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Re: 3com PCMCIA experience?



In article <Pine.NEB.4.62.0502211749290.24528%lain.ziaspace.com@localhost>,
John Klos  <john%ziaspace.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>> 3Com 3c562, 3c574 and 3c589 family (ep)
>>>> ep*   at pcmcia? function ?           # 3Com 3c589 and 3c562 Ethernet
>>>
>>> Forgot to mention that this is 1.6.2.
>>
>> Looks like it is supported... What did the dmesg say?
>
>Actually, dmesg didn't show the card at all. No card related messages.
>
>The AmigaDOS SANA-II drivers for the 3com cards just cover the 3c562 / 
>3c563 / 3c589 cards, and don't mention the 3c574. Also, the other cards 
>appear to just be 10 Mbps, but the 3c574 is 10/100. So they're more 
>different than I thought.
>
>Will I ever see 100 Mbps ethernet on my Amigas...?

The 3c574 should work with the ep driver... I don't know why it did not
probe for you. Getting 100Mbits in pcmcia is another story...

christos




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