Ethernet adapters vary greatly in performance. In general the newer the
design the better. Some very old cards like the 3Com 3c501 are only useful
because they can be found in junk heaps for $5 a time. Be careful
with clones, not all are good clones and bad clones often cause erratic
lockups under Linux. Read the Ethernet HOWTO,
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/, for detailed descriptions of various cards.
3Com Etherlink III Vortex Ethercards (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597) (PCI),
3Com Etherlink XL Boomerang (3c900, 3c905) (PCI) and Cyclone (3c905B, 3c980) Ethercards (3c59x driver) and
3Com Fast EtherLink Ethercard (3c515) (ISA) (3c515 driver)
Newer versions of this drivers are available at
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
Avoid the 3c900 card when possible as the driver is not functioning well for this card.
3Com 3ccfe575 Cyclone Cardbus (3c59x driver)
3Com 3c575 series Cardbus (3c59x driver) (ALL PCMCIA ??)
AMD LANCE (79C960) / PCnet-ISA/PCI (AT1500, HP J2405A, NE1500/NE2100)
For more information on Linux and use of the parallel port, go to the Linux Parallel Port Home Page
http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html or
http://www.torque.net/parport/. Check Appendix C for a complete list of supported parallel port devices (excluding printers)
Slotless
SLIP/CSLIP/PPP (serial port)
EQL (serial IP load balancing)
PLIP (parallel port) - using ``LapLink cable'' or bi-directional cable
ARCnet
Works with all ARCnet cards
TokenRing
Any IBM tokenring card not using DMA
IBM Tropic chipset cards
Madge TokenRing OCI 16/4 Mk2
FDDI
DEC DEFEA (EISA) / DEFPA (PCI) (kernel 2.0.24 and later)