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Re: [TCLUG:2546] Configuring for 2 Network Adapters




On 07-Dec-98 Gordon Pedersen wrote:
> Thanks, Peter.  I had no idea these cards were extra finicky.  I won't
> be near the machine till tomorrow evening but here's a followup 
> question:
> 
>       I'm connecting it to one of the netspeed routers supplied by US West
> for their RADSL service.  Presumably if speeds stay below 768K as seems
> almost certain--I'm only buying the basic 256K service--then will the
> speed be an issue?  Can't quite tell from what you write.
> 
> I'll check out the 905B driver.
> 
>       Do you know what happened in the kernel between 2.0.34 and 2.0.36 that
> makes it work better for these drivers?

They include a newer kernel module.  I have a 905b also and couldn't get it to
work until 2.0.35 came out.

Gabe 


> 
> gp
> 
> Peter Lukas wrote:
>> 
>> The 905 and 905B are both really fussy cards (the 905B in particular).
>> You'll need to upgrade to a more recent kernel that the stock RH5.1 (which
>> really only supports plain-vanilla 905).  Use a 2.0.36 or a 2.1.13x kernel
>> or download the 905B driver from the cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov site.  Also,
>> some of these newer "autosensing" adapters get really confused depending
>> upon what type of switch they're hooked up to.  If you're connecting the
>> adapter to a 10/100 switch, you'll need to configure the port the 905B is
>> connected to forced 10 or 100 full or half-duplex and do the same for the
>> card as you load it.  Of the numerous 905's and 905B's I've worked with,
>> the only ones with the problem have been the adapters with the white WOL
>> connector on the card itself.  This problem has also exhibited itself on
>> the dec tulip-based adapters as well.  If you're not using an autosensing
>> switch, you'll probably just need to update the kernel 905B
>> Vortex/Boomarang driver.
>> 
>> Peter Lukas
>> Math Systems Office
>> University of Minnesota
>> 
>> On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Richard Seymour wrote:
>> 
>> > So you have two NICs that are exactly the same? It seems to me that I had
>> > a problem doing that for some reason. And popped in a different card for
>> > one of them.
>> >
>> > What are the IRQ's and I/O addresses as they are currently configured?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Richard Seymour, Anarchy Software, Inc.
>> > anarchy@anarchysoftware.com
> 
> Gordon Pedersen         1412 Portland Ave
> info systems design     Saint Paul, Minnesota
> gordo@pclink.com        55104,  USA
> 
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E-Mail: Gabe Turner <dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu>
Date: 08-Dec-98
Time: 09:11:43

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