> > But... may I ask a stupid question: why don't you buy a *real* ethernet > PCI > > card, these days 10/100 are very cheap (around 10$/euro). > > Ne2k-compatible cards are crap, technology-speaking. > > I have another card lying around (from Allied Telesyn, don't know which > model), but the current one worked fine. It's an RTL8029 chip. Okay, my other card has a RTL8139C chip. Does this work? Waldemar