[aclug-L] Re: NIC question

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

all of mine are smc's.

smc ultra's will autodetect.
the older one's will work but require a little work to setup(they show up as WD 
80**'s).
you have to get a dos util to probe it to see exactly what it is.
i still have a copy i think

phrostie


Wayne White wrote:

> Do SMC network cards work under linux? I'm sorry, I don't
> know the model.
>
> When you place a second NIC into a linux machine, how does
> it know it's there? Is there some sort of install procedure
> you must follow so that linux knows it's there? Do you just
> set up a second ethernet connection (eth1) and point it at
> the card?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne

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