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Looking for Linux Network Interface Card Driver for a 3Com 3C9050 and instructions on how to install

I am in need of a Network Interface Card driver for my 3Com 3C9050 NIC card.  The operating system is UBUNTU.

I have never installed anything in Linux (Microsoft ex-patriot), especially hardware drivers in a Linux environment, so it would be great if you could provide me with instructions on how to install as well.

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The 3C905 card drivers are included in Ubuntu and should work without any changes.

Please post the output of:

ifconfig -a
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The output from lspci would also be helpful. At the latest Linux source 2.6.37.1 there is no reference in the source to 3c9050, only 3c905 variants such as 3c905B, 3c905B-FX, 3c905C and so on. These are all handled by the 3c59x driver: modprobe 3c59x to load it.
which version of ubuntu are you using.  i'd highly recommend version 10.04 rather than 10.10
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I am using 8.04, and I would upgrade, but because of the NIC problem, my PC can't find the internet.  What is Ispci, and how do I find out whether the 3c509 driver has been loaded?
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Ubuntu is becoming allot like windows, where people just click next at questions, and never learn UNIX.

If you plan on going all the way, rather go for something like FreeBSD - http://www.freebsd.org
Most people only find FreeBSD, after struggling with Ubuntu or Fedora Cora for years.

You can build it like you want it.
Play with all the packages before you decide on your favorite GUI. There are many of them, you don't have to use the stock Ubuntu one.

You will learn allot more about UNIX in the process, and maybe learn to love it.
I worked with Unix for many years, but it's been close to 9 years since I worked with it professionally.  I am aware of FreeBSD.  However, each version of Unix and Linux is much like each version of DOS (when Microsoft wasn't the only player in the PC world ... pre-windows).  Just needed a book to act as a TripTik through UBuntu.  I'll follow up on your suggestion about FreeBSD.

Thanks
Agree regarding the "point and grunt" nature of the GUI environment, but there's no need to desert Linux just because of not liking a particular distribution or 2. There's one distribution where you build everything from source yourself: Gentoo I think. Personally I've always run Slackware which has a non-GUI installer and minimal distribution-introduced extras. You can review what's available at distrowatch. BSD is there too
Thanks.  I'm happy with UBuntu for now.  Not really shopping for an OS.  Just trying to address an issue that Microsoft's proprietary nature made difficult for me when I tried to move an HDD from one machine to another.
The online documentation is the best source of information.

This site: http://ubuntu-manual.org/ offers a book you can buy or download.
I haven't tried it.

Enjoy.
Thanks . . . It appears to be FREE :-)
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