Gustavo Gouvea wrote:
Hi all,
I am currently upgrading a Linux router on my net and I found some problems with the network
card:
On this new router I am using a 3com590c which works fine when I use the RJ-45 (10/100)
conection. This card has an RJ-45, a BNC and an AUI conector. But I have to use the AUI
conection.
The fact is that it doens't work with the AUI conection, only with a RJ-45/Twisted pair.
I have tried to load the module (3c59x) with "options=1", to force AUI conection, but I dont
know if the option is correct (1).
The cables are all ok, because the old router is up and running just fine, using a 3com
Etherlink II. I cannot use this card because its an ISA card, and I dont have ISA slots on the
new machine.
Is that possible for this card (3c590c) to be damaged only on the AUI conector?
(I do the test pinging a machine on the same network, which is my gateway)
Is it possible that this gateway is doing a MAC address filtering and I will have to ask the
backbone admin to alow my new NIC?
I have very little experience with this AUI conections, so any tips would be very helpfull.
Thanks a lot.
Gustavo Gouvea
I haven't had much experience with AUI connections since 1995 - when we
used to use them exclusively.
Back in those days we used to have to run a 3COM utility (check their
web-site), to set the flash ROM to AUI mode.
It may not have changed?
Have you even checked the 3Com site for support?
Regards,
Ed.
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