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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Wed, 12 May 2004, Sindi Keesan wrote:

> I unzipped and found w906dm.exe which I ran in the machine with the card 
> and it told me:
> 
> base = 300h
> IRQ = 10
> Media = UTP
> 
> 
> insmod 8390
> insmod ne io=0x300 irq=10
> 
> This seems to have worked: 
> eth0:  NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 10
> 
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1
> route
> 
> This now gives a line with eth0 on it, so I will try doing a file 
transfer.

Well, the operation was a success but the file transfer is not.  I get the
correct line (192.168.0.0 ......  eth0) by typing route after doing the 
insmods and ifconfigs on both computers, the cable is plugged in at both 
ends, and I ping in both directions and 56 byte packets are repeatedly not 
transferred.  0% transfer, 100% loss.

I checked with a diagnostic program in DOS and it says IRQ 10 and 11 are 
both open.  (Other cards, all PCI, have ended up getting installed at 11 
or 12 sometimes if the sound card is at 10).

Is this a sign of a dead ethernet card?  Or maybe the 100MBit PCI Kingston 
and the 10Mbit Winbond ISA card don't like each other?  I had no problem 
sending from 100Mbit to 10Mbit both PCI.  Does something else need to be 
set somehow?  

Four out of seven cards working is not bad.  I will try to find the 3com 
diagnostic program in the file that I got already.