On 12 Jul 01 06:55:28 GMT, Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> "Sunny" == Sunny Dubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Sunny> hey, I have a 3c509 NIC. > >Sunny> I tried getting an IP for this NIC by using DHCP. (I used >Sunny> dhcpcd) But for some odd reason, it wouldn't work, and so I > >Try `modprobe 3c509' and restart the network with >`/etc/init.d/networking restart'. > >Apart from disabling PNP, I never had any problems with this card.
ISA PNP is a disaster. With PNP disabled and IRQ+IO statically configured 3c509's are great NICs, especially compared to SMC's junk. Frank
