Tested network cards:
original DM9008 NIC/hub: WORKS: ed0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 (Joe) original DP83905 NIC (dual): WORKS: Kernel config (from Sake): device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 device ed1 at isa? port 0x340 irq 11 iomem 0xdc000 under 5.x, update /boot/device.hints as follows and reboot: hint.ed.0.disabled="0" hint.ed.0.port="0x300" hint.ed.0.irq="10" hint.ed.0.maddr="0xd8000" hint.ed.1.disabled="0" hint.ed.1.port="0x340" hint.ed.1.irq="11" hint.ed.1.maddr="0xdc000" A DOS config utility for this card (thanks, Sake!) 3Com 3C503 doesn't work with default config; researching 3Com 3C509b (w/o PNP) WORKS: ep0 w/stock kernel on IRQ9 3Com 3C509b (w/o PNP) WORKS: ep0 w/stock kernel on IRQ9 3Com 3C509b-TPO (w/o PNP) WORKS: ep0 w/stock kernel on IRQ9 Intel Pro 16bit WORKS: ex0 with default kernel (Joe)