[lug] ISA Networking

[Hugh Brown]

man isapnp,isapnp.conf,pnpdump

are all good places to start.  There are also some hardware pages on the
web that list various cards and which modules are needed.

Hugh


"Atkinson, Chip" wrote:
> 
> I can't tell you about the intel card, but the 3Com has a utility that runs
> under dos.  It's called 3c5x9cfg and is used to configure the card.  That's
> where you should start.  Once the card is configured and visible to the
> config sw, you can boot.  The 3c509 cards are pretty decent in that they are
> readily recognized at boot.  Perhaps the problem was configuration of the
> card and interrupt conflict.  I believe that the 3c509 is supported for
> installation of RH6.2 and 7.0, so I think it's just a matter of seeing it.
> The etherlink II, 3c503 isn't seen at installation though.  I worked around
> it with a 3c509, but I suppose a driver disk would have worked for that too.
> 
> Chip
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shannon Johnston [mailto:nunar at iws.net]
> > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 10:15 AM
> > To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> > Subject: [lug] ISA Networking
> >
> >
> > First I would like to thank everybody for their help on
> > installing Rh6.2
> > to a HP 486. (I didn't make my swap partition big enough.)
> >
> > Second, same machine. HP Vectra VE 486-66.
> > I've got 2 ISA ethernet cards that I need for routing. On the
> > OS install,
> > neither of the cards were recognized at all. One is a 3com
> > EtherLink III,
> > the other is an Intel model.
> > My question is, how do I got about installing these? All the
> > documentation
> > on ISA that I've seen is rather sketchy.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Shannon Johnston
> >
> >
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