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07-25-2003, 03:05 PM
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NIC cards setup
Hello,
Ok I'm very new at using Linux and need some help!
I want to setup an old pentium as a firewall for my home use. I'm running into some problems though configuring the network cards.
For some reason it will only detect one of the cards but I still can't connect to the internet using it.
Where should I start? Or what do you guys need from me for more information on how to fix this. Remeber I'm really new with Linux, I'm running Redhat 7.0.
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07-25-2003, 10:55 PM
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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What kind of cards are they?
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07-28-2003, 03:14 PM
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They are 3com cards.
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07-28-2003, 10:14 PM
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3com make lots of cards... 3c509, 3c90x, etc... ISA or PCI. Some of the older cards have to have the IRQ and address changed by hand. Depending on the card you may have to specify the cards parameters in the lilo.conf file.
Take a look here for more info:
http://www.scyld.com/network_index.html
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07-29-2003, 06:40 PM
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Ok I have a 3Com 3C900B-TPO and a SMC 1244TX-50 ( my mistake I thought they were both 3com) Both are PCI. But I do have a very old ISA 3Com 3C509B laying around. How do I edit the lilo.conf? what shoudl I be looking for?
THanks for your help so far.
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07-29-2003, 07:15 PM
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I'm also getting this error when I boot up this system. Cannot look up internet address H24-67-75-90. And i goes on to say that gnome will not work correctly. any ideas of how to fix this?
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07-29-2003, 10:41 PM
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Post the section of your kernel boot up sequence where the nic cards are configured.
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: 00:0e.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xfc00. Vers LK1.1.16
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: isapnp: Card 'AZT3000 PnP SOUND DEVICE'
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: eth1: 3c5x9 at 0x300, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 a3 72 30, IRQ 5.
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: 3c509.c:1.19 16Oct2002 becker@scyld.com
Jul 14 21:28:35 kernel: http://www.scyld.com/network/3c509.html
Jul 14 21:28:39 kernel: eth1: Setting 3c5x9/3c5x9B half-duplex mode if_port: 0, sw_info: 1321
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It would also help to look at /proc/ioports:
0300-030f : 3c509
fc00-fc7f : 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
fc00-fc7f : 00:0e.0
fce0-fcff : Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
and /proc/interrupts:
Code:
CPU0
0: 63535527 XT-PIC timer
1: 2 XT-PIC keyboard
2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
5: 174062 XT-PIC eth1
10: 343630 XT-PIC eth0
14: 174320 XT-PIC ide0
15: 4 XT-PIC ide1
I have found the 509 cards to work very well. It is only 10Mb but that should be fine if you are talking to a 10Mb DSL or cable modem.
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