Thanks to everyone who replied. I am grateful. I will implement the solution this weekend. Thanks, Bill On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 06:54:56 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey All, > You can adjust the settings (IO,IRQ) of your 3com cards via their dos > setup utility. There really is no need to buy another card. > HTH, > > Harry Hoffman > Manager - Information Technology > Restaurants Unlimited Inc. > 206.634.3082 x. 270 > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Justin Zygmont wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, bill t wrote: > > > > > > > > Here is the situation. > > > > > > I am building a firewall with an old 486 33 Mhz. > > > Motherboard = ??? > > > ram = 20 M > > > hd = 800 M > > > 2 3com 3c509 ethernet cards > > > 1 56 k zircon internal modem > > > > > > The problem. > > > The network hangs. > > > if one ethernet card is started I can ping the test machine easily. When the > > > second is turned on everything freezes. > > > > > > Questions > > > > > > Has anyone seen this before? > > > Is there a fix? > > > > Yes. I had the EXACT same problem. Your 3c509's are defaulting to IRQ 10 > > since they are PnP. My solution was to but a jumpered SMC card for $5 and > > set it's IRQ to something other that 10. The remaining 3com will work > > fine. The 3coms will chose IRQ 10 regardless of any software settings. > > > > hope this helps... > > > > > > > For the record I haven't gone through the howto networking on this yet but > > > plan to download the most recent. > > > > > > Any help would be appriciated > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > > Get 100% FREE email for life from Excite Canada > > > Visit http://mail.excite.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > techtalk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE email for life from Excite Canada Visit http://mail.excite.ca _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
