Hi, I'm using RedHat 7.0 with a single 3com509 NIC in an old 100MHz Pentium box. On boot, the NIC won't be recognized. Once I use modprobe (modprobe 3c509) and restart the network (/etc/init.d/network restart), all is well. Where do I poke around to get things squared away for boot-up? thanks, Kevin

For me, it's /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. It's probably different for a RedHat system, but the path I gave you should help, at least. Just uncomment or insert /sbin/modprobe 3c509 in your modules file.

You can add "modprobe 3c509" to the top of the file /etc/sysconfig/network OR Add the line "alias eth0 3c509" to /etc/modules.conf and then run "depmod -a". That should work.

Thanks for your help. All was well in /etc/modules.conf. I think I had some other problems on the machine - I decided to just wipe the box out and install v7.3, and it hung during installation (!). I ended up yanking out the sound card, modem, and the second hard drive (didn't want them anyway), THEN the install ran fine, and the NIC was picked-up correctly during install. It will remain a mystery for me; I'm not going back and find out which component was the culprit. thanks again, Kevin