Can't connect to network

[airwaves]

Hi,

I'm try-ing to install a 3c509b ISA card but have problems in accessing the network.


What I have done....

Installed slackware 10.0 minimal (no xserver)

ifconfig gives the next thing:


eth0 link encap:Ethernet HWaddr )):AA:5A:2A8:AA
inet addr:192.168.1.140 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255:255:255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 .....
TX packets:60 errors:0 .......
RX bytes:0 (0.0) b) TX bytes: 2520 (2.4 Kb)
Interupt:5 Base address:0x220

eth1 link encap:Ethernet HWaddr )):00:10:5AE:0F
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 .....
TX packets:0 errors:0 .......
RX bytes:0 (0.0) b) TX bytes: 0 (0.0 Kb)
Interupt:10 Base address:0x300

lo Link encap:Local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 mETRIC:1
RX packets:87 errors:0 .....
TX packets:87 errors:0 .......

Cable is oké LED on my router is on

What do you need to know more?

Thnx.

[jasonlambert]

which one is the new card? eth0 or eth1?

[airwaves]

I only have one card installd the 3c509b etherlink III ISA

[Dolda2000]

Well, from that output you posted, it is fairly clear that you have two cards, since you have both eth0 and eth1. Each of those is an individual card. Are you sure that you don't have another card? Like one built-into the motherboard or anything?

[airwaves]

Positive a 100%. how can I manualy delete one?

[Dolda2000]

Well, you can't. Each ethX represents a network interface in the kernel, and the kernel has obviously detected two of them. =)

To find out what they are, try this:

dmesg | grep eth

If you can't interpret it, just post it here and we'll do what we can.

Btw., what kernel are you running?

[airwaves]

I solved the problem.

The Nic was configured (firmware) to pnp. That's why, i gues, it published it self two times.

Downloaded the 3com tool and changed the setting in de firmware.
Now it's allright.

Im a happy man.....

[teddymills]

Be sure that your current have PNP support built in.
Everything will look okay, but it will not work until PNP support is compiled into your kernel.

Your other option is to goto to the 3com website and download the dos utility for that 3c590b and reprogrma the NIC to be in non-PNP mode and IRQ and port address.

You'd be better off getting the latest 2.66 kernel from kernel.org and including <*> 3com 3c509 and all other support (PNP etc) and using that as your new kernel..Use the fastest machine you can get and move that kernel over to your machine...(use slice if you have to)