problems with onboard LAN on P4C800 Deluxe (newbie alert)

[jeffceth]

Hi, I just switched to fedora core 1 after a hugely frustrating round of windows crashes so I know precious little about linux. I have a 3COM gigabit LAN on my P4C800 deluxe mobo and I downloaded, compiled and installed the 3C984/2000 driver but my connection is slow(I'm on ADSL but I get something like dial-up) and some sites and stuff refuse to connect. In particular I cannot connect with up2date. Can I find another driver somewhere to fix this?

thanks in advance for the help

jeff

[Jman]

and some sites and stuff refuse to connect
So it works just not very well? Hmm.

The default up2date severs are fequently busy. Check out this FAQ (http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/#SlowUpdateServers) for how to change that.

As for the card, have you tried Main Menu > System Settings > Network ? The new device wizard has a 3Com 3c590/3c595/3c90x/3cx980 driver that looks promising.

[delpi]

Where did you get you driver from? Are you using an equivalent driver or an exact one?

[jeffceth]

I'm using the exact driver from the asus website. I tried the 3Com 3c590/3c595/3c90x/3cx980 driver but it didn't help. fortunately, I'm now up to date but I still can't access certain sites.

jeffceth

[Prometheus]

Maybe this will help

http://fedoranews.org/krishnan/tips/tip041.shtml

says what this guy did, maybe itll work for you if you only use half duplex.... Hope it helps

Prometheus