On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 19:33:45 +0000 Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > Sorry for this silly question, but I am newbie with the ethernet. > I plan to make a network local with three machines: > > M1:pentium 166 with potato, M2: 486SX with slink, M3: 486SX with slink > > I have read the Howto Ethernet and the NET4-HOWTO and I installed > a (old) card accton (ISA) and the drivers 8390 + ne on the machine M1. > modprobe ne io=0x300 gives me: > ne.c:v1-10 9/23/94 Donald Becker .... > eth0:NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 3 > > Now Y can't use my modem because it uses ttyS1 with IRQ 3. > (ttyS0 with IRQ 4 is for my mouse) > How can I use my modem now for that the three machines be connected > to the internet ? Maybe the NIC was confiured to use IRQ3. How is the IRQ set on the ISA ne-type NIC? With DIP switches (The Way God Meant It To Be) or with a DOS configuration disk? -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'. | ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | +------------------------------------------------------------+
