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 <ul>  <ul>
 <li> All mainstream i386 architecture CPU chips, including 386,  <li> All mainstream i386 architecture CPU chips
         486, Pentium, Pentium-Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3,  <ul>
         and the Cyrix processor family (including the MediaGX).  Everything  <LI>386/486 (SX/DX)
         that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.  The  <li>Intel Pentium/Pentium-MMX
         only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed  <li>Intel Pentium Pro/II/III
         motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.  <LI>AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-3
   <LI>AMD Athlon
   <LI>Cyrix MediaGX/M1/M2
   <LI>Rise mP6
   <LI>IDT WinChip
   <LI>NexGen 586
   </ul>
   Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine.  The
   only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed
   motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.
 <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, or PCMCIA bus based machines.  <li> All standard ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI, or PCMCIA bus based machines.
 <li> Floppy controllers.  <li> Floppy controllers.
 <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.  <li> ISA MFM, ESDI, IDE, and RLL hard disk controllers.
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   </ul>    </ul>
 <li>WAN adapters:  <li>WAN adapters:
   <ul>    <ul>
   <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS3 WAN interfaces. (<i>lmc</i>)    <li>Lan Media Corporation SSI (T1)/HSSI/DS1/DS3  WAN interfaces. (<i>lmc</i>)
   </ul>    </ul>
 <li> Ethernet adapters:  <li> Ethernet adapters:
   <ul>    <ul>
     <li> Adaptec "Starfire" AIC-6915-based adapters, (<i>sf</i>) including:
   <li> Alteon Tigon I & II based PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters, including:  
     <ul>      <ul>
       <li> Adaptec Single32 ANA-69011
       <li> Adaptec Single64 ANA-62011
       <li> Adaptec Duo64 ANA-62022
       <li> Adaptec Quartet64 ANA-62044
       </ul>
     <li> Alteon Tigon I & II based PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapters, (<i>ti</i>) including:
       <ul>
     <li> 3Com 3c985      <li> 3Com 3c985
     <li> Alteon ACEnic      <li> Alteon ACEnic
     <li> Netgear GA620      <li> Netgear GA620
     <li> SGI Tigon      <li> SGI Tigon
     </ul>      </ul>
   
   <li> AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters, including:    <li> AMD LANCE and PCnet-based ISA Ethernet adapters, (<i>le</i>) including:
     <ul>      <ul>
     <li> Novell NE1500T      <li> Novell NE1500T
     <li> Novell NE2100      <li> Novell NE2100
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     <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber      <li> AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, and StarLAN Fiber
     </ul>      </ul>
   
   <li> ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:    <li> ASIX 88140A/88141-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (<i>ax</i>) including:
     <ul>      <ul>
     <li> CNet Pro110 (<i>ax</i>)      <li> CNet Pro110
     <li> Alfa Inc. GFC2204 (<i>ax</i>)      <li> Alfa Inc. GFC2204
     </ul>      </ul>
   
   <li> 3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)    <li> 3Com 3c501 (<i>el</i>)
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   <li> 3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)    <li> 3Com 3c507 (<i>ie</i>)
   <li> 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)    <li> 3Com 3c509, 3c579, and 3c59x (<i>ep</i>)
   <li> 3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)    <li> 3Com 3c515 (<i>ef</i>)
   <li> 3Com 3c9xx, including the 3c905B (newer version), 3c905C, and 3c905B-FX (100Mbit ethernet over fiber) (<i>xl</i>)    <li> 3Com 3c9xx Etherlink XL adapters, (<i>xl</i>) including:
   
   <li> Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including:  
     <ul>      <ul>
     <li> older SMC EtherPower 10, 10/100 (PCI only!)      <li>3Com 3c900/3c900B
     <li> older LinkSys 10, 10/100      <li>3Com 3c905/3c905B/3c905C
     <li> Znyx ZX34<i>X</i>      <li>3Com 3c980/3c980C server adapter
       <li>3Com 3c900B-FL and 3c900b-FL/FX fiber optic adapters
       <li>Dell on-board 3c920
       <li>Dell Precision on-board 3c905B
       <li>Dell Optiplex GX1 on-board 3c918
       <li>Dell Latitude laptop docking station embedded 3c905
       </ul>
     <li> Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, (<i>de</i>) including:
       <ul>
       <li> older SMC PCI EtherPower 10, 10/100
       <li> older LinkSys 10, 10/100 (newer models are supported by other drivers)
       <li> Znyx ZX34<i>x</i>
     <li> Cogent EM100      <li> Cogent EM100
     <li> Digital DE450      <li> Digital DE450
     <li> Digital DE500      <li> Digital DE500
     <li> Almost all other variants work.      <li> Almost all other variants work.
     </ul>      </ul>
    <li> DC21140 Four port cards     <li> Digital DC2114x-based four port cards, (<i>de</i>) including:
    <ul>     <ul>
    <li> Adaptec ANA-6944A     <li> Adaptec ANA-6944A
    <li> Cogent EM400     <li> Cogent EM400
      <li> Compex 400TX
    <li> Znyx ZX346     <li> Znyx ZX346
    </ul>     </ul>
   <li> BICC Isolan <sup>(1)</sup> -- not recently tested    <li> BICC Isolan <sup>(1)</sup> -- not recently tested
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   <li> SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards    <li> SMC 8416 ("EtherEZ") PNP cards
   <li> SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100    <li> SMC 9432 ("EtherPower II") EPIC 10/100
   <li> Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)    <li> Intel EtherExpress 16 (<i>ie</i>)
   <li> Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof)    <li> Novell NE1000, NE2000 (PCI and ISA variants thereof) (<i>ne</i>)
   <li> Intel 8255x-based PCI ethernet adapters, including:    <li> Intel 8255x-based PCI ethernet adapters, (<i>fxp</i>) including:
     <ul>      <ul>
     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 and PRO/10+ (<i>fxp</i>)      <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/10 and PRO/10+
     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ cards (<i>fxp</i>)      <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100, PRO/100B, and PRO/100+ cards
     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter" (<i>fxp</i>)      <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ "Management Adapter"
     <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port cards (<i>fxp</i>)      <li> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Dual Port cards
     </ul>      </ul>
   <li> Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI Ethernet adapters, including:    <li> Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI Ethernet adapters, (<i>tl</i>) including:
      <ul>       <ul>
      <li> Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters       <li> Compaq Netelligent PCI Adapters
      <li> Compaq NetFlex 3/P       <li> Compaq NetFlex 3/P
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      <li> Racore 8165 and 8148       <li> Racore 8165 and 8148
      <li> TI ThunderLAN adapters       <li> TI ThunderLAN adapters
      </ul>       </ul>
   <li> RealTek 8129/8139 based adapters, including:    <li> RealTek 8129/8139 based adapters, (<i>rl</i>) including:
      <ul>       <ul>
      <li> Accton MPX 5030/5038       <li> Accton MPX 5030/5038
      <li> Allied Telesyn AT2550       <li> Allied Telesyn AT2550
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      <li> OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX       <li> OvisLink LEF-8129TX, LEF-8139TX
      <li> SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX       <li> SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
      </ul>       </ul>
   <li> Macronix 98713/98715/98725 Ethernet adapters, including:    <li> Macronix 98713/98715/98725 Ethernet adapters, (<i>mx</i>) including:
      <ul>       <ul>
        <li> Addtron AEF-320TX/AEF-330TX
      <li> NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110       <li> NDC Communications SOHOware SFA110
      <li> SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card       <li> SVEC PN102-TX fast ethernet card
      </ul>       </ul>
   <li> VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters, including:    <li> VIA Rhine/RhineII Ethernet adapters, (<i>rl</i>) including:
      <ul>       <ul>
        <li> Addtron AEF-360TX
      <li> Hawking PN102TX       <li> Hawking PN102TX
      <li> D-Link DFE530TX       <li> D-Link DFE530TX
      </ul>       </ul>
   <li> Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II adapters, including:    <li> Lite-On PNIC/PNIC-II adapters, (<i>pn</i>) including:
     <ul>      <ul>
     <li> Netgear FA310TX rev D1      <li> Netgear FA310TX rev D1
     <li> LinkSys LNE100TX      <li> LinkSys LNE100TX
     <li> Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100      <li> Matrox Networks FastNIC 10/100
     </ul>      </ul>
   <li> Winbond W89C840F Ethernet adapters, including:    <li> Winbond W89C840F Ethernet adapters, (<i>wb</i>) including:
     <ul>      <ul>
     <li> Trendware TE100-PCIE      <li> Trendware TE100-PCIE
     <li> Compex RL100-ATX 10/100baseTX      <li> Compex RL100-ATX 10/100
     </ul>      </ul>
   <li> SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) Gigabit Ethernet adapters    <li> SysKonnect SK-984x (9841/9842/9843/9844) Gigabit Ethernet adapters (<i>sk</i>)
   </ul>    </ul>
   
 <li> Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards  <li> Many kinds of ISA Plug-and-Play cards
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