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



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
> 
> The opinions expressed are those of my employer, not my own.
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