well... I am in the process of installing smoothwall 2.0, on a 486/66. I have 2 NIC..(1)Intel EtherExpress 16, and (2)3Com EtherLink III (3C509B-TP)... Smoothwall has detected the Intel NIC and installed the drivers, but the 3Com NICis not being detected, even when I go to manual and pick it from the list. I select *MANUAL* and it is asking me for the module and parameters... this is my first taste of a Linux based program and I have no idea what parameters to use (I assume the module is 3c509) or how exactly to type it in so it is recognized. I only want 2 zones... green and red. But can't get past this module/parameters screen... PLEASE HELP~!

I have 2 NIC's.

1. Intel EtherExpress 16 (which has been recognized and driver downloaded)

2. 3Com EtherLink III (3C509B-TP) (unrecognized... even though it is one of the choices in manual selection.

... any ideas?I have 2 NIC's.

I too ran into a problem where Smoothwall would not recognize my card. I spend a long time trying everything I could think of to make it work.. but in the end, I figured it out by spending $15 on a different card and installing it instead. Worked like a charm and saved me a lot of time. Well worth the investment!

i have a 3c509tp in my Pentium 1 166 running smoothwall GPL 1.0

i have owned the 3c509 for many years (dos days!) and i remember that there was 3com software to set the irqs and test the card (from dos).

I did not have to go back and change the card setup but it (setup program) might be something to look into??

try:

http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/r...-TP&order=desc

i see that the software is still on the site