10 Network adapters

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Ethernet adapters vary greatly in performance. In general the newer the design the better. Some very old cards like the 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.

10.1 Supported

ISA

EISA and onboard controllers

Pocket and portable adapters

Slotless

ARCnet

10.2 Others

ISDN

Amateur radio cards

No support for the PMP/Baycom board

PCMCIA cards

Token Ring

10.3 Unsupported

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