3C509B and Upgrade to FC3

[Gregory Woodbury]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 12:16:59PM -0500, fredex wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:55:43AM -0500, Gordon R. Keehn wrote:
> >    I just upgraded a running FC2 system to FC3, and everything seemed 
> > to go smoothly except that I lost network connectivity via a slightly 
> > aged but still functional 3C509B NIC.  I've tried reactivating it via 
> > the Network config program, but while its existence is acknowledged, it 
> > doesn't respond to my requests to start interfacing.  Since the only 
> > access to the world beyond my home office is via that network card, it 
> > reduces the value of that system substantially.
> >    Has anyone else run into (and gone beyond) this problem?
> 
> RH doesn't seem to distribute the binary driver for those old ISA
> network cards anymore. much to my chagrin. I've got a half-dozen or so
> 3c509b-tpo cards around here. Last time I looked they did distribute
> the source, still, so you could build the module yourself if you
> wanted to.

I'm not having any problem with my 3c509 card.  It is not detected by
Kudzu or Anaconda, but system-config-network configures it correctly and
it works just fine under FC3.

Just another data point.

-- 
G.Wolfe Woodbury     `- -'
RHCT                   U
The Line Eater is a boojum!
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