hello all. I am brand new to MeOS. Tried it for the first time today.. first time problems I found were Sound card wouldn't work and most importantly I can't get the network adapters to work. my laptop has PCMCIA 3com card and my desktop has a 3com 3c905B card.. Is there any changes or packet drivers out there for 3com card yet.. I haven't seen anything on here about that.

Help!
thank you

FYI...

Cool. Thanks for the quick reply. Endre is working on a 3C905-TX card drver at
the moment, so keep an eye on the forum for posts from Endre or me.

Cheers,

Mike



>Dear Mike,
>
>I'd be happy to test the DHCP client with my Linksys router for you.
>
>Ethernet cards I use include:
>
>3Com Etherlink PCI TPO (3C900B-TPO) 10BaseT RJ45 in the Compaq Presario
>7970;
>
>3Com Fast Etherlink XL PCI (3C905-TX) 10/100BaseT RJ45 with a "Parallel
>Tasking" 3com 40-0366-004 Lucent 40-03364 chip set circa 1996;
>
>3Com Fast Etherlink XL PCI (3C905-TXMBA) 10/100BaseT RJ45 with a "Parallel

>Tasking" 3com 40-0483-004 Lucent 40-04834 chip set circa 1999.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>John Fredrickson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mikeh@oceanfree.net [mailto:mikeh@oceanfree.net]
>Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 3:49 PM
>To: John Fredrickson
>Subject: Re: Lucent chip set for Ethernet
>
>
>Hi John,
>
>thanks for your interest.
>
>Your correct, 3com cards are not supported. Endre is working on a 3com 3c905

>card driver but I cant say if your card has a compatible chip set.
>
>At the moment the fastest was of getting MEnuet up and running would be to

>purchase
>a new card. The realtek rtl8029 ans rtl8139 chip sets are implemeted on some

>very cheap PCI cards; the best bet would be to go to a store, look at the
>card
>and see if the chip is fitted. I have bought and tested several cards using

>that technique!
>
>I would be very interested in having you get networking up and running
>because
>you would be able to do so valuable DHCP testing for me, which would be
>great!
>
>
>If you can email me with a precise description of your card, and ideally the

>part number of the chip on it, I may be able to do something for you. Many

>chipsets
>implement 'compatible' modes ( ne2000 for example ) and it may be possible

>for
>me to modify an existing driver, if that is the case.
>
>Look forward to hearing from you,
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike

All the three chips will be supported by one driver. The situation is not so beautiful though. The 3C905 series, better saying chips with full bus mastering (nickname is boomerang) are the first ones which will be supported soon. Nevertheless PCMCIA cards won't work since we have no Cardbus driver yet.

Endre

*whines and looks up cardbuss driver info for toshiba*
Wishing

3Com EtherLink XL COMBO 10Mb Ethernet NIC (3C900-COMBO)

Whether it will be supported?

Yes, it will, and if I have correctly checked the type then it will be supported from the first release of the driver on.

Endre.