LAN Cards with Linux driver:

1. Optical Fiber Card
   1. AFC1100/1200 CardBus Multi-Mode 100Base-FX Adapters
   2. AFC1300SC/ST PC Card Multi-Mode 100Base-FX Adapters
   3. AFP1100/1200/1300/1400 PCI Multi-Mode 100Base-FX Adapters
2. UTP Card
   1. ADP1100/1100A 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Adapters
   2. ADP1500 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Adapter
   3. ADP1600 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Wake-On-LAN Adapter
   4. AGP5400 64/32-Bit PCI 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
   5. AGP5500 32-Bit PCI 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
   6. EN-9400P3 32-Bit PCI 10Base-T Adapter
   7. FE-1430TX 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Adapter
   8. FE-1430TX.W 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Wake-On-LAN Adapter
   9. FE-1439CP/E/TX 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Adapters
   10. FE-1439TX.W 32-Bit PCI 10/100Base-TX Wake-On-LAN Adapter
   11. FE-6100TX 16-Bit PC Card 10/100Base-TX Adapter
   12. FE-6550TX 32-Bit CardBus 10/100Base-TX Adapter

All the above mentioned cards are equipped with Realtek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet controller.  Any Linux drivers, which are written for Realtek RTL8139 chip, may probably work with the cards listed.  Follows the link below to downloaded the source code for the kernel module.  For more details on how to compile and insert a kernel module, please refer to your Linux HOWTOs documentation.

http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.htm

Note:  Linux kernel 2.4 or above comes with driver module 'rtl8139.o'.  Simply install the LAN card first, and then start your Linux installation procedures.  Card will automatically be detected and module will be used without user intervention.

If you have encounter any time out errors, be sure the v1.05 or latest driver is being used.

All the above mentioned cards are equipped with Intel (Digital Equipment) DC2114x Fast Ethernet controller.  Any Linux drivers, which is written for Intel (DEC) DC21x4 chip, may probably work with these cards.

Most Linux distributions may come with the 'tulip.o' network kernel module, which is for Intel (DEC) 21040/21041/21140/21142/21143 chips.  You can use this module for the cards listed.  If your distributions don't come with the module, you can follow the link below to download the source codes.

http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html

Note:  Please note that if Wake-On-LAN card is being used with Linux OS, the WOL function may or may not be available.

Known Problem:  If your NIC is using 21143-PD chip or later, make sure you are using the v0.91 or later driver.  The symptom is the activity LED will stay 'ON' all the time after the earlier version driver has been loaded.  Unfortunately, some older version Linux OSs, e.g. redhat 6.1, are still using the v0.89h driver.

The steps for installing Linux driver have been tested on redhat 7.1 (kernel 2.4.2) ONLY.  Other Linux distributions may need slightly modifications.

1. Make sure you have installed kernel source and PCMCIA package
2. Make sure the PCMCIA environment is working
3. Create a temporary directory, e.g. mkdir /danpex
4. Copy all the files (5 files) from the /LINUX directory on your diskette or download from the link listed below, i.e. 8390.h, 8390.c, cc1, mii.c, & pcnet_cs.c
5. Run command 'chmod +x ./cc1' (without quotes)
6. Compile driver using command './cc1' (without quotes)
7. Copy driver module into kernel directory using 'cp /danpex/pcnet_cs.o /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/pcmica/.' (without quotes)
8. Add the following lines at the end of file 'config' under /etc/pcmcia directory
   1. card "PCMCIA 100FX"
   2.     version "PCMCIA", "100FX"
   3.     bind "pcnet_cs"
9. Reboot the computer

http://www.danpex.com/products/nics/afc1300.htm#driver

"The driver is developed for use on Linux v2.2.x and has been tested with 2.2.12 and 2.2.14 version of the kernel.  It can be configured either as a static driver into kernel or as a loadable module.  The driver is capable of 10/10/1000 Mbps Full/Half duplex mode operation via an 10/100/100 Mbps external PHY."  Please read the README.TXT for more details.

http://www.danpex.com/products/nics/agp5400.htm#driver

http://www.danpex.com/products/nics/agp5500.htm#driver

Please refer to the following installation guide for steps to install driver.

http://www.danpex.com/docs/fe6100-linux.txt

The driver has been tested on the following platforms: Slackware 3.6, Slackware 4.0, redhat 5.2, and redhat 6.0.

Before you start rebuilding the driver, you must have PCMCIA binaries and source installed in your system.  PCMCIA module version 3.0.9 or later are guaranteed to work well with this driver.  Also, if you have just rebuilt your kernel, you must first rebuild PCMCIA then the device driver to avoid any inconsistency.  When you are rebuilding PCMCIA modules, be sure you select the following item:

1.  Read from the currently running kernel.

Otherwise, problems may be encountered when module version is set.

http://www.danpex.com/products/nics/fe6550tx.htm#driver