[vortex] Need newest drivers for 3com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)

[Martin d Anjou]

Check the driver you have by looking at the source code included with your
kernel. In my case, it is: /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c59x.c

The most recent update I see is "LK1.1.19 10Nov02". I do not know of a 
more recent driver, this hardware is pretty old anyway. My guess is you 
already have the latest driver, but probably just have a configuration 
problem. BTW, I could never get the WOL feature working on this card.

To learn about your driver and your card settings, try these tools from 
the command line:

lspci -vvv
ifconfig
ethtool -i eth0

I don't know more than that.

Martin


On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, River Karl wrote:

>        I recently installed Suse Linux 9.3 Professional and I am very new
> to the Linux OS. I have a 3com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC
> (3C905B-TX) network card installed on my computer, but I am unable to get on
> the internet. The card also shows up on my router with an orange indicator
> light while my other computers show up as green. This indicates that my
> computer is connecting at 10 mbps, but it always connected at 100 mbps with
> Windows and the internet would run fine. Also, the card is currently showing
> up as a 3C905B and not a 3C905B-TX like it did with windows. The hardware
> module currently loaded for it is 3C59x. I have heard the solution to this
> problem is getting the latest drivers for this card. Could you tell me where
> I could get the latest drivers for this card and how I would install them.
>
> -River K.
>