I have recently installed slackware 9 on my system but am having trouble getting it to recognize the integrated 3com ethernet port on my A7N8X motherboard (by ASUS.) I tried running modprobe through all available 3com drivers but it can't detect it. When I check the ASUS website for specs, it doesn't provide much except noting that it is a "MCP integrated 3com MAC + BroadCom AC101L PHY." Please help as I am having trouble looking for any support. It was working previously on my RedHat distribution but won't be recognized since I moved over to Slackware.

After looking through old posts I realized it was a BroadCom/Altima chip (duh... I even say it in the last post.) Is there anything I can do to get it up and running (lspci sees the ethernet adapter.)

when i upgraded my kernel to 2.4.21 and selected some of the 3com cards in the kernel it worked great

srenar,
Do you have the ASUS A7N8X motherboard, if so do also the NVIDIA port work under kernel to 2.4.21 ?

MCP integrated NVIDIA® MAC + Realtek® 8201BL PHY = 8211.ko (see http://rtl8181.sourceforge.net/rtl8181_devices.php )

can anyone tell me what

MCP integrated 3Com® MAC + Broadcom® AC101L PHY uses?

Is it 3c59x.ko ?

In return for my help could you complie in 3x59x support and do I modprobe 3x59x for me and see if it is for me?

Could you post the output of :
/sbin/lspci | grep net

I suspect you should use the sk98lin module for your 3com net card but I am not sure