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From: Manfred Bartz
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 00:00

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mbourna@ibm.net (Michael Bournazos) writes:

> I'm lookng at some cheap NE2000 clones - Sky2000 cards by SkyMaster.
> 
> Has anyone used these cards?  Any comments on how well behaved they
> are?

I have 3 `brand unknown' NE2000 clones costing about $30 each.  No
problems encountered. Had to use DOS to set them up since there were 
no jumpers.

Linux has difficulty detecting NE2000 cards. Pass 
``ether=11,0x240,eth0'' or whatever is appropriate for your system, 
to your kernel.

-- 
Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>
  --- LINUX, live free or die ---

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