On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> Curious if any ethernet experts are out there - I finally got my PS/2
> 9595-OPT server out of storage and built with WinNT4.0 and originally
> wanted to put two NICs in - one is a 3Com 3C523 with AUI/Coax and the
> other is a 3C529TP with AUI/RJ45 - both ethernet though. NT finds
> thema nd seems to agree with them and I am able to give each a TCP/IP
> address but the network never comes up. If I pull the 523 (or even the
> 529) it does. Where's the conflict coming from? What's the easiest way
> to correct this? I've had token ring and ethernet in at the same time
> int he past fine but the problem seems to be due to the same type of
> network topology being duplicated.
The most likely conflicts are hardware. Check the interrupts and the base
address each card is using. Try configuring them manually, rather than
allowing them to "plug 'n play" (if you aren't doing so already).
NT might also be the culprit, but I'm a Linux guy.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 18:40:23 BST