having problems configuring network cards

[Zev]

i just installed 7.2 its got some new interfaces i'm not totally familiar with.   the new network card installation program, after i tell it what kind of a card it is, and its irq, and io addresses, doestn initialize the card.   its a 3com509 and it is set as a non-plug and play, it params are hard set. and it is and isa card.   there used to be other programs to do this, but i have been away from linux for about a year and cant remember the programs names that i used to use.   one i think was linuxcof which seems to no longer be included with this version of red hat linux.   could someone point mer down the right path ?   thanks :-)   zev (pb69)