Two 3Com ethernet NIC : don't work

From: Alex (ambroxa_at_yahoo.it)
Date: 10/31/04

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    In my home pc (a P-III 933 MHz) is installed since 1
    year an ethernet card 3C905C Tornado and it works fine
    with Windows XP and Fedora Core 2.
    Now I need (for some simple network experiment) to
    install a second nic, a 3C905B Cyclone.
    With Windows XP no problem: this OS configure these
    two nic without any error.
    But with FC2 (kernel 2.6.5) I can't use the second nic
    (eth1).

    The 3c59x driver (compiled as module or compiled
    static in kernel) detects right two nic:
    ----snip----
    3c59x: Donald Becker and others.
    www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
    0000:02:0b.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 10/100/BNC at
    0x2800. Vers LK1.1.19
    0000:02:0d.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0x2c00. Vers
    LK1.1.19
    ------------

    I can use only eth0 device and always is the 3C905C
    Tornado.
    Any access to eth1 (simple "ifconfig" or else as
    "ifup" and "ifdown" after set
    /etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth1) says:
    ----------
    SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
    eth1: unknown interface: No such device
    eth1: unknown interface: No such device
    ----------
    The same message with driver compiled as module or
    static.

    If I remove from PC the 3C905C , the new 3C905B is
    detected and is configured correctly as eth0 and it
    works fine.

    I've added in "/etc/modprobe.conf" the line "alias
    eth1
    3c59x" without success.

    I've also physical swapped in PCI bus the cards
    without success.

    I've removed these nic and I've installed (thanks to
    my friend) two Intel nic: they works correctly without
    any problem. Kernel detect and use eth0 and eth1
    without any problem.

    So, what's wrong with my two 3C905B/C ?
    Someone can help me ?

    Thanks in advance.

                    
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