tosmrtbt NIC cards

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: tosmrtbt NIC cards
started by: clivesay

Posted by clivesay on Dec. 06 2004,19:36

Can anyone who has used tomsrtbt share what models of nics they have used successfully? I have tried three different one's without success and would like to be able to setup network installs.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Chris

Posted by henk1955 on Dec. 08 2004,09:36

3Com 3c905-TX (pci) works

3Com 3c509b (isa) doesnt work. i think because of plug and pray settings

unkown with intel 82558b (pci) doesnt work

Posted by clivesay on Dec. 08 2004,12:51

henk -

I have a 3C905-TX but it wasn't recognized from what I can tell. Do I have to do something to get it operating?

Thanks for the list!

Chris

Posted by henk1955 on Dec. 08 2004,14:00

first time i test it dhcp did not work
ifconfig sayed ip:1.1.1.1
i had to set the ip myself.

second time ( in another slot) it started, got its ip by dhcp

i used tomsrtbt-2.0.103

Posted by clivesay on Dec. 08 2004,14:23

I tried booting with that card. When the card is recognized the irq is 0. I get a warning 'IRQ 0 is unlikely to work'.

Any ideas?

Chris

Posted by caulktel on Dec. 08 2004,20:47

Toms rtbt works with my Netgear FA-411 nic just fine. I wish he would release a newer version that works with wireless cards.

Posted by clivesay on Dec. 08 2004,21:21

I am getting:

Cannot allocate IRQ #0
Device or resource busy

This is the only PCI card in the machine. I am at a loss.

Posted by henk1955 on Dec. 08 2004,21:51

some (Award)bios have an option to clear ESCD (Extended System Configuratin Data)
if this data is cleared. then at the first reboot the bios scans all PnP devices again. and asign new i/o, dma and irq again. in some cases where a new pci-NIC was placed in a pc it conflicts with the video. then a clear of ESCD solved the problem.
maybe your bios has on option like that.

Posted by roberts on Dec. 08 2004,23:55

I use an old Linksys EtherFast 10/100+56K Modem PC Card Model PCMLM56
Both the wired ethernet and the modem work fine.

Posted by libretto on Dec. 08 2004,23:59

Tomsrtbt worked on an IBM TP240 using a NETGEAR FA410 10/100 PCMCIA card

Posted by clivesay on Dec. 09 2004,15:43

henk -

Thanks for the idea, it found that option but I am still getting that the IRQ is 0 and that the device is busy. I will ahve to try on another machine.

Chris