---
name: "3c5x9setup"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nictools-nopci"
version: "1.3.3-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/3c5x9setup"
---

# 3c5x9setup(8)

setup program for the 3Com 3x9 cards.

## NAME

3c5x9setup - setup program for the 3Com 3x9 cards.

## SYNOPSIS

**3c5x9setup** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**3c5x9setup** is a program that you can use to setup 3Com 3c5x9  series ethercards.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-V, --verbose**

  Verbose mode

- **-D, --debug**

  Show Debug messages

- **-a, --all**

  Print all registers

- **-p, --base-address \<port\>**

  Specify port to use

- **-E, --emergency-rewrite**

  Re-write a corrupted EEPROM

- **-f, --force-detection**

  Force if card is busy

- **-F, --new-interface \<type\>**

  Interface type to be used. This can be 10baseT, 10base2 or AUI.

- **-P, --new-IOaddress, --new-base-address \<port\>**

  New base I/O address

- **-H, --new-hwaddress \<addr\>**

  New base hardware address

- **-Q, --new-irq \<irq\>**

  Specify interrupt number

- **-w, --write-EEPROM \<values\>**

  Write to the EEPROMS with the specified values.

## SEE ALSO

[**el3diag**(8)](/el3diag/8.md),

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Alain Schroeder \<alain@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).