[97865] in RedHat Linux List
Re: question w/ 3com
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Housh)
Thu Nov 5 13:35:39 1998
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 13:23:26 -0600
From: Matt Housh <jaeger@morpheus.net>
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> I have a 3com 3c905b-tx (cyclone) 10/100 card. Redhat instaled with the
> boomerang driver and the ipaddress is properly bound to eth0 and I can
> ping my address. However I can't ping anything else on the network. (yes
> everything is plugged in properly) Should I be looking at compiliing a
> new kernel with Don Becklers latest 3c0m driver?
As simply as possible, yes. The installed drivers just aren't new
enough. They detect the card, and sometimes report its chipset
correctly, but you'll need the latest version to get it working...
Matt
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Matt Housh email: mhoush@utulsa.edu
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