Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!cleanfeed4-a.proxad.net!nnrp3-2.free.fr!not-for-mail From: "ivan" Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking.misc Subject: Re: Strange Warp problem with ELNK References: <4acd1377-df7f-4006-a1ac-46b50e158baf@h38g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: ProNews/2 V1.59.cp120 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 03 Apr 2011 17:33:19 GMT Lines: 29 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 03 Apr 2011 19:33:19 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.248.48.64 X-Trace: 1301851999 news-4.free.fr 7290 82.248.48.64:60081 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.os2.networking.misc:21 On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 14:29:49 UTC, CY wrote: > On 3 Apr, 16:08, "Ruediger Ihle" wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:24:12 UTC, CY wrote: > > > When booting up it stops indicating ELNK59x$ is stopping the system > > > > > Booting without network attached it works, wondering if > > > the system dont like 100MB/FDX at boot. > > > > The 3C59x was 3COM's first attempt to create a PCI network > > card. It never worked right under any OS. It was on the market > > only for a very short period time and quickly got replaced by > > the much better 3C90x series. I suggest not to waste time on > > that crappy piece of hardware. > > > > -- > > Ruediger "Rudi" Ihle [S&T Systemtechnik GmbH, Germany]http://www.s-t.de > > Please remove all characters left of the "R" in my email address > > Thanks, so will chek around for some less crappy cards at work, its a > bit like grave digging. But might be some out there. You could look for some of the cards with an RTL8139 chip on them - they work without problems and the driver is on hobbes (rtsnd323.zip I think). I pick mine up at the local supermarket for 5 to 10 euro. ivan --