Can anybody tell me where I can get the tulip.o.gx file that I need for Slackware? There are quite a few links out there (http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html) that redirect to http://www.beowulf.org/. I cannot find the driver at beowulf.org anywhere.

What version of Slack are you running and which kernel? For the standard kernel in Slack 11.0 (i.e. 2.4.33), the module's already there so all you should have to do is a "modprobe tulip".

Some modules might have to be enabled. Irrespective of your Slackware version, take a look at the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file. The lines starting with a # are commented out. You will probably find a reference to the tulip module prefaced by the #. Remove the character and reboot or try ./rc.modules restart

Ouch!
Where do I get a version compiled with a version 3 compiler -OR- where can I get source?

Update:

I have tried each one separately. They both work when installed alone with the following in the rc.inet1 file:
When I plug both in together all I get is the loopback, neither NIC comes up. THey don't seem to be getting along too well together!

Solution:

1) Since I was running more than one type of NIC I had to enable the correct modules in the file '/etc/rc.d/rc.modules'

2) A reboot was in order, I did not seem to have much luck with using '/etc/rc.d/rc.modules restart'. I am not totally positive about this but at any rate, I rebooted every time I made a change to be sure.

3) Run 'modprobe tulip' and 'modprobe 3c90x' to make sure that the modules were installed.

4) Used the following rc.inet1.conf settings:
I currently can see the configuration on both cards using ifconfig and the machine boots well. I can ping both NIC's IP addresses using ping from bith the machine they are installed on and ping on another machine on my lan.

I am still not able to connect to the linksys router connected to 192.168.1.150 (eth1) from either machine but I have some iptables commands in the way (I think). I am able to connect to the internet form eth0.

A note. I installed each card one at a time (basic troubleshooting, change only one thing at a time) and that was what ultimatly got me to the answers above.

Hope this helps others. Thanks for your help on this!

Flycast

Running two cards using the same driver CAN result in some strange behavior. Before everyone screams, yes I know that it should not, but it often does. My solution was to hit ebay for a GigE card ($15 including shipping-for a 3com).

Just a thought.
Lazlow

I already have two different cards (a linksys and a 3Com). I have two different drivers uncommented in my rc.modules file and installed two different drivers using modprobe. Wouldnt linux use the appropriate driver for each card?

The tulip module should come with the kernel source. Was the module configured when you built the kernel?

I think I am past needing to compile. Please see post #6 above. I don't get anything when I do a 'zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -in tulip' but I do see both the 3Com driver and the tulip driver when I do a 'lsmod'.