[Sunhelp] Solaris on x86 & ENET Cards

Wes Hofmann whofmann at mho.net
Sun Jun 20 13:23:18 CDT 1999


There is a utility on 3Com's web site that will allow you to disable PnP
support on the 3C509B.  You can "hard-code" the IO port, IRQ, and other
configuration information with this utility.  I've found that most os's
like the card much more if it's in non-PnP mode. :)

Wes Hofmann

Paolo Di Francesco wrote:
> 
> > The three cards are: intel pro 100B integreted.
> > 3com 3c509B, and intel pro 100B in a PCI slot.
> >
> 
> I used an EtherlinkIII ISA and it worked fine. PnP mode on.
> I didn't try without the PnP support, so _maybe_ you have to
> enable it. But I think it should work without the PnP.
> 
> What exactly is the problem? Have you the configuration file for the
> card in the /etc dir?
> 
> Ciao Ciao
>        Paolo Di Francesco
>    _
>  ->B<-   All Recycled Bytes Message ...
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