On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 11:55:43AM -0500, Gordon R. Keehn wrote:
> I just upgraded a running FC2 system to FC3, and everything seemed
> to go smoothly except that I lost network connectivity via a slightly
> aged but still functional 3C509B NIC. I've tried reactivating it via
> the Network config program, but while its existence is acknowledged, it
> doesn't respond to my requests to start interfacing. Since the only
> access to the world beyond my home office is via that network card, it
> reduces the value of that system substantially.
> Has anyone else run into (and gone beyond) this problem?
RH doesn't seem to distribute the binary driver for those old ISA
network cards anymore. much to my chagrin. I've got a half-dozen or so
3c509b-tpo cards around here. Last time I looked they did distribute
the source, still, so you could build the module yourself if you
wanted to.
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