Re: network card problem
You don't happen to remember the name of the utility
do you? I found a few possible suspects on the 3com
website -- I'm not sure which of them, if any, will do
the job. Thanks.
Richard
--- hmike <hmike@portalofevil.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 19:59, Richard Weil wrote:
> > I tried this and still no progress ... I think the
> > problem must be from the cards using the same I/O
> > address. I noticed that on bootup, before the
> first of
> > two error messages related to eth1, it says:
> >
> > SIOCSIFADDR
> >
> > and then before the 2nd error:
> >
> > SIOCSIFNETMASK
> >
> > COuld this give an indication to the problem?
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > --- Truong <tphuong@wol.be> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, Richard
> > >
> > > I don't know if it could help you but I got the
> same
> > > problem to put my
> > > second nic recognized by the kernel 2.2.19. By
> > > default, the kernel would
> > > only use one nic (eth0) . I said by "default"
> this
> > > means the feature .
> > > That was I learned from
> > > <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/> few month
> > > ago. Go there to get better advices.
> > >
> > > I don't know whether if it's still remain in
> kernel
> > > 2.4.x .
> > >
> > > Assume that you have the module 3c509.o on
> linux-box
> > > .
> > > So, if you use lilo to boot then put this line
> in
> > > /etc/lilo.conf
> > >
> > > --------
> > > append="ether=0,0,eth1"
> > > --------
> > >
> > > Next, add this two line in the file
> > > /etc/modules.conf
> > >
> > > --------
> > > alias eth0 3c509
> > > alias eth1 3c509
> > > --------
> > >
> > > Then you reboot and see if the kernel could
> detect
> > > the two cards
> > > (by reading /var/log/messages or by command
> > > "ifconfig -a")
> > >
> > > If somebody could give a better help .
> > >
> > > Have fun !
> > >
> > >
> > > % *** Richard Weil wrote: ***
> > > % I installed the 3c5x9utils package as
> suggested
> > > and I
> > > % think it's indicating the problem, but I'm not
> > > sure
> > > % how to interpret the results (or what to do
> about
> > > it).
> > > % I run the diagnostic and it finds both cards.
> The
> > > % output is approx.:
> > > %
> > > % Generating the activation sequence on port
> 0x100
> > > for
> > > % card 1
> > > % Activating the card at I/O address 300
> > > % EEPROM contents: [a list]
> > > % An ISA Etherlink III board was activated at
> I/O
> > > 0x300,
> > > % IRQ 5
> > > % eth0: 3c509 found at 0x300
> > > % Window [0: ... 7:]
> > > %
> > > %
> > > % Generating the activation sequence on port
> 0x100
> > > for
> > > % card 2
> > > % Activating the card at I/O address 300
> > > % EEPROM contents: [a list, different from
> above]
> > > % An ISA Etherlink III board was activated at
> I/O
> > > 0x300,
> > > % IRQ 10
> > > % eth0: 3c509 found at 0x300
> > > % Window [0: ... 7: (different from above)]
> > > %
> > > % So, it seems to be finding both cards at the
> > > different
> > > % IRQs and configuring them both as eth0 at
> 0x300
> > > % (whatever that means). The 3c5x9utils package
> > > includes
> > > % a setup utility, but I'm not sure what to
> change.
> > > Any
> > > % suggestions? Thanks.
> > > %
> > > % Richard
> > > %
> > > % > I'm running testing with a Debian 2.4.12
> kernel.
> > > Any
> > > % > help is appreicated. Thanks.
> > > % > >
> > > % > > Richard
> > > % >
> > > % > The cards may be setup for using the same
> > > resources.
> > > % > Use 'el3diag' from the
> > > % > 3c5x9utils package. This only reports the
> > > settings,
> > > % > to change them you
> > > % > would need the DOS utility for the card.
>
> Get the dos utility and a windows 9x bootdisk. Just
> configure it all
> manually. I had to do this for 41 cards for a
> cluster of 20 machines.
> I just set them to 0x300 irq 10 and 0x310 irq 7
> which worked for me. I
> even have one machine with 3 in it 3rd is 0x320 and
> 5, all machines
> detect all three cards with the one module loading
> when properly
> configured with the NIC pnp off and my bios(s) to
> pnp-os=none.
>
> --mike
>
>
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