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[Robert Steinmetz <rob AT steinmetznet.com>]

Sindi Keesan wrote:

> Linux HOWTO says to us driver 3c509 and something about latency and not
> enough buffer but the B version had more RAM onboard. 
I used to use a lot of these cards, they were very reliable and 3com has 
a lifetime warranty, if you have one go bad you can sent it to them and 
they will send you another one.

> Mine is version TP which is not mentioned.  I should use a DOS utility to 
> disable PnP first,
> then do a hard reset.
There were several versions of this card with different cable 
connectors. Some early version did not have the RJ45 8 conductor cable. 
Some had 3 connectors BNC AUI and TP (Twisted Pair - RJ45 ) some had 
only the Twisted Pair ( RJ45 ) connector.

> The utility also lets me select 10baseT (RJ45),
> 10base2 (BNC) or AUI (the game port?) and this is not automatic.
It is automatic on at least some versions of the cards, but can be set 
by the utility.

> I did not understand much of this and don't know where I would get a utility.
It is a DOS utility and can still be downloaded from 3com's website 
www.3com.com, select support -> downloads -> 3c509. If not I'm sure it's 
out there on the internet somewhere. Finally I could send it to you if 
you can't find it anywhere else , but I would have to go find it and 
make a zip file so it would probably have to wait until this weekend.

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