Two NICs in one machine - how?

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed Aug 8 22:56:27 2001

Will give it a try, thanks.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jim Tuck
-> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:25 PM
-> To: 'classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org'
-> Subject: RE: Two NICs in one machine - how?
->
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-> I dealt with a similar prob.. Came down to both cards were factory set
-> to
-> hard IO/IRQ assignment. Just grab the 3Com config tools, set them to
-> 0x280 and 0x300 IRQ 10 and 11(or whatever you have free).
->
-> Mine were both 529 tho..
->
-> Jim
->
-> On Wednesday, August 08, 2001 6:26 PM, Russ Blakeman
-> [SMTP:rhblake_at_bigfoot.com] 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.
-> > << File: ATT00001.html >>
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Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 22:56:27 BST