ether16 10Base T LAN (linksys..)

[Georgios Vetoulis]

Hello,

I believe I have a hardware problem, but before I take the card back
to the store, I would like to make sure that it's not some mistake
of mine.

I have a linux machine v. 2.0.36 with a 3com 905B PCI card which works
vey nicely attached to a cable modem. 
I also have a win98 machine with a PCI 3com 905B already installed.
I decided to set up a small LAN. I bought the  Linksys ether16 10Base T
and installed it as a second NIC on the linux box, Cat 5 cables and a
cheap 5-port linksys hub. 
When I connect the win98 box NIC to the hub, the corresponding LED lights
up at the hub.
When I connect from the linux side the linksys card to the hub, the 
corresponding LED on the hub stays off.

The Linksys card itself is detected by the kernel 

Dec  1 22:49:21 vetoulis kernel: ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Dec  1 22:49:21 vetoulis kernel: NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x240: 00 40 05 
6c f6 d8
Dec  1 22:49:21 vetoulis kernel: eth1: NE2000 found at 0x240, using IRQ 5.

and its own LEDs are lit.

Doing the ifconfig/route business works OK, in the sense that I don't get
any errors. Pinging the win98 causes 100% packet loss.

Am I correct in assuming the card is defective? Or have I overlooked
something?

Thanks for your help


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Georgios Vetoulis, Research Associate
Institute for Plasma Research, 
Univ. of Maryland at College Park