Re: Two 3Com ethernet NIC : don't work

From: Mike Burger (mburger_at_bubbanfriends.org)
Date: 10/31/04

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    On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Alex wrote:

    > 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).

    <snip>

    > 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 ?

    There may be nothing wrong with your NIC.

    Try adding "alias eth1 3c59x" to your /etc/modprobe.conf file, and try it
    again. 

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