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Supported network hardware

Not listed = not supported 

Note: Hardware vendors like to re-use product names on different hardware as they have trademarks on certain words or they are trying to establish a "brand-name." This overuse of brand-names can be very confusing to the consumer in that one may have purchased something that looks to be supported but has a slightly different name (an added letter or a plus or some other little item.) Most of the time these changes indicate that the hardware is very different, and thus will not be supported. When considering the items below, we have tried to be explicit on what items are covered. If it is not listed, then it is probably not supported (though it might be compatible and supported in the future). 

Tier 1 supported ethernet adapters 

The following Ethernet adapters are supported at Tier 1: 
     
     
    3Com Etherlink III (3c509 EISA) 

    Device     		 Module Name  conf.modules 
    3Com EtherLink III  3c509.o  debug=val irq=IRQ xcvr=val
 
3Com 3c59x, 3c900, 3c905 (Not the 3c905B and C, see below) 3c579 

Device 		 Module Name  conf.modules 
``Corkscrew''3Com EtherLink PCI III/XL;Vortex (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597);Boomerage (3c900, 3c905, 3c595) 3c59x.o  debug=val
 
Digital DE425, DE434, DE435, DE450, DE500 (uses DE4x5) 

Device 		 Module Name  conf.modules  
EtherWORKS DE425 TP/COAX EISA, DE434 TP PCI,
    DE435/450, DE500 10/100 PCI
Kingston, SMC8432, SMC9332, Znyx31 [ 45 ]
    and Znyx346 10/100 cards w/ DC21040 (no SROM)
DC21041 [ A ], DC21140 [ A ]
DC21142, DC21143 chipsets
 de4x5.o  io=io_port
 
Digital 2104x,2114x ``Tulip'' chip cards, SMC DEC21041 , SMC PCI EtherPower (uses Tulip driver) 

Device 		 Module Name  conf.modules  
Digital 21x4x Tulip PCI ethernet cards
SMC EtherPower 10 PCI(8432T/8432BT)
SMC EtherPower 10/100 PCI(9332DST)
DEC EtherWorks 100/10 PCI(DE500-XA)
DEC EtherWorks 10 PCI(DE450)
DEC QSILVER's, Znyx 312 etherarray
Allied Telesis  LA100PCI-T
Danpex EN-9400, Cogent  EM110,
Lite-On Communications LNE100TX,
Kingston EtherX CP 10/100TX PCI
KNE-1100-TX (A rebadged Lite-On card)
Netgear FA-310-TX (another one)
 tulip.o  debug=val
 
Intel 82559 EEpro100 cards (Pro/100+ Server adapter, Pro/100+ Management adapter, Intel Pro/100+ Dual Port adapter), EtherExpress i82557/i82558 PCI Pro/10+ 

Device 		 Module Name  conf.modules 
Intel i82557/i82558 PCI EtherExpressPro driver  eepro100.o  debug=val

Tier 2 supported ethernet adapters

The following Ethernet adapters are supported at Tier 2:

Tier 3 Compatible Ethernet Adapters

The following Ethernet adapters are compatible with Red Hat Linux, but are unsupported; it is not necessary to build a custom kernel: The following Ethernet adapters are compatible with Red Hat Linux, but are unsupported. In some cases it may be necessay to build a custom kernel or driver module for the card:

Incompatible ethernet adapters

The following Ethernet adapters are not compatible with Red Hat Linux:

Other forms of networking

Tier 2 Supported

The following Token Ring Cards are currently supported: PLIP (IP over a parallel port). Requires the proper cable and parallel port; see the Red Hat PLIP Tips.

Compatible but Unsupported:

Examples

The parameters listed below are the options that would be placed after the 'options' keyword in /etc/conf.modules for that module.

Modules without listed parameters are either autoprobing or have no install-related options.

 

Device 		 Module Name  conf.modules 
Localtalk PC Card ltpc.o  io=io_port irq=IRQ
 
Example Configurations 

Configuration 		 Example Lines in conf.modules 
NE2000 ISA card at io address 300 and IRQ 11 
alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x300 irq=11
Wavelan card at IO 390, autoprobe for IRQ, and use the NWID to 0x4321 
alias eth1 wavelan
options wavelan wavelan=0,0x390,0x4321

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