Re: 3c905-tx not responding

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

How is this cabled?  Are the Win98, Linux, & DE500 all wired
into a hub or switch of some sort?  Or are some directly connected?
If direct, you may be missing a crossover cable.  I thought
the connection to a hub would work with the autosensing.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


"R. Wilmes" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've got a 3com 3c905-tx installed as eth1 (along with a de500 as eth0).
> I've configured the nic using the 3com utility after booting to dos.  It's
> set for 10mbps/full duplex but I think I need the same paramaters in linux.
> 
> In linux the code is  in conf.modules to bring up both interfaces and this
> works correctly.
> BUT im using PACBELL DSL over PPPOE.  The DSL modem is 10/full as evidenced
> by my Win98 machine.  The 3c905 doesn't want to talk to the DSL modem.  The
> DE500 works fine.  I tried adding "speed=10mbps duplex=2" to the options
> line in conf.modules for eth1 but then the interface wouldn't come up at
> all.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
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