adding 3 com network adapter to RH 8.0

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 10:04:00PM +0545, bj wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have 3 network adapter in my RH 8.0 .
> 
> Kudzu , the plug & play utility , was able to discover two of them .
> 
> It succesffuly discovered the onboard VIA -RHINE one , and the old Real tek
> one .
> 
> Hence my VIA -RHINE one is eth0 and the old real tek one is eth1 .
> 
> But it could not discover my third 3 com one .
> 
> The lspci does show the 3 com card and so does cat /proc/pci .
> 
> Hence , how do I make that third 3 com card usable when lspci & cat
> /proc/pci does show the card but kudzu does not install it .
> 
> Thank you for your help in advance .
> 
> Cheers,
> bj
> 
> 
> 
> The lspci result is as ffs :-
> 
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3168 (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b168
> 00:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
> 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
> 00:0c.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
> 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 9300 (rev 31)
> 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
> 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
> 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE
> (rev 06)
> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97
> Audio Controller (rev 50)
> 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev
> 74)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX]
> (rev b2)
> 
> 
> the pcilist shows as ffs :-
> 
> 
> pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1106 device 0x3168
>  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8374 P4X400 Host Controller/AGP Bridge
> 
> pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x01 function 0x00: vendor 0x1106 device 0xb168
>  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
> 
> pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0a function 0x00: vendor 0x14f1 device 0x2f00
>  Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem
> 
> pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0b function 0x00: vendor 0x10ec device 0x8029
>  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
> 
> pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0c function 0x00: vendor 0x14f1 device 0x2f00
>  Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem
> 
> pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0d function 0x00: vendor 0x10b7 device 0x9300
>  3Com Corporation 3CSOHO100B-TX  [910-A01]
> 
> <remaining laundry list snipped>

I did a Google for "linux driver 3CSOHO100B-TX" and one of the hits was

http://www.wlug.org.nz/NetworkDrivers

which has a link to

http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-vortex/2002-Dec/0054.html

and indicates you need the "tulip" driver.  I don't know if RH 8.0 has
it.  Because kudzu didn't find the card, it may well not.  Try this
(as root):

  modprobe tulip

If there are no errors, then it's a fit.  Make an entry in
/etc/modules.conf like this:

  alias eth2 tulip

That said, be advised that RH 8.0 (and RH 9) have been end-of-lifed,
meaning that no more security or bug fixes will be backfilled to that
distro, so you're running a distro with known security
vulnerabilities.  You would do very well to upgrade to Fedora Core (3
is the current edition).  If there is not a worthwhile tulip driver in
RH 8.0, then you may well have to upgrade.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
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