I currently use an Intel EtherExpress 16 ISA card in both my computers.
The big one is an 486 DX4 100, PCI system, running the latest Linux version.
The other one is an 386 DX 40, ISA system, running Linux 1.2.13 .
The 386 has hardly any problems with this network card. Unfortunately the
486 has troubles. The driver fails to correctly initialize the EEXP.
I let the computer ping each other. This does not work. After a while the
486 displays several error messages indicating a timeout of the network
card. Then everything suddenly works. It keeps running then without trouble.
Running an 1.2.13 kernel on my 486 does not solve the problem.
Could someone please help me finding the problem ?
Thanks in advance,
Bas Mevissen
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