Re: 3com NIC question
On 12 Jul 01 06:55:28 GMT, Guy Geens <ggeens@iname.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Sunny" == Sunny Dubey <dubeys@voyager.bxscience.edu> writes:
>
>Sunny> hey, I have a 3c509 NIC.
>
>Sunny> I tried getting an IP for this NIC by using DHCP. (I used
>Sunny> dhcpcd) But for some odd reason, it wouldn't work, and so I
>
>Try `modprobe 3c509' and restart the network with
>`/etc/init.d/networking restart'.
>
>Apart from disabling PNP, I never had any problems with this card.
ISA PNP is a disaster. With PNP disabled and IRQ+IO statically
configured 3c509's are great NICs, especially compared to SMC's junk.
Frank
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