On 05-28, pa3gcu wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 May 2004 16:33, Hal MacArgle wrote:
> > Greetings: I made the, probable, mistake of buying a 3Com 3C900B-TPC
> > PCI BNC NIC discovering that the module automatically installed by
> > Slackware 9.0, 2.4.20 - 3c59x.o - does not ping.. Checking the Web I
> > find that 3c59x.o is for the 3C900 (no suffix) models and that I may
> > need 3c90x.o instead..
>
> AFAIK that nic may have needed a module called 3c90x back in 2.0 and 2.1
> kernels, but according to google it now uses the 3c9x module.
>
> > Downloaded the source for that but it wont compile under Slack9.0..
> > An attempt to -f (force) using a pre-compiled version didn't work
> > either..
> >
> > I may be stuck but was wondering if someone may have run into this
> > and solved the problem, and/or has a module compiled for 2.4.20..
>
> Does modprobe return an error when loading the module, the module in the
> bare.i kernel should do ok.
This was the bare.i kernel, 2.4.20, default install.. The
module was loaded and the NIC card found automatically on boot; the
only entries I made were ifconfig and route add.. See following
script.
> If there is no error what does 'ifconfig eth0' say. (presuming its the first
> nic of course).
> What does the command 'route -ne' say.?
See following script, some snipped to shorten the verbiage.
Only one NIC at a time..
> Also another helper could be 'mii-tool' (to see the nic's status).
As I read man mii-tool, I gather it's for RJ45 connections
only whereas I'm exclusively thinnet, 10base2, BNC.. Correct me if
I'm wrong on this..
>
> >
> > Rather than go into further details of what I did, suffice it to say
> > that I swapped a RealTec NIC into the same PCI slot, and it worked
> > perfectly with the ifconfig and route add entries, so I must presume
> > the cables, etc are OK.. dmesg listed the 3Com NIC, with the same
> > IRQ# and Port# that were assigned to the RealTec NIC..
> >
> > Appreciate and TIA.
> >
Script follows which points to the cables or connection, it
seems, but another different brand NIC, in the same PCI slot, is
found; a different module automatically loaded, and works fine.. Back
to 3Com NIC and a repeat of the problem.. Hopefully you can see
something I'm not familiar with. <grin> Thanks Richard.
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Script started on Sat May 29 14:16:00 2004
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# uname -a
Linux lnx5 2.4.20 #2 Mon Mar 17 22:02:15 PST 2003 i686 unknown
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dmesg
Linux version 2.4.20 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.2) #2 Mon Mar 17 22:02:15
PST 2003
< snipped, checking to make sure no IO or IRQ conflicts >
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:08.0
3c59x: Donald Becker and others. www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
00:08.0: 3Com PCI 3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPC at 0xe800. Vers LK1.1.16
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci -v
< snipped >
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPC [Etherlink XL TPC] (rev 04)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPC [Etherlink XL TPC]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=128]
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
parport_pc 14724 0
parport 23264 0 [parport_pc]
uhci 24560 0 (unused)
usbcore 58144 1 [uhci]
via82cxxx_audio 18936 0 (unused)
ac97_codec 9512 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
soundcore 3332 2 [via82cxxx_audio]
3c59x 26736 1
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
< snipped; no IO or IRQ conflicts >
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPC [Etherlink XL TPC] (rev 4).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=48.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe87f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xd800007f].
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:35:3B:46
inet addr:10.0.0.15 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# route -ne
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
44.58.13.11 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
10.0.0.17 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
10.0.0.16 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
44.58.13.12 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
44.58.13.13 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
10.0.0.15 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
10.0.0.14 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 40 0 0 eth0
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 40 0 0 lo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ping -v 10.0.0.16
PING 10.0.0.16 (10.0.0.16): 56 octets data
92 octets from lnx5.net (10.0.0.15): Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
4 5 00 5400 0000 0 0040 40 01 8b26 10.0.0.15 10.0.0.16
92 octets from lnx5.net (10.0.0.15): Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
4 5 00 5400 0000 0 0040 40 01 8b26 10.0.0.15 10.0.0.16
92 octets from lnx5.net (10.0.0.15): Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
4 5 00 5400 0000 0 0040 40 01 8b26 10.0.0.15 10.0.0.16
92 octets from lnx5.net (10.0.0.15): Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
4 5 00 5400 0000 0 0040 40 01 8b26 10.0.0.15 10.0.0.16
92 octets from lnx5.net (10.0.0.15): Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
4 5 00 5400 0000 0 0040 40 01 8b26 10.0.0.15 10.0.0.16
92 octets from lnx5.net (10.0.0.15): Destination Host Unreachable
Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst Data
4 5 00 5400 0000 0 0040 40 01 8b26 10.0.0.15 10.0.0.16
--- 10.0.0.16 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:35:3B:46
inet addr:10.0.0.15 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:9
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:540 (540.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# netstat -i
Kernel Interface table
Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR Flg
eth0 1500 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 BMU
lo 16436 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 LRU
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# exit
exit
Script done on Sat May 29 14:17:26 2004
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Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0 (2.4.20)
Anyone can pile complexity upon complexity;
only a genius can truly simplify..
.
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