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Mark Heath (mheath@netspace.net.au) wrote:
> Chris Miles (chris@melws1.rwc.org.au) wrote:

> : I'm after any tips on which ethernet cards are recommended, or
> : which ones to stay away from.  I will probably just pick up some
> : cheapies from a swap meet, but if there are some cards to avoid
> : I'd like to be aware of them!

> I'd stay away from jumperless cards, for linux, since the configuration
> utility is usually only for DOS. ( i dont know if linux has a config
> proggy for them) 
> If you are after cheap cards you'd probably get an NE2000 clone. 

> I found the jumperless ones were $45 when I bought one (isa 16bit), last 
> year.  Which I swapped for a Western Digital SMC 8013 card.

I bought a pair of Plug & Pray NE2000 cards recently. I made sure the dealer
would refund my money if they did not work under Linux before i bought them.

I did need to run the MSDOS diagnostic program to set them up and after that
they have worked fine in both my machines - a 486/33 isa and a Cyrix 686/P150
on a HX motherboard running 2.0.29.  isapnptools is essential to configuring
the card on the PCI bus. I don't do anything fancy, just play with nfs, telnet
httpd, etc.

regards,
       warrick.