From: Datasoft Communications Admin (root@datasoft.north.net)
Date: 09/16/93


From: root@datasoft.north.net (Datasoft Communications Admin)
Subject: Re: Support for arcnet cards under Linux?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 11:11:30 GMT

john larson (larson@condor.stcloud.msus.edu) wrote:

: Does anybody know if there is support for Arcnet cards under Linux?
: If so, what Arcnet cards are supported and where can i get the drivers for
: Linux?

: A faculty member from our department has a 486/33 and would like to run Linux
: on her PC rather than MS-DOS. We use an arcnet cabling setup and are looking
: for drivers and a supported arcnet card to hook her up with our Novell network.
: But whatever, please email any helpful information to any of the following
: e-mail addresses:

No. There is no support for Arcnet cards. Most likely never will be
considering the current price of Ethernet. Even if there were support,
you'd need t be on a TCP/IP network and not IPX.

Mark