Re: Ebay Auction

[Dan Brosemer <odin@cleannorth.org>]

On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 03:15:32PM -0500, Kathie Brosemer wrote:
> > Hi.  It's Blochee again.  I was just wondering if there are any manuals that
> > come with the ethernet cards.  I see to output ports on the ethernet card so
> > there must be a way to change which one the data comes out of by either
> > setting the jumpers or by using a program.  Is there a manual or program
> > that comes with it?  It would be so much easier for when I start using
> > them if there was...

They're 3c509s.. You can find two driver disks online at 3Com's website in
their support section under "Etherlink III".

In those utilities is a DOS exe that allows you to change between the AUI
and BNC ports.

The 3c509 and 3c509b use the same utility.

There's also a Linux binary that allows you to program the eeprom that you
can find on sunsite, or meatlab, or ibiblio, or whatever they call it this
week.  ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/ is the most recent name I remember, and
it'll probably still work.  Again, look for 3Com Etherlink III.

Let me know if you have any trouble with them, I have a ton of experience
with these cards.

-Dan

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