I've never had a problem with these cards. They are well supported and amazing to work with. Although I once scavenged a 3c905c which had been flashed with Etherboot bios, but that is a wholey different story. I recommend these cards through and through, and I think you can get them on ebay for around 5 USD.

I've been told that it's compatible with Linux, but using my system configuration (P4 2000, 1Gig RAM, Mandrake 10 Official, kernel 2.6.3-7, 2.6.6), I've been utterly unable to get it working. I've followed the instructions from numerous web pages and forums and downloaded and tried a variety of drivers (including 3com's proprietary drivers). I ended up finally going out and buying a CNET PRO200 for about $10, and it worked from the moment I put it in.

When I bought this card it cost me $75 or $85, I forget which. This is probably unusually high but it was from a college book store that would allow me to purchase things in advance of when my loan money actually showed up. [Read, I had no option since it was the only game in town.]

Even though the price was high I have not regretted it. This card has provided almost 5 years of completely flawless service with any operating system I have thrown at it.

Note: Those include, Win98[SE], Linux (sorry forgot the kernel but way back in late 99 and early 2000), FreeBSD 3.4-5.2.1, OpenBSD (several versions), and NetBSD... as well as a few moments in Plan9 -- which I never really played with too much.

Others have reported success using this card. I've had nothing but headaches.

This card works great in windows but fails to load DHCP information correctly.

I've given up. I'm moving onto another card.

I wish you the best of luck.