>
> Craig
>
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