[mdominic]

The only PCI Ethernet card that says that it is compatible with Mac is the Asante.

Can I use any PCI 10/100 Ethernet card?


Running: Beige G3 266 OS 9.2.2

[ghporter]

Just about any PCI NIC should work, but you need to make sure you get one that has Mac drivers. The problem is that there aren't a lot of cards that come with Mac drivers. With OS X you can sort of use Linux or Unix drivers, but with 9, you have a problem. I just looked in several places for different companies that make network cards, and I couldn't find one other than Asante' that had drivers for any Mac OS. Sorry.

[superlarry]

any based on the realtek 8139 chip will work in both OS9 and OSX if you download their driver, i've heard. the driver's available on realtek's website, here: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...;Software=True

[John Strung]

Proxim, SMC and Macally used to make PCI NIC's for Macs if memory serves. Haven't checked their web sites lately.

[ghporter]

Originally posted by John Strung:
Proxim, SMC and Macally used to make PCI NIC's for Macs if memory serves. Haven't checked their web sites lately.

I looked specifically at SMC's site, and didn't find any mention of a Mac driver for any of their PCI NICs. Maybe I was looking in the wrong place...?

[John Strung]

Try:

http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?action=...mp;prod_id=117

[Angus_D]

Originally posted by GHPorter:
With OS X you can sort of use Linux or Unix drivers

Not really.