mike@NECAM.tdd.sj.nec.com (Michael Tran) (08/24/90)
I have a 33Mhz 386 machine that recently installed with ODT. However, the kernel panics and crashes everytime I installed the machine with a Western Digital 8003 ethernet card. I have tried to set the WD card with different interrupt and IO address, but no luck. Finally, I replace the WD card with a 3Com 501 card. This was proved to be successful. The machine is now fully operational and able to use the existing network. Please let me know if you are experiencing any similar problems.
aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis) (08/28/90)
In article <361@nec-gw.nec.com> mike@NECAM.tdd.sj.nec.com (Michael Tran) writes: >I have a 33Mhz 386 machine that recently installed with ODT. However, the >kernel panics and crashes everytime I installed the machine with a Western >Digital 8003 ethernet card. I have tried to set the WD card with different >interrupt and IO address, but no luck. Finally, I replace the WD card with >a 3Com 501 card. This was proved to be successful. The machine is now >fully operational and able to use the existing network. Please let me >know if you are experiencing any similar problems. I had the same problems. The WD Ethernet cards are a real bitch if you ask me. I don't reccomend them. I too am using a 3Com card now. Apparently there are drivers for the Racal-Interlan NI5210 ethernet cards now (available from Racal-Interlan). I haven't tried them, but judging by the quality of Racal-Interlans other equipment (the NP600 comes to mind) I think they'll work just great. Aris -- Aris Stathakis | Bang: ..!uunet!ddsw1!olsa99!tabbs!aris or aris@tabbs.UUCP - - - ".... very small rocks..." - Monty Python -