mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu writes:
> 
> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > On Apr 29, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote
> > > 
> 
> > > with 1.3.2 boot disk,
> > > ep1 shows up as a 3C509B EtherLink III
> > > 
> > > with 1.4_BETA boot disk,
> > > the boot message shows ep0 _and_ ep1 as 3C509B, however there is only 1
> > > NIC in this computer.  In fact if from the utility menu I run /bin/sh and
> > > then do
> > > ifconfig -a
> > > I see ep0 _and_ ep1 listed, but with the same MAC address.
> > > 
> > > I can do stuff like
> > > ifconfig ep1 my_ip_addr broadcast_addr netmask 0xffff0000
> > > route add default my_gateway_addr
> > > 
> > > and ifconfig ep1 shows the interface configured, but I can't ping the
> > > nameserver.
> > 
> > This is a know bug, I think it has been fixed now: the 3c509b shows up
> > as both regular ISA and PnP board (in fact, 3com had some kind of PnP for t
> heir
> > boards, before the real PnP was normalised, the 3c509b use both).
> > What happens if you use ep0 instead of ep1 ?
> also doesn't work.
> 
> > Otherwise someone should be able to provide you a working boot floppy.
> not a big deal since I installed via a dos partition, but it would be nice
> for it to work right..

FWIW I installed one of these cards this week, and had much the same problems.  
My "solution" was to disable PNP on the card, and now it's working fine 
(albeit as a 3c509 on ep0, instead of a 3c509b on ep1).

Later...

Greg Oster