>> You may need a DOS-based config utility from the card manufacturer to
remove
>> the pnp settings and set them yourself,
>
> No.
> If the card is ISA PnP then you can do the setup from Linux, either
> manually with isapnptools (works always) or with etherdrake (should work
> always too, but in case something doesn't you still can manually edit
> isapnp.conf).
>
> The DOS utility was needed for the old *pre-PnP* jumperless ISA cards.
> it was several years since the last of such cards stopped being sold.
<OPINION type="personal experience">
That doesn't mean they're gone, though. There hasn't been a place I've
worked in the past few years that hasn't used them heavily. That also
doesn't include small computer shops that deal in used equipment and
such. Finding the software configurable NICs is not nearly as hard as
you've made it out to be.
</OPINION>
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