Re: [Sheflug] Fun networking problem :)

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
> it may not be relevant but have you any particular reason for putting the 
> 3Com on the par port IRQ? Normal default settings for this card are IRQ10 & 
> IO 0x300. 
> 
> Paul. 

I knew summat used IRQ 7 - couldn't think what...printer port lp0 is a module 
.. I forget why I did this - at the time it was important :) But that's why 
it's on 7...it was the only one free at that time :)

5 is taken by soundcard, 10 is taken by video card. I might flip it back to 
10, and let the PCI sort itself out...I'd get a PCI net card if it wasn't for 
the fact all the slots are taken and a single ISA slot is all I have left. 
Why ISA cards were made so they could only be setup for certain IRQ's (rather 
than "pick a number between 1 and 15", it's often a case of pick a number out 
of "3, 5, 7, 10, 12 and then sacrifice a goat") I'll never know...it's even 
dafter with serial ports...last time I tried to get a COM3/COM4 (internal 
modem) I never got the bloody thing working without disabling one of the 
built-in serial ports.

*sigh*

Chris...


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