[ale] 3Com905B/C solution?

[Dow Hurst]

How do I find out and set the right IRQ setting?  Can I force a module
to take on a particular IRQ using LILO or modeprobe during bootup?  I
guess the diagnostic tools could tell me the preset IRQ in the EEPROM,
correct?
Dow

Leonard Thornton wrote:
> 
> I have seen your exact symptoms with other 3Com cards (specifically
> 3c509).   The issue is that the IRQ settings are incorrect between the
> module and the actual device.
> 
> At 10:14 AM 1/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >How can I guarantee to make a 3Com905B/C network card work?  The
> >interface is built in to the Dell motherboard.  I have tried several of
> >the Vortex 3Com59x/90x driver's options when loading the module, but to
> >no avail.  Searching the list servs has yielded different possible
> >solutions but no guaranteed solution.  The cards show up as available
> >recognized hardware and can be configured but no packets are received.
> >In some cases the cards show transmission packets under ifconfig but
> >never Rx packets.  In other cases the cards immediately work and no
> >problems are encountered.  So far, if they don't work, I can never get
> >them to work.
> >
> >Do I need to download a DOS based 3Com driver config program and turn
> >off/on pluginplay?  Is that the key?  This is one step I have not tried,
> >nor have I gotten Becker's MII diagnostic program either.  I just want a
> >guaranteed way to configure the cards.  Maybe a BIOS upgrade would be in
> >order too?
> >
> >The machines vary from no name PCs to Dells but all have either a 3Com
> >590 or 905 ethernet card as a separate physical card or as an integrated
> >option.  The OS I am using is SuSE 7.3 and the Vortex driver is from
> >June 2001.
> >Dow
> >
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Dow Hurst                   Office: 770-499-3428
Systems Support Specialist  Fax:    770-423-6744
1000 Chastain Rd.
Chemistry Department SC428  Email:dhurst at kennesaw.edu
Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com
Kennesaw, GA 30144
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