>On 12 Dec, Vidiot wrote:
>
>>>With NE2000-type ethernet cards, I *always* start by configuring the
>>>card using the DOS setup/diagnostic tools that come with it. If I
>>>forget, I can never get Linux to see the card. If you don't have the
>>>driver disk, you should find the drivers on the Net no problem.
>>
>> PCI plug-n-play card do not need to be "set up." Drop it in and watch
>> Linux find it automatically.
>
>Oh yes, should have said. But my home network and the others I have
>experimented with all use ISA cards - dirt cheap (i.e. people just give
>them to me) and still very reliable (most of them).
>Bruce
I too have some old ISA NE2000 cards that are functional, as they were taken
out of working boxes. Just needed to make that part clear :-)
MB
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