Ethernet Card not detected

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

fredex wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:20:38AM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>>
>> What version of the Etherlink III card do you have? If it is an ISA
>> card, chances are it will not be detected automatically. If it is a
>> PCI card, it should show up with lspci.
> 
> Yeah, I've been bitten by that too. I've had to swap out a pile of
> perfectly good 3com 3c509b-tpo cards simply because the driver for it is
> no longer built in modern distributions' kernels.
> 
Yes, with most modern systems hot having ISA slots, support for ISA
cards is dieing. Then again, even if the card is supported, you do
need to know the i/o port and IRQ it is configured for. Or if it is
a P & P card, you have to install the ISA P & P tools.

On the other hand, it looks like the 3c509 driver is still in the
source tree, so it may be a matter of building your own kernel if
you want to use the cards. (I have not looked to see if it is
included in the stock kernels.)

Mikkel
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