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From: jeays@statcan.ca (Mike Jeays)
Subject: 3Com 3C509 card
Message-ID: <DztAAF.649@statcan.ca>
Organization: Statistics Canada
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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 03:13:27 GMT
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I have just installed an ethernet 3c509 card and an
ISDN connection, and it works well under W*nd*ws 95 -
which at least shows the hardware is functional.

I recompiled the kernel with the statements
"device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr"
and
"pseudo-device ether"

but my system fails to find a device ep0 at boot time.

Is this because the port or IRQ numbers might be different,
and how do I find out what they should be?

What else do I need to do to enable this network connection?
The section in the manual seems not to have been written yet.
Any help will be much appreciated - sorry if these are easy
questions!  I am using release 2.0.1, and am looking forward
to taking W*n95 off my machine and reclaiming all that disk
space!